Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who have worked in the legal civil service report that it is much more interesting than appears at first sight . |
| 2 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 3 | What is easier than to look at the most conspicuous item in the marketing budget and one which is largely the concern of an outside supplier , at that ? |
| 4 | It also brought Victorian attitudes dictating that dancing lessons in dance schools were more acceptable than dancing at large public Assemblies . |
| 5 | The pile of three blocks shown in the drawing would be stable if pushed at from the direction of one of the arrows and very unstable if pushed at from the other direction . |
| 6 | Some aposematic prey that are conspicuous when seen at close quarters appear cryptic when living in family groups and viewed from a distance . |
| 7 | It may also be necessary to begin keyboard skills in the last year of primary school and to continue this as required at the secondary level . |
| 8 | Your eye makes a natural adjustment for this when looking at the scene direct so that the colour appears the same irrespective of the lighting . |
| 9 | I first heard of this when camping at the foot of Bredon Hill in Worcestershire in 1960 . |
| 10 | She clambered up into the car to take a closer look at them , careful though to remain at what she considered to be a safe distance . |
| 11 | It 's probably no more pleasant than living at the centre of some large , dirty , crime-ridden city . |
| 12 | I expect a Public Sector Borrowing Requirement in the current financial year of £35 billion , slightly lower than projected at the time of my Autumn Statement . |
| 13 | The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million . |
| 14 | SHARES in Waste Management International , the waste disposal group being floated in London by its American parent , were priced a shade lower than expected at 585p yesterday , before jumping to 612p on the grey market . |
| 15 | Intergraph Corp , Huntsville , Alabama warns that while it has not yet closed its books for the first quarter , preliminary estimates indicate that turnover will be lower than expected at between $280m and $285m , and that all geographic segments were below expectations for the quarter , and price reductions on older products combined with lower sales volume resulted in reduced gross margins ; the company expects a loss from operations excluding restructuring charges of $8m to $10m or $0.11 to $0.13 per share and restructuring charges and non-operating items during the quarter will increase the losses by an additional three cents a share . |
| 16 | But Jan said it was better working than sitting at home watching the dust settle , even if it was working with a bunch of loonies . |
| 17 | Though the next decade quickly reversed the conservatism of the 1950s , the notion that British fiction lacks experimental energy , or even just quality , still survives ; a partially accurate picture , based upon a lapse in the experimental tradition less complete than suggested at the time . |
| 18 | It would be even more uncomfortable to associate with a character like that than to feel at home with our previous assessment , the hard man whose admirers compared him to a stone . |
| 19 | That would be a little bit of a problem for Frank Clarke if er Cooper has got a problem with his shoulder you know if it 's if it 's serious because looking at his people on his bench you know Neil Webb and Crosby and looking at the make-up of his team he has n't really got anybody he could slot back in there unless he put er Rozario in there . |
| 20 | However , you must be very honest when looking at your mare , because dubious mares breed dubious foals . |
| 21 | Aside from the worthlessness of double negatives , aside from the fact that McGuinness was a far more accomplished safe-breaker than Meehan ( he had earned his nickname Tank because it was said he could penetrate even one of those ) , and aside from the fact that in all the verbiage spilled out by Meehan , Waddell and McGuinness to lawyers , journalists and others for over thirteen years , none of them had so much as hinted at the idea of a quartet , there was not a scrap of worthwhile evidence to support it : it was speculation with a vengeance and extraordinary to find in a report by a judge of his standing . |
| 22 | But nobody ever so much as hinted at the possibility that she might return . |
| 23 | Anyone who so much as hints at a ‘ third way ’ between communism and capitalism is considered naive ; there is simply no time to try more experiments . |
| 24 | I may not so much as glance at all those handsome courtiers ! ’ |
| 25 | As she bustled about the mess , he did n't so much as look at her , which meant she would have to comer him to talk to him . |
| 26 | That 's going to be hell on earth if you keep dissolving into a mushy heap every time he so much as looks at you . ’ |
| 27 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 28 | Needing footage of the Visians briefly becoming visible when fired at by the Daleks , Camfield shot on film an actor writhing in a white sack against a black background . |
| 29 | The pile of three blocks shown in the drawing would be stable if pushed at from the direction of one of the arrows and very unstable if pushed at from the other direction . |
| 30 | Additional 12mm diameter cutting bits are available for £6.50 each if ordered at the same time as the Wallchaser . |