Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first are the rich and well-born , the other the mass of the people " , Hamilton was reported as saying at the Federal Convention in 1787 . |
| 2 | This type of debate can only be resolved when looking at the functions in some detail . |
| 3 | The possible implications of this development are best considered when looking at the more general direction which the control on discretion is , and should be , taking . |
| 4 | An anomaly will be regarded as particularly serious if it is seen as striking at the very fundamentals of a paradigm and yet persistently resists attempts by the members of the normal scientific community to remove it . |
| 5 | Children are assessed while staying at the Institute for up to four weeks ( this may be extended in some cases ) . |
| 6 | For a moment , the Doctor toyed lightly with the simularity crystal he had found while looking at the blood on the floor . |
| 7 | Seven years after the Americans bombed Libya , a veteran peace campaigner has been arrested while protesting at the airbase used for the raid . |
| 8 | No such clear-cut patterns emerge when looking at the substance of their preferences : whom they had chosen to comment on , and whether they regarded them favourably or unfavourably . |
| 9 | Louis , a sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road . |
| 10 | Louis , an all-round sportsman and only child , was struck while jogging at the edge of the road on 13 July . |
| 11 | The financial constraints on Ayr racecourse are reflected in much-reduced prize-money for today 's Scottish Champion Hurdle , which features a rematch between Fidway , fourth in the Champion Hurdle , and Granville Again , who fell when challenging at the second-last . |
| 12 | Since , as we saw when looking at the financing of the PSBR , such borrowing does not increase the money supply , it reduces the otherwise expansionary effect on the money supply of the PSBR . |
| 13 | Thus , where rent is payable quarterly in advance on the usual quarter days a term of " seven years from 25 March " will be construed as beginning at the first moment of 25 March , so that the first payment of rent will fall due on the first day of the term and the last payment of rent would be made in respect of a complete quarter , which ends at the last moment of the term . |
| 14 | Some aspects of the nature of the site have already been discussed when looking at the effect of the building regulations . |
| 15 | Second , as regards durability , the goods should last for a reasonable time and any breach should be regarded as occurring at the time of supply rather than when the lack of durability became apparent . |
| 16 | Gains or losses from this notional disposal are treated as accruing at the time of the intra-group transfer . |
| 17 | The most common drill — and this is even practised by the better players who may be struggling with their groundstrokes — is to put targets within 60–90cm ( 2–3ft ) of the baseline and inside tramline and think in terms of rallying while aiming at the targeted areas . |