Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , those developers whose prime objective is building houses at maximum profit and with minimum care for the environment , may experience difficulty . |
| 2 | The significance of these protocols is that synchronized firing patterns at similar frequencies occur in the hippocampus during learning . ) |
| 3 | Mass screening is not feasible , but targeting groups at high risk and asking them to attend for screening is perfectly plausible . |
| 4 | These include opening books at random . |
| 5 | It is a bit difficult to tell what lies in store when one opens a book at random and finds a section on opening books at random . |
| 6 | DOREEN Barnett , seated , with one of her retirement gifts , says farewell to her colleagues in the potting department at Imperial Pottery after 27 years ' service . |
| 7 | ‘ But you simply can not make tackling errors at crucial times and expect to win . ’ |
| 8 | By incorporating parking at right angles to the kerb in 50m stretches on alternate sides of the road , a series of 45 degree chicanes in a formerly straight street can be created ( Figure 5.9 ) . |
| 9 | They have beaten all the top hurling powers at various stages in the last decade . |
| 10 | This entails appraising and selecting appropriate suppliers , being well informed about the purchasing market , purchasing goods at optimum prices in terms of value , and maintaining adequate stock/inventory supplies . |
| 11 | Walking scenes at full length required stop-motion , and for this an exact replica , 2 feet ( 29cm ) tall , was constructed — twice the normal size of small-scale models because of the detail required in order to cut together the full-size and small-scale model shots . |
| 12 | After spending 17 years in Congress hurling broadsides at foreign creditors and defending state enterprises , Mr Franco has changed course . |
| 13 | The corollary is obvious : a printing office employing women at low wages to do straight setting could dispense with a number of ordinary linesmen , keeping on only a highly skilled minority of men at rather above normal wages to " service " the type set up by the women . |
| 14 | FA CUP semi-final shoot-outs could be eliminated if clubs or the Football Association were willing to pay the extra police costs for staging replays at short notice , writes Christopher Davies . |
| 15 | He bent over the console , pressing buttons at random . |
| 16 | There were a number of incidents where youths blocked roads with burning tyres , and started hurling stones at passing cars . |
| 17 | Pre-eruption vesiculation has been inferred previously using microgravity at andesitic stratocones ( Poas and Pacaya ) where only 1–2% change in the degree of vesiculation accounts for the observed changes ( of 100μGal ) . |
| 18 | A number of guests , unaccustomed to attending formal functions , caused a few unpleasant moments when they began targeting abuse at social secretary , the Reverend Shrigley . |
| 19 | Some guides are indeed very brief , suggesting visits at breakneck speed where only a few items or rooms will be seen . |
| 20 | More than 150 nuclear safety experts from 36 countries met in Vienna on May 14-18 to exchange information on operating experience at nuclear plants and to analyse new dimensions in nuclear safety . |
| 21 | It makes all those dreadful school problems about taps filling baths at varying speeds seem easy ! |
| 22 | He recalled also that the company had won awards for quality and production but added : ‘ It will be difficult to portray that image when there are several hundred people at the factory gate shouting abuse at prospective customers . ’ |
| 23 | On June 13 , having heard speeches from both Walesa and ex-Prime Minister Olszewski , delegates adopted a resolution " expressing indignation at recent events in Poland and the role played by the President in them " and calling for the exposure of secret service agents . |
| 24 | So , on the whole I am cautiously in favour of machines inspecting passports at great speed , a scheme experimentally working at Heathrow . |
| 25 | Publishing newsletters at regular fixed intervals creates anticipation by parents and they will be searching children 's bags and pockets on printing day . |
| 26 | ‘ Apart from floating the shares , we are also seeking loans at reasonable interest rates from the World Bank , ’ Minister of State for Communications Sukh Ram announced at the Asia Telecom trade show in Singapore yesterday . |
| 27 | Local junior schools usually willingly accept invitations to run a stall at infant school events and secondary schools are usually eager to provide very professional looking displays at primary school parents ' meetings . |
| 28 | The 260,000 employees of the overmanned and loss-making East German Deutsche Reichsbahn were demanding increases to bring their wages closer in line with the earnings of employees of the West German Bundesbahn , but were also expressing concern at proposed massive redundancies in the rail workforce when the Reichsbahn and the Bundesbahn merged early in 1991 . |
| 29 | Before the arrival of the Packman , filling sprayers at Overy Farm was done in much the same way as it is on thousands of farms across the country . |
| 30 | The notorious death squads roam the streets of Rio de Janeiro picking victims at random . |