Example sentences of "[v-ing] at different [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The use of naturally occurring sugars in milk , honey and fruit resulted in cavities occurring at different positions to those in modern teeth ( Moore and Corbett 1971 ) .
2 It is also possible to make more subtle combinations of the oscillations in the x and y directions in which the components are " out of phase " , their crests occurring at different instants .
3 Although much more work needs to be done in this area , the impression gained by surveying a range of industries is one of foreign incursions occurring at different times with price being a significant element at certain stages .
4 Thus , it is to sectoral differences that we now turn , to illustrate how change has been occurring at different rates and with different implications for governments .
5 The three areas can be described as ones of political — religious mediation occurring at different levels of social process .
6 The research students ' grants were ending at different points in the year , but were concentrated In the third quarter of 1984 .
7 Farr calculated the contribution of workers to economic growth by estimating the future net earnings of labourers dying at different ages .
8 Erm then there would be the idea of seating into this little er ornamental circular paved area , and seating at different parts around the edges .
9 Curtains that have linings sewn in will require dry cleaning in order to reduce the risk of lining and curtain fabric shrinking at different rates .
10 How does having their own individual time cause people traveling at different speeds to measure the same speed of light ?
11 the skill of communicating at different levels without necessarily articulat-ing them .
12 The four business managers , living at different times , were faced with different problems and opportunities .
13 Living at different levels
14 At the present day a large survey that was carried out by East Sussex County Council in the nineteen seventies , mostly looking at different maps of different ages and the position of the coast on different maps , showed that the average rate of erosion is between point three and point five metres per year .
15 IBM is now looking at different materials and working on the many technical problems of writing on , and reading , the memory .
16 You must be looking at different patients
17 There are farmers who with the existing lack of any political support are looking at different avenues to improve their profits or even make a profit .
18 ‘ Well ’ — I hated myself for responding to his interest — ‘ we were looking at different kinds of organisational hierarchy and how to construct optimal decision-making procedures in corporate contexts . ’
19 It was n't intended to duplicate , the work of the tenants ' association , it was it was looking at different kinds of of issues .
20 Looking at different parts of the tropical world , it has been noted that by 1981 only 20% of all rain forests including tropical ones in Australia remained when compared with the total at European settlement ( 1788 ) and that there were only a few thousand ha left in northern Queensland , all accessible forest outside National Parks having been ( or likely to be ) logged , leaving an archipelago of ‘ refugia ’ .
21 Manufacturers were looking at different techniques in an effort to beat off their rivals .
22 You can spend hours browsing through shops looking at different fabrics , but as well as considering rolls of material do n't forget to sort through remnants .
23 ( 2 ) Looking at different sorts of writing materials : papyrus , parchment , paper , inscriptions on stone , Roman inscriptions .
24 It is , however , impossible to separate out processes acting at different scales and over different periods : a single volcanic eruption lasting hours or days sometimes leads to dust and gas being ejected into the atmosphere over a period of months and this in turn may lead to global climatic fluctuations over years or decades .
25 The figure can be an estimate or a calculation based on the specification of the media unit ; it is used to balance the workload between units operating at different speeds .
26 It is used by LIFESPAN to balance the workload between units operating at different speeds .
27 Authors whose surnames begin with Mac , or Mc , were dealt with in different ways under differing editorial policies operating at different times .
28 Authors whose surnames begin with Mac , or Mc , were dealt with in different ways under differing editorial policies operating at different times .
29 Democratic mechanisms must be conceived as operating at different levels : within the operating units there may be scope for direct participative democracy perhaps also involving factory committees in close touch with the workforce ; at the level of the enterprise , direct democracy would probably be impractical and some form of representative mechanism would be required .
30 They were certainly going at different rates .
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