Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at a particular " in BNC.

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1 Every actual utterance is spatiotemporally unique , being spoken or written at a particular place and at a particular time ; and provided that there is some standard system for identifying points in space and time , we can , in principle , specify the actual spatiotemporal situation of any utterance act .
2 All the nuclei in the body process at a , or rotate at a particular speed , according to whatever size magnetic field you put them in , and then you apply a radio frequency field to the body at the , at just that frequency , and if you tune things correctly , there is absorption of energy , and you can detect that .
3 This information can then be used to test experimental reconstructions of furnaces found in excavations in order to establish whether or not the metal could have been smelted in a particular type of furnace , or forged at a particular type of hearth .
4 The physical setting of a parish influenced not only the ways in which a family might farm their land or work at a particular craft but also such basic matters as whether they lived in a village , a hamlet or an isolated farmstead , whether or not they had valuable rights of common to go with their farms or cottages , and sometimes the type of tenure by which they held their land .
5 Its format is usually standard , though much of the information collected and reported at a particular time may not be relevant to current development issues .
6 Occasionally too he saw crows flocking and feeding at a particular part of a sheep pasture — sometimes at a dead sheep but more often at the placenta left behind where a lamb had been born .
7 Thought to be a Risso 's dolphin , he would meet steamers with faithful regularity , joining and leaving at a particular spot , and then bow riding at speeds up to 15 knots and rubbing his body against the ship 's hull .
8 There may be letters from the victim 's relations , from Members of Parliament , from the general public ( whether directed at a particular case or at penal policy in general ) , or from the Howard League or the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders .
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