Example sentences of "[verb] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disembarking at certain points from a leisurely cruise , your guide , Bernie Dunn , arguably the best guide in Amsterdam will take you through Amsterdam 's most enchanting neighbourhoods by foot . |
| 2 | The ability to communicate at all levels , and to retain the confidence of your clients is vital ; you have to work with each other , so this confidence must exist and must override any personality clashes . |
| 3 | The disturbance of setts will only be permitted at certain locations and for specific reasons . |
| 4 | Members agreed that no smoking be permitted at future meetings of the Society . |
| 5 | He did not put on his sword , for no weapons were permitted at such occasions , though Ratagan had told him a gory tale of a banquet where a certain disagreement had been settled with eating knives , which the victors had subsequently continued eating with . |
| 6 | No leakages were permitted at any points nor were the canvas sides allowed to bulge inward to any greater extent than that caused by the slackness of the canvas specified on the drawing . |
| 7 | Climbers should note that as soon as agreement has been reached , climbing activities will not be permitted at these locations . |
| 8 | In October 1927 , the young missionary was steaming at 15–20 knots towards Rangoon . |
| 9 | Some of the many ways in which dolphins make signal gestures to humans are leaping at significant moments , deliberately splashing people on boats after first making close eye contact , vocalising or whistling through the blowhole after people have made communicative calls or whistles , defaecation and touching . |
| 10 | But , although the business generally had to be won at lower margins in the face of stiffer competition , our performance should have been very much better , and would have been had we responded more promptly to market fluctuations . |
| 11 | They 're the only sweetpea growers in the country asked to show at Chelsea ; the high standard of their flowers reflected in the 3 gold medals they 've won at past shows . |
| 12 | Cutting the mids helped knock out the troublesome frequencies , but the sound did suffer , since it 's often the mid frequencies that you need to increase at higher volumes to prevent that harsh , trebly electro-acoustic sound . |
| 13 | Gambling , football pools , fun-fairs , dog tracks , amusement arcades , dance halls , popular songs , street betting and speed-tracks were all attacked at different times in the interwar years for their demoralising influence , particularly on the young . |
| 14 | Another exodus began at 6.30 a.m. on 1 September 1939 , when Glasgow children began assembling at 57 schools , 70,000 weans scrubbed and labelled for a bewildering adventure . |
| 15 | These all fly at similar speeds and have rather light stick forces like a glider . |
| 16 | Every quarterly club meeting turns into a very pleasant ‘ social event ’ with wine and nibbles and subsidised trips are organised at frequent intervals ( but not always to do with knitting ) for added interest . |
| 17 | These might be organised at those colleges which are part of the scheme and could also involve such organisations as CHIME , the RSCM , the Benslow Music Trust and the British Federation of Young Choirs . |
| 18 | planning is more difficult because it must be organised at more levels in the organisation . |
| 19 | These could test and modify units designed at international workshops ( or by other centres ) or initiate work of their own and present it for international criticism , modification and subsequent diffusion to other countries . |
| 20 | He argued that two bodies of the same material but different weights would fall at different speeds . |
| 21 | Halon production is only required to freeze at 1986 levels by 1992 ; no direct cuts are to be implemented . |
| 22 | The breakthrough , dubbed a ‘ quantum leap into the future ’ is opening at other cinemas throughout the US over the next few weeks . |
| 23 | Numbers of Hurricanes were scrambled at various times during the mid-morning . |
| 24 | Government has stressed at several points that it seeks the development of local district services first , with asylums to close only when the latter services can cope with the patient workload . |
| 25 | Deep , small holes were drilled at appropriate points in the leaf and stem decoration . |
| 26 | In the late nineteenth century , all administration was grouped at two levels — central and local — so that at each level , decisions could be subjected to the scrutiny of an elected body . |
| 27 | Fuming at faulty goods ? |
| 28 | This included an amount sufficient to buy food adequate for energy needs at various ages . |
| 29 | He needs at all rimes to be in full possession of his faculties , or that extra , unpredictable poetic thrust would never declare itself — that heart-lifting boost that rockets mere words into the outer spaces of true poetry . |
| 30 | Suddenly the section of the audience that was laughing at Italian children flinging spaghetti realised that everyone else had fallen silent . |