Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consequence is a realization that it is precisely the hierarchical and cybernetic attributes of living organisms that enabled evolution to acquire the direction emphasized by Hobhouse at the start of the century . |
| 2 | Vlad , arrested in late December 1989 , was alleged with others to have complied with orders to fire on demonstrators in Bucharest and other cities given by Ceausescu at politburo meetings on Dec. 17 and 22 , 1989 . |
| 3 | Identical flasks containing cell suspension , 5 mM glucose , and 0.1 mM 5-ASA were therefore prepared and the reactions stopped by centrifugation at time intervals ranging from 0 to 120 minutes . |
| 4 | Already , in the regna assigned to Charles at Orléans , a number of important men had declared for Lothar . |
| 5 | Lissa 's slender fingers curled into fists at her sides . |
| 6 | It has to do with Italy 's terrifying national public deficit , estimated at L 34,000 billion , which on 26 May led to the money voted by Parliament at the end of January being frozen until October ; this means , for example , that Venice , Italy 's most fragile urban and artistic organism , which was to have had L450 billion spent on its infrastructure this year , is once again unable , for example , to dredge its canals , essential if the city is to avoid being flooded next time there is a high tide . |
| 7 | Still it remains that there is no equivalent for Esau of the fine blessings received by Jacob at Bethel and Peniel . |
| 8 | The various groups who were to carry out raids along the North African coast gathered at Siwa at the beginning of June , aiming to leave for their targets between the 6th and the 8th of the month escorted by LRDG patrols . |
| 9 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 10 | Ruth 's eyes filled with tears at life 's cruelty and she had to swallow hard to stop them spilling . |
| 11 | For a moment she did nothing , horrified , her lips drawn back from her teeth , watching how he turned the stump , observing it , his eyes filled with wonder at the thing he had accidentally done . |
| 12 | Ruth 's eyes filled with pain at the truth of that blunt statement . |
| 13 | All members of HM Forces stationed overseas at a non-BFPO address may receive mail posted in UK at concessionary rates of postage providing it is clearly addressed to a military type address or diplomatic post . |
| 14 | The eyes fastened on Dinah at once and scarcely left her . |
| 15 | Here a useful parallel may be found not in law , but in Remigius 's admonition addressed to Clovis at the start of his reign : although the king was still pagan he was advised to listen to his bishops . |
| 16 | When the Institute 's working party on openness reported to Council at the beginning of the year ( see ACCOUNTANCY , February , p 13 ) , it endorsed the idea of letting the sunshine in on some of the Institute 's important but less controversial public interest functions . |
| 17 | TESTS carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture on the flock of 5,000 hens owned by nuns at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery in Northamptonshire , showed that there was no danger to public health , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 18 | The assertion that Bayezid 's reign was felt to be essentially a godless one finds confirmation in the view taken by the earliest Ottoman historians of the crushing defeat suffered by Bayezid at the hands of Timur in 1402 near Ankara and the subsequent chaos in the Ottoman state . |
| 19 | In small interest categories the choice of stock offered to users at any one service point is bound to be restricted — despite the bias introduced by the square root formula . |
| 20 | A motor car bought for resale at a cost of £3,500 the retail price of which was £5,000 . |
| 21 | Shops opened in Stockton at the turn of the century and in Redcar in 1924 but closed in the 1960's due to a fall in demand . |
| 22 | The report says that the methods used by scientists at the Department of the Environment to calculate future acid rain damage are " flawed " . |
| 23 | After the expiry of the Palestine mandate entrusted to Britain at the 1920 San Remo conference , the state of Israel , founded in May 1948 and since then cherished and sustained by jews all over the world , entered the state of war with its Arab neighbours which has persisted ever since , further stimulated by the activities of Palestinian militants and their sympathizers both in the occupied territories and farther afield . |
| 24 | While parents visited stalls at the Easter fayre , children of Headley Nursery Club played on equipment at the Church Centre . |
| 25 | They moved on to see some fellows working on a lovely Galway hooker raised on sleepers at the waterside , then crossed to a quiet little bar and had some Beamishes . |
| 26 | In particular , the Magyar gentry saw themselves placed at a disadvantage compared with German-speakers at the same time as their historic liberties were threatened . |
| 27 | Your own key provided for access at all times . |
| 28 | The axe found by detectives at the scene of a woodlands fire |
| 29 | Total pancreatic DNA content per 100 g body weight increased by 34% at two weeks ( p<0.05 ) and by 82% at three weeks ( p<0.05 ) , while RNA content increased by 60% and 178% ( p<0.001 ) and protein content by 20% and 57% ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 30 | The girl 's eyes widened in surprise at her ignorance . |