Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Select Committee 's examination of the four options which looks at a wide range of technical , economic , social and environmental factors and recommends the government to choose the Channel Tunnel Group proposal . |
| 32 | ‘ MEETING JESUS ’ by Leighton Ford contains 13 studies each of which looks at a different aspect of who Jesus is . |
| 33 | He found himself walking at a steady pace towards those meaty shoulders . |
| 34 | An operant is a piece of behaviour which has a spontaneous nature which occurs at a predetermined frequency . |
| 35 | The membrane broke open and he found himself looking at a little horse 's head lying upon a pair of stretched out forelegs , a perfect little head with shell-like curling nostrils and a narrow white blaze , and wet , flattened-down ears . |
| 36 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 37 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 38 | Corporate audits , which look at a complete business and measure it against legislation and company environmental policy . |
| 39 | Francis lifted his head above the edge of the display and found himself staring at a confusing picture of pipes and girders . |
| 40 | A group is a lesser thing than a team , which performs at a higher level of cohesion than a mere group needs to ( see Teams on page 161 ) . |
| 41 | But in music and poetry which aims at a higher aesthetic we have to avoid the trite effect which can result when words and music are in the same metre and move in identical rhythms . |
| 42 | Gone , maybe , are the famed histrionics but in their place is an assuredness which hints at a new maturity . |
| 43 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 44 | Voluntary organisations which operate at a regional level would be severely disadvantaged by the proposals in the White Paper . |
| 45 | Surely there were many which went at a slow tempo , such as the first Beethoven Modlinger Dance I mentioned in my original article , the rapid-fire tattoos of its French horns ensuring a slow pace . |
| 46 | Most chemical reactions which proceed at a measurable rate are believed to take place in a series of simple steps . |
| 47 | I stood at the edge of a circle of standing stones , each eight to ten foot high , with a massive central stone which leaned at a perilous angle . |
| 48 | The TEC LM100 is a corded gun which operates at a lower temperature ( almost 70° lower is claimed by the manufacturers ) than most models , making possible the bonding of heat-sensitive materials such as polystyrene foam , fabrics and thin film material . |
| 49 | You play against the computer which operates at a chosen skill level so you could have a chance of winning . |
| 50 | By measuring the trace amounts of radioactive carbon in coral skeletons , which decays at a known rate , he could work out the ages of the corals at different depths in his boreholes . |
| 51 | Yet Lord Burghley , Master of the Wards from 1561 to 1598 , made no attempt to exploit this revenue to the full : his period of control witnessed an immediate fall in the court 's income , which remained at a low level until his son took over . |
| 52 | I shall update you with any changes which occur at a later date . |
| 53 | An advantage of this slender branch byway , which runs at a higher level than the main road , is the splendid panorama it affords of the encircling hills : across the valley the distant double-topped Frostrow merges in the long whaleback skyline of Rise Hill ; at the head is Great Knoutberry Hill carrying the railway ; rising to the left are the lower slopes of Whernside , succeeded by Great Coum beyond the gap of Deepdale , and finally Middleton Fell closes the horizon . |
| 54 | The index-linked gilts on the market have maturities of up to 2024 and most of them stand at a substantial premium to their par value . |
| 55 | A woman has been raped in her own home by a man she met at a local market . |
| 56 | You borrow at a fixed rate of interest and repay the loan over a number of years . |
| 57 | She dabbed at a watery eye . |
| 58 | And er I used to go myself quite a lot er when there were well when there were more than one coming up I 've seen me go into , down in the pullman train from here to er , well we had about five changes I think , fat father had it all marked out so as you changed at a certain place . |
| 59 | If you 're short of worktops , a wooden block on wheels can be moved to a free space and allows you to work at a similar height to your kitchen worktop . |
| 60 | On her way , out of shame that she would mess up the arrangements , she stopped at a small shop and got some fresh rolls and ham , some butter and some tins of Smithwicks bitter . |