Example sentences of "[verb] at [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ominous escalation of tension has come amid reports that the rail blockade of Armenia and Nagorny Karabakh by Azerbaijan — partially lifted at least in recent days — has been re-imposed after fresh violence . |
| 2 | This event starts at 10.00pm in complete darkness ! |
| 3 | The principal focus of attention now turned to particular Soviet industries , calling for the analysis of specialised technical journals and monographs , which had never been looked at previously by Western researchers . |
| 4 | What has been overlooked in this debate is that , whilst Gilbert & George or Howard Hodgkin won the prize in the past , neither Bridget Riley or Gillian Ayres for example , will be looked at now as potential winners . |
| 5 | Only if they did not show their faces , only if they kept their heads low and lived in obscure corners , could they hope to pass at least in physical safety through life . |
| 6 | Whereas effects upon coastal processes have been long considered at least in qualitative terms , the significance of human activity in affecting permafrost as illustrated in Canada ( Brown , 1970 ) ; and in influencing endogenetic processes ( Coates , 1980 ) , by loading effects from dams and reservoirs , water injections , irrigation and structures , and by withdrawal effects due to groundwater , oil and gas , and mineral extraction , and by surface excavation effects have been appreciated more recently . |
| 7 | At the time of writing , therefore , the Electricity and Gas Directives with their very limited objectives ( as seen at least through British eyes ) are blocked by a majority led by the French and the Germans . |
| 8 | Bartlett fell lbw to Batty for 37 and without addition Lathwell was stunningly caught one handed at mid-off by Batty to bring Carrick a wicket . |
| 9 | It is , to date , the most organised critical practice to insist that our understanding of Renaissance culture can be arrived at only through complex negotiations of both text and history . |
| 10 | He predicts that this cancellation effect will last into the 1990s , after which the effect of CFCs will dominate at least in mid latitudes of the northern hemisphere . |
| 11 | Darlington Harriers are arranging a 10km fund raising fun run for August 30 , starting at 11am on High Row you must be 17 or over to take part . |
| 12 | The result will be announced at 11pm on Downtown Radio by Mervyn Elder , chairman of the International Challenge Day organising committee . |
| 13 | Snow is a good insulator , and the temperature inside a snow cave will remain at just above freezing , regardless of the temperature outside . |
| 14 | Adapting his subject to his captive audience , he plunged at once into parliamentary small talk about the newly appointed committee , bobbing up and down between Berowne and Dalgliesh like a small craft on bumpy water . |
| 15 | In 1988 , she travelled around with an imposing security squad of African-American women , hinting at once of black nationalism , gay pride and eerie robotic conformity . |
| 16 | For good cooperation it is essential that the engineer has some grasp of ergonomics and that the ergonomist understands at least in general terms the technical situation in the particular industry . |
| 17 | The tenant , however , will wish to make certain that the landlord 's consent for an application for planning permission can not be unreasonably withheld at least for certain specified matters , having regard to the nature and situation of the premises . |
| 18 | Serve at once with chosen accompaniments . |
| 19 | Toss well to mix , garnish with basil and serve at once with crusty bread . |
| 20 | He crossed to the library and entered , assailed at once by warm memories of the man who had been to him the nearest thing to a father . |
| 21 | But it is worth noting that though the problems this produces for validation of theory are still not resolved in the social sciences , some researchers comfort themselves with the argument that different theories may agree at least on common working definitions , while a significant body of methodological writers has learnt to love the thorny creature by arguing ( after Max Weber ) that the theory- or value-component is a crucial positive factor in social-science explanation . |
| 22 | Cain leaps at once to disastrous conclusions , and the consequence is not the eating of fruit now , but jealousy and cold , calculated murder , fratricide . |
| 23 | Those who employ linguistics to study literature form some kind of social network with distinct practices and a skeletal institutional framework , defined at least by overt inter-disciplinary norms . |