Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In much of this material there was little attempt to relate such antipathy and prejudice to a consistent and coherent theory of behaviour , but the assumption and arguments on which it was based can be seen as the origins of a racial nationalist ideology which was to be more rigorously formulated at a later date .
2 I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name .
3 The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community .
4 Right place at the right time .
5 Filmer came alone to sit at an untenanted table , ordering eggs and coffee from Oliver without looking at him .
6 Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment .
7 Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table .
8 Thus the cost of a path can not increase , it can only stay at the same level or decrease , and the algorithm is admissible .
9 These are not things much taught at the 14th-century Sorbonne .
10 Ms Davis is highly regarded at the Metropolitan Police 's forensic science laboratory .
11 Motorways are dangerous enough place at the best of times .
12 The first line only starts at the left-hand margin .
13 Has more yellow on bill than smaller Bewick 's Swan , reaching below nostril at an acute angle .
14 A loud banging at the front door stopped both of them in their tracks .
15 He was cut short by a loud knocking at the front door .
16 The result is that tasks such as redistribution , which in the fiscal federalism literature are seen as a prerogative of central government , may ( given the imperfections of the Tiebout mechanism and the informational requirements of administration ) be shown to be better pursued at a lower level of government when broader considerations are taken into account .
17 Well Sandy , we 've only looked at a few of the things in your shed and a very few of your photographs but it 's been fascinating .
18 The team usually comprises a number of subject specialists who either build up major collections in their specializations ( often , but not necessarily located at the central library ) or allocate titles to appropriate service points throughout the authority .
19 They were not all written at the same time , or in that order : I had to keep struggling to write my own work as Dana 's poetic demands became more and more insistent .
20 Merely looking at the final stage of supply can obscure the full range of options open to a particular firm in its choice of serving foreign markets .
21 One of the most important areas of credit management is risk assessment , not only looking at the individual customer companies concerned , but also at the current financial background in which they operate .
22 It should be a condition , for anyone thinking about development to resist trying to infer how a structure develops by only looking at the final result .
23 John Heminges said they were dark , cruel plays , and that Will was only looking at the black side of people .
24 Joseph was alarmed by Monteith 's message , and bewildered that he could have been so misunderstood at the previous council .
25 Transaction facilities are built into kiosks either by providing online or other forms of communication facilities , sometimes nothing more sophisticated than a voice telephone link , or by allowing on-site , consolidated storage of customer requests which can be manually collected at a later time .
26 There is never a moment when Dustin gets as worried as Gary Cooper in High Noon , although , like Cooper , he has to cope singlehandedly with a number of killers , and is only saved at the final moment when his wife blasts the last opponent with a shotgun .
27 To add to these impressions of an electorate in a constant state of flux there were other polls showing that many voters only decided at the last minute how to vote .
28 The important thing is to increase time before pace ; so walk at a moderate pace for 30 minutes , gently stretching yourself as you go .
29 He was hard enough to resist at the best times .
30 he continued , suddenly grinning at the tall old man as they walked between the levels of stoves and cookers and fires , Scullions ran about the place , carrying brooms and buckets and baskets full of hidden ingredients .
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