Example sentences of "[vb -s] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He scratches at the spots on his arm , pulling soiled nails hard across the red blemishes . |
| 2 | I am used to the wind 's deep-throated shouts as it tears at the corners of our cottage in Cornwall , as it cracks branches and sweeps up leaves . |
| 3 | Nicholas Luard and the other members of the group were particularly concerned about the planting of conifers at Bara Ceirch farm as it stands at the headwaters of the Rivers Cothi and Towy , two of the finest salmon rivers in Wales . |
| 4 | She stitched satin ribbon under the bust , bows at the hips and tied a silk cravate . |
| 5 | To paraphrase Mr Polly , it 's only school that turns the young child from someone who wonders at the marvels around him or her into someone who sees them only in terms of history and geography . |
| 6 | Section 4.3 examines economists ' models of constraints and objectives as practised in state-owned firms , whereas section 4.4 looks at the controls imposed in the UK and provides some general remarks on comparisons between these and the economists ' suggestions . |
| 7 | If he looks at the dates of all those expressions , he will see that we published our statement in May , even after my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) had made his remarks . |
| 8 | The guide also looks at the repossessions market in general and at the costs of buying a house . |
| 9 | This chapter looks at the perceptions of parents of their role in the assessment of their child 's special educational needs as part of the Statementing process carried out under the 1981 Education Act . |
| 10 | Chapter 10 looks at the procedures for appointing experts , and in particular the role of professional bodies . |
| 11 | Comedy king Dave Allen returns for a series of six half-hour performances starting on January 5 and Margi Clarke looks at the ins and outs of sex from every conceivable position in The Good Sex Guide ( Jan 11 ) . |
| 12 | Colin Hughes looks at the options |
| 13 | High interest rates are good for savers : Lorna Bourke looks at the options for investing your money at a time of soaring loan rates |
| 14 | Advertisement manager COLIN ACKEHURST looks at the options |
| 15 | Zita Thornton looks at the options available |
| 16 | A astronomer looks at the stars , a doctor looks at the human body . |
| 17 | TODAY looks at the odds in the most popular forms of gambling . |
| 18 | Coming down to earth : Over the next four weeks Sally Tamplin looks at the problems of a small town garden . |
| 19 | Following her excellent series on training the young horse , Jane Wallace ( formerly Thelwall ) now looks at the problems facing those of us who ride less than perfect horses . |
| 20 | Below we include a brief extract from this study which looks at the problems and consequences of conviction for the business , ‘ respectable ’ criminal in comparison to the regular criminal — bearing in mind , of course , that the business criminal is far less likely to be convicted that most other types of criminal . |
| 21 | It also looks at the problems of mounting an anti- dumping action against a Communist country . |
| 22 | When you retire , the DHSS looks at the gaps in your record for full tax years when you were receiving child benefit or a benefit for caring for an invalid . |
| 23 | It looks at the reasons for dissatisfaction at the ways in which complaints are handled , highlighting an example of an elderly couple who had waited two years for someone to come round with a colour chart , prior to decorating the outside of their house . |
| 24 | The report looks at the reasons for having a complaints procedure and discusses the principles of good practice for complaints and appeals procedures . |
| 25 | This drift towards investigation through interrogation is altogether clearer when one looks at the provisions on detention which are to be found in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act . |
| 26 | If one looks at the figures presented at Budget time for the previous financial year , for the financial year 1967/1968 , it is pretty clear in broad terms on what scale the process had been in operation . |
| 27 | Jolyon Jenkins looks at the figures |
| 28 | In this book , Leonie Archer looks at the effects of this in the Judaism of antiquity , where blood has a major significance in ritual both in the sacrifices in the Temple and in the shedding of blood in circumcision — the ‘ Covenant ’ between God and his people . |
| 29 | She looks at the bits of paper on the floor , but she do n't say nothing . |
| 30 | But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words . |