Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another group of plants adopting a similar strategy to the cycads arose at about the same time . |
| 2 | Only late in his life did he undertake an analysis of the economic basis of imperialism , and even then he brought together a number of particular observations rather than formulating a specific alternative to the Marxist theory , such as Schumpeter produced at about the same time . |
| 3 | With ‘ Laura Ashley ’ shops opening at about the rate of ten a year and Peter Revers ' avowed aim to have one in every state , the new factory was crucial . |
| 4 | The Roots , a drawing done at about the same time as Sorrow , was conceived quite deliberately as a companion piece , He paired them because he was trying to say the same thing in both . |
| 5 | I do n't want my lads shot at in the dark and yours do n't know the ground . ’ |
| 6 | In 1985 , capital expenditure for air pollution control was estimated to have cost industry $10.5 billion , with operation and maintenance costs at about the same level . |
| 7 | It is the risk to public order inherent in the defendant 's words or conduct that represents the harm struck at by the section . |
| 8 | It results in very rapid weight loss in most cases and generally the weight stabilises at around the ‘ ideal ’ level . |
| 9 | The patterns hinted at in the data on the post-assessment engagements with clients could be construed as revealing a greater sense of purposefulness in the work undertaken . |
| 10 | In The Dear Deceit ( 1960 ) the dichotomy between truth and fiction hinted at in The Sycamore Tree is brought to the fore , and the possibility of reaching a pre-discursive reality is relinquished once and for all . |
| 11 | In hollow-casting by the direct lost wax method , a core is modelled in clay on a metal armature , the surface finished in wax to the thickness aimed at for the bronze . |
| 12 | More surprisingly , sometimes a trough develops at about the same position , 15 degrees upstream of the mountains : and this pattern also persists for many days or weeks . |
| 13 | The people the people who are living in Kuwait , they got all the basic erm services such as electricity and water , which is , you know , water is processed a mechanically processed system , we do n't have rivers and we do n't have portable water wells erm we process our own water through erm desalination plants located at on the gulf . |
| 14 | The Northern Ireland case illustrates a critical point hinted at at the beginning of this section which has important methodological implications for any researcher working with ethnicity as a speaker variable : ethnicity is a culturally created category , in no sense objectively ‘ given ’ or verifiable . |
| 15 | Four Greenpeace volunteers attempting to take samples for radioactivity testing at in the French nuclear testing ground of Muroroa atoll were arrested by French commandos on Dec. 11 . |
| 16 | Daly and Caputi are especially preoccupied with reclaiming the spiritual powers women were once invested with — powers hinted at in the etymology of words like glamour , as noted above . |
| 17 | This is a steep climb , but there are several things to look at on the way — plenty of excuses to stop and catch your breath ! |
| 18 | Compare this to the strenuously managed , balanced sense of self arrived at by the likes of The Eurythmics and Howard Jones . |
| 19 | A case for seasonal adjustment exists where recognisable seasonal variations occur year after year with a fixed period and where the increases and decreases occur at about the same time and in about the same proportion each year . |
| 20 | We support the views arrived at by the C E C , we should be proud of our title the Labour Party and shout from the hi highest rooftops where we live and work . |
| 21 | While it is certainly necessary to chart shifts in women 's position in literature and society through history , it is crudely ahistorical to judge writers of the past exclusively through terms arrived at in the late twentieth century . |
| 22 | The significance of this fact will be dealt with later ; suffice it to say here that the effect of the listing arrived at by the formulators of the received tradition is to raise this perfectly acceptable and important generalization to the status of an unbroken rule , to smooth away all complications and to present a perfectly articulated chain of Muftis , all of whom remained in office until their deaths . |
| 23 | Alternatively , in a more traditional diplomatic style , a country could be neutralised , preferably with its own consent ( if a viable political force which can speak on behalf of the nation or territory concerned can be identified ) through arrangements arrived at by the superpowers , perhaps at summit discussions , with or without the involvement of other Great Powers or regionally influential states . |
| 24 | Births and abortion rates increased at about the same time . |
| 25 | The activities struck at by the section are further defined in section 19(3) as follows : |
| 26 | Oligodendrocytes appear at about the time of birth and the astrocyte a week later . |
| 27 | This was particularly so in connection with the sexual adventures hinted at in the title — adventures which became a sort of leitmotif , in that the author seemed to feel he had to have one in every seven or eight pages , preferably with some piquant variation . |
| 28 | Non-sexism can only be a utopian or post-revolutionary state arrived at after the massive change in social relations and ideas demanded by an aggressive anti-sexist policy . |
| 29 | The horizon on this Earth-sized world lies at about the same distance as on the Earth . |
| 30 | In all In in all fairness they 're not in my opinion , not exactly the greatest thing to look at in the country are they ? |