Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard , if we have any time to spare , better to stand and gaze at the name of the very street we live in , ‘ Mafeking ’ , and contemplate its significance . |
| 2 | Most people are keen for their children to be educated but despair at the kind of education they receive . |
| 3 | He was named as winner at the annual Newspaper Industry Awards held in London on Tuesday night . |
| 4 | It is thought that development at the chosen site could endanger wildlife . |
| 5 | Everybody could see that safety at the factory was getting worse . |
| 6 | Howell , Labour MP for Small Heath , claimed that violence at the weekend was caused by groups of Birmingham City followers — totalling at least 300 - arriving in Blackpool without tickets for the Third Division match . |
| 7 | In agreement with the strong protection observed at the central guanine residue , DNase I footprinting analysis of the same fragment reveals that digestion at the corresponding phosphodiester bond is severely impaired by the bound protein ( Figure 1C , left panel ) . |
| 8 | The main effect of wind is probably to be seen in undercutting and fluting at the base of upstanding rock masses , while such things as wooden telegraph poles and stone monuments may be undercut at the base and even worn through . |
| 9 | Sir Michael Clapham himself retired as Chairman at the end of 1977 having served on the Council from its beginning in 1964 ( and he was at this point the only remaining member from the original Council ) , and been its Chairman for seven years . |
| 10 | It was presided over by Ernest Ayliffe who had retired as President at the beginning of Congress , but had accepted the honour of becoming one of the BDDA 's first " Grand Councillors " . |
| 11 | This ensures that tax at the basic rate is not charged again on such income which has already borne tax at the basic rate ( see Lord Chetwode v IRC ( 1977 ) 51 TC 647 per Sir John Pennycuick at 670H ) . |
| 12 | On that occasion , although one of them only was present , both counsel and solicitor were in court acting on their behalf , and I find it very difficult to accept that neither counsel nor solicitor at the conclusion of the hearing explained in the clearest terms to the second appellant precisely what it was that she and the first appellant were to be restrained from doing . |
| 13 | If you are VMC , then continue and land at the nearest airfield . |
| 14 | A further 29 initially went to the Drugs Council because of some external pressure : in 15 cases the GP had stipulated counselling as a complement to medication ; five had court cases pending and thought that attendance at the Drugs Council would mean a lesser sentence ; five were pressurised by family members to seek counselling ; and four were advised to attend by their probation officer or social worker . |
| 15 | Kenneth is an atheist and Uncle Hamish , who has a reflecting telescope cast and ground at the glass works but never uses his private observatory , espouses a brand of condemnationist Christianity that replaces caritas with anathemata . |
| 16 | Good controls allow you to get the best of both comfort and economy at the same time . |
| 17 | An odd memorial , a seat where people could rest and gaze at the castle ; perhaps S. G. Sutherland had spent much of his life in the gardens watching others getting on with theirs . |
| 18 | A self-confessed socialist , Cipriani duly supported all types of social reform , the mention of which was viewed as subversion at the time , and his record as a fighter against all forms of injustice is impressive : |
| 19 | Corporation tax on capital gains made by companies will be charged as income at the normal corporation tax rate ( 35 per cent or 29 per cent ) . |
| 20 | Similarly , where bending takes place , the restrictions on rotation of one chain link relative to its neighbour imply a coupling of bending and rotation at the level of the chain link . |
| 21 | A spokewoman for the director 's office said that security at the Ashmolean Museum was approved by government security advisors and was constantly under review . |
| 22 | Now sit , quite naturally , just as you would , alone on a beach in order to dream and gaze at the sea . ’ |
| 23 | Of course , there was mourning and grief at the abbe 's sudden death and his funeral caused disruption in the normal tedium of our lives . ’ |
| 24 | In both , ‘ irrationality ’ — in the form of authorial personality , unconscious contradiction or excess — is discovered as negation at the heart of the commercial and purposeful rationality of capitalist production and bourgeois ideology . |
| 25 | I can say that security at the Skinnergate branch is under review because of this . ’ |
| 26 | The County and Borough authorities had been informed that accommodation at the workhouse was too limited for it to be used as a place of detention under the Children 's Act of 1909 . |
| 27 | The bids confirmed that they were best to hang on to them and they will now be refurbished and pole-mounted at the entrance to the Museum . |
| 28 | The manor is set right in the middle of Horncastle and has a large and colourful garden , much admired by passers-by who can not help but pause at the usually open corner gate in the garden wall . |