Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His black hair sprouted at all angles from his scalp and he still had n't found time to shave . |
| 2 | Now , Richard Fairbanks of New York 's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory has uncovered a detailed record which shows how fast global sea level rose at different times during the transformation from the glacial to the post-glacial world . |
| 3 | Turkish Foreign Minister Hikmet Cetin announced at official talks later on March 4 that Turkey would extend loans and would help with Uzbekistan 's conversion from Cyrillic to Roman script , and that Uzbek banknotes would be printed in Turkey . |
| 4 | The French report , via the International Red Cross , stated that the aircraft crashed at 00.30 hours on September 18 . |
| 5 | In the course of the next week fighting flared at several points along the Armenia-Azerbaijan borders . |
| 6 | The SNCO in charge of the aircraft yelled at several tradesmen to climb up the ladder into the nose . |
| 7 | The structuralists looked at meaningful systems within their social context and analysed meaning as structured in a way analogous to language . |
| 8 | Wright looked at 255 rapes or attempted rapes investigated by the police as ‘ genuine ’ offences during 1972–1976 in six English police areas . |
| 9 | To create a sense of occasion that is in keeping with the depth of emotion felt at such times is very difficult without recognized formalities and strong ritualistic content . |
| 10 | The study looked at all areas of the natural environment , including the management of the diverse grasslands and associated rare species , for which the Park has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 11 | As new crust emerged at mid-oceanic ridges , they suggested , it became magnetized with the polarity of the prevailing magnetic field ( Fig. 2.13 ) . |
| 12 | The PLO struck at Israeli soldiers and civilians alike , and by 1970 the Israelis were retaliating deep into Lebanon , usually against civilian targets and always with results quite out of proportion to the original Palestinian attack . |
| 13 | AFHQ 's response came at 1857 hrs that afternoon [ KP 228 ] : " Agree all Yugoslav nationals in Eighth Army Area to be returned unless involves use of force , otherwise evacuation to Distone ( Italy ) in accordance with FX 77268 of 17 May . " |
| 14 | A muscle near her right cheekbone fluttered at erratic intervals , and the nail polish was chipped . |
| 15 | It is also clear that the prices of different commodities rose at varying rates and at different times . |
| 16 | But , especially , they show that whenever a siege occurred at neighbouring villages invariably suffered a s a result of heavy billeting , garrisoning , or even the mustering of armies on their greens and in their fields . |
| 17 | The 1334 tax assessments and the 1377 poll-tax returns show which communities existed at those dates ( the latter also showing how few had disappeared between them ) , and make it clear that a high proportion of those which eventually disappeared were markedly below the average size ( 58 , pp.162–3 , 207 ) . |
| 18 | But when the action of splash and spray is considered , there arises the possibility of the rock bench extending above this , or , if the rocks are suitably stratified , of subsidiary benched at higher elevations . |
| 19 | The fifteen months Eva spent at social services were all too short . |
| 20 | Raddled nets trailed at grey window-panes , flakes of plaster flecked the bare boards , newsprint , piss-yellow with age , scrunched at her feet . |
| 21 | Quinn stood in the booth facing away from the street pretending to consult the telephone directories until the machine rang at two minutes after eight . |
| 22 | Late last month , Boeing hinted at deep cuts in staff because of big cutbacks by its most important customers — the big US and foreign airlines wounded by the weak global economy . |
| 23 | In a paper that was published in nineteen eighty five , Journal of Urology , Shipley looked at prognostic factors in invasive cancer . |
| 24 | A systematic search for the pair of NTPs that led to the formation of stable initiated complexes ( to be shown and discussed below ) indicated that only the simultaneous presence of GTP and UTP could give rise to stable complexes , indicating that these were the first two NTPs incorporated at both promoters . |
| 25 | The table shows the number of mornings and afternoons that winds blew at various strengths over a 14 day period . |
| 26 | In an effort to clarify the direction of the causality between education and economic development , Peaslee looked at historical trends in education for developed countries . |
| 27 | I remember only too well a student whose little girl died at six months of age . |
| 28 | Crime Prevention Officer , PC Farleigh looked at all aspects of security : doors and window locks , provision for burglar alarms and security lights . |
| 29 | One day when the driver arrived at ten minutes past ten an angry customer berated him : ‘ You 're late , you should have been here ten minutes ago ! ’ |
| 30 | The Commons asked at various times that the perambulations should be observed , that new perambulations should be made , and that charters should be granted defining the forest limits . |