Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The more common form shows the hands in an attitude of prayer , centre-chest height , with the fingertips touching and , occasionally , the thumbs crossed ; the second position involves the crossing of the arms with fingertips at centre chest , the right arm being placed over the left and the fingers of both hands remaining closed but outstretched ; finally , there is the attitude of total repose , legs slightly parted at the knees , the shoulders down and the hands placed over the groin , again with the right hand over the left and the fingers together yet unclasped . |
| 32 | Wolfenden also hints at the other motives behind the widespread public indignation . |
| 33 | These squares now expand at the corners and erode along the sides , returning to square shape after another doubling of total generations . |
| 34 | With the club now languishing at the bottom of the table they were in desperate need of a football visionary , a new footballing messiah . |
| 35 | Miles 's voice was hushed , and Bernice saw his helmet tilt as he craned his neck upwards to look at the Bridge . |
| 36 | Inefficient and ineffective note-making methods often lie at the heart of students ' inability to realise their potential . |
| 37 | The note , from a private Indian lawyer reportedly acting at the behest of one of the middlemen who received pay-offs , was understood to have been delivered by Solanki on Feb. 1 while attending the World Economic Forum in Davos . |
| 38 | The economy-minded president even stayed at the four-star Buda Penta Hotel rather than the grander Grand Hotel overlooking the Danube . |
| 39 | Kids here play at the reservoir and the tunnel that they went through . |
| 40 | She pondered his words then glanced at the pay phone in the corner of the bar . |
| 41 | Benstede and Corbett then sat at the edge of a table directly beneath the great dais just as a chorus of trumpets brayed . |
| 42 | They often originate as flares in bright points and emerging flux regions while a void sometimes appears at the footpoint of the jet after ejection . |
| 43 | Certainly in the class-room those from two feet to two feet only go straight up and down in all changements , soubresauts and entrechats with both legs fully extended at the height of the jump . |
| 44 | Bernice almost laughed at the comical expression of shock that passed momentarily over Molassi 's normally impassive features . |
| 45 | Yes , there may be some waste in the Health Service , but I would suggest if we are to look for savings then start at the top . |
| 46 | It would thus be only for those films with generally low levels of subjective risk or few moving objects that subjects actually looked at the fixed information even in the recognition phase and were thus able to be biased by it . |
| 47 | In his assessment of the problem Hauge also points to the fate of some 118 nuclear vessels currently stationed at the Russian port of Murmansk . |
| 48 | Now the fact is , if you read Totem and Taboo , whatever you think , and how ever preposterous the idea may seem , what Freud actually says at the end of that book is not that , what Freud says is , there is an in innate , inborn sense of guilt about murdering near relatives like fathers and committing incest . |
| 49 | It has been observed that on increasing number of industrial disputes actually begin at the grass roots ; trade union leaders merely invoke democracy and then proceed to lead from behind . |
| 50 | The directive also applies to objects not returned at the end of a lawful temporary export . |
| 51 | Illegal phone labels ( i.e. states not specified at the beginning of the network ) can be ignored . |
| 52 | Under current law , there is no KPMG responsibility to a potential buyer not envisaged at the date of the audit report with respect to any financial statements with which KPMG is already publicly associated . |
| 53 | Dwayne and the English connection appear to have confederates already installed at the Valhalla Motel . |
| 54 | The judge effectively looked at the overall plan and examined the position before and after the plan in order to see where the element of bounty lay . |
| 55 | ‘ If corn etc. continuing at the high price 't is now , 't is to be left in the breast of the churchwardens and overseers to advance what they think proper — if corn etc. falls during the year no deductions to take place … ’ |
| 56 | This desperate cry for help eventually arrived at the parson 's house in Emminster . |
| 57 | All that is required is simply to retard the ignition timing by 3 degrees ( are you sure that your ignition timing is spot on , anyway — try unleaded and if the engine does n't ‘ pink ’ , you 're OK , but have the ignition properly set at the next service ) . |
| 58 | And , as the Chancellor patiently explained at the beginning of his speech , the Budget deals with income , not expenditure , which is precisely why he wants to change it . |
| 59 | While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window . |
| 60 | A splashy Belle-epoque tableau literally bursting at the edges with tumbling patrons leaping from the stage , frantic dancers , several pairs of identical twins and top-hatted gentlemen consorting with masked beauties , it was most entertaining decoration , and seemed reasonably estimated at $100–150,000 , though it sold to an American collector ( widely believed to be Iris and Gerald Cantor ) for a stunning $650,000 ( £373,500 ) . |