Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An answer to this depends on a correct definition of human uniqueness rather than looking at those features Man shares with animals . ’ |
| 2 | Less embarrassing than shouting at each other in front of all these people . ’ |
| 3 | The above two examples give body to the suggestion by Alan Clarke that early learning , in itself , is of no more consequence than learning at any other stage of development , and that it will bring about long-term effects only if it is repeatedly reinforced throughout subsequent childhood . |
| 4 | If continuing at this new level , re-lean as before . |
| 5 | Take , for example , the perceptual experience that I have while looking at this bunch of carnations arranged in a vase on the table in the middle of the room . |
| 6 | It was while filming at this den that I heard of yet another place , only a few miles up the Wye , where mink had been seen killing mallard chicks . |
| 7 | And she told me that , while working at another bank , she had once been summoned to an office four flights away . |
| 8 | Whilst looking at this picture Minton told Tindle : ‘ You 're the first to see something in Lucian . ’ |
| 9 | For this reason , if for no other , I have a strong feeling of identity when looking at these huge black and white prints of his African life . |
| 10 | Finally , one has to wonder when looking at some of the Tour professionals ' clubs . |
| 11 | ( 5.13 ) gives the torque produced by a hybrid motor when operating at any supply frequency and load angle . |
| 12 | If at a time before the end of the relevant period any property ceases to be property subject to a reservation , the donor shall be treated for the purposes of the inheritance tax legislation as having at that time made a disposition of the property by way of a potentially exempt transfer ( s102(3) and ( 4 ) ) . |
| 13 | Going by railroad I do not consider as travelling at all ; it ( s merely ‘ being sent ’ to a place , and Very little different from becoming a parcel . |
| 14 | Going by railroad I do not consider as travelling at all ; it is merely being ‘ sent ’ to a place , and very little different from becoming a parcel |
| 15 | The main problem then , inevitably when cutting at this distance from your eyes , is to make pruning cuts as clean and precise as when the secateurs are actually in your hand . |
| 16 | Her passenger , let us say , observed that she braked suddenly to avoid some pigeons and then carefully negotiated some roadworks as well as stopping at several sets of traffic lights . |
| 17 | If A knows in advance that B ca n't come , then he is being deceptive ; but if he knows that B knows that he knows that B ca n't come , then he can not be interpreted as requesting at all ( utterance ( i ) might then be a joke , or if B is in an incapacitated ( say , inebriated ) state , perhaps a gibe ) . |
| 18 | The emphasis with the old , as with any other age-group , should be on prevention before the need for cure arises , and some elderly people suffer quite unnecessarily from the ‘ silent ’ types of illness which show no dramatic symptoms in their early stages ( such as anaemia ) , and which might well be diagnosed if they visited their doctor at six-monthly intervals when feeling at all ‘ off colour ’ . |