Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [v-ing] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In which case are Upehull and Upsall related , the ‘ s ’ having been introduced by scribal error or misreading at some stage , or is the later form a name given to a family coming originally from Uppsala in Sweden ? |
| 2 | Many of those at the foot of the scale , whose substance was equalled by that of superior labourers , must have occupied very small holdings , and had to eke out a livelihood with occasional labouring or working at some by-employment ; they have aptly been termed ‘ cottage farmers ’ . |
| 3 | Not so , according to Alan Freedman and Christopher Tarling , who open Freedman and Tarling at this month . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | Two were pulling each other 's hair and screaming at each other while the men tried to part them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Bottlenose dolphins have a heart rate of 80–90 beats per minute just after ‘ blowing ’ , slowing within a few seconds to 33–45 beats per minute and remaining at that rate until the next blow . |
| 8 | By the time English had situated itself as a centre of learning and teaching at all universities in the early 1930s , its ethos and evaluative criteria were those associated with a masculine profession , rather than with a programme of national cultural intervention . |
| 9 | Learning and teaching at all levels |
| 10 | ( 5.13 ) gives the torque produced by a hybrid motor when operating at any supply frequency and load angle . |
| 11 | Insofar as they intruded on the very different trade in superior goods which Britain and Germany and USA could make better than they could and for which these and other countries had established legitimate mark[et]s and insofar as this intrusion was achieved by methods of subsidy and selling at less than cost it was an illegitimate trade and very disruptive in world trading circles . |
| 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 | The cycle of modification starting from one agreed baseline and ending at another agreed baseline will be used to explain the operation of DCs . |
| 14 | The cycle of modification starting from one agreed baseline and ending at another agreed baseline will be used to explain the operation of DCs . |
| 15 | I once knitted almost half of the front of a sweater in tuck stitch , continually dropping stitches and muttering at all the time I was spending picking them up . |
| 16 | The dog reared on his hind paws , his wide open mouth almost gripping my face , his front paws scrabbling and scratching at both of us . |
| 17 | 10.1 The Premises shall be demised subject to all ( if any ) Restrictions affecting the Premises ( whether in existence at the date of this agreement or arising at any later date ) |
| 18 | If you do n't you could use an A four pad building up a picture of the guy and trying at some time |
| 19 | Up until this moment of opening the door of Dad 's house and looking at these three men , I had experienced very little prejudice in life either . |
| 20 | 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 . |