Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | This coordination of two developmental events , crucial to the formation of the eye , is achieved in some animals by the approaching eyecup inducing the lens to develop just where it touches the surface , and so the lens develops at the right place . |
| 2 | It stopped at the usual place , and a soldier in a red and gold uniform jumped down . |
| 3 | And er I used to go myself quite a lot er when there were well when there were more than one coming up I 've seen me go into , down in the pullman train from here to er , well we had about five changes I think , fat father had it all marked out so as you changed at a certain place . |
| 4 | It will probably not go unnoticed if you appear well organized at this stage , and it will certainly help you to appear at the right place and at the right time looking calm and unruffled . |
| 5 | I did [ think of myself as a cabbage ] when I was living at the other place doing all that washing by hand … |
| 6 | Can it be done at a different place ? |
| 7 | Every actual utterance is spatiotemporally unique , being spoken or written at a particular place and at a particular time ; and provided that there is some standard system for identifying points in space and time , we can , in principle , specify the actual spatiotemporal situation of any utterance act . |
| 8 | If you jump , yes you 're looking at the right place , but you 've jumped ahead . |
| 9 | They 're looking at the same place where … ’ |
| 10 | These movements are preprogrammed " ballistic " responses whose velocities are determined by the anticipated distance of travel , ensuring that the eye arrives at the right place after a fixed period of time . |
| 11 | The die study has become one of the most important tools used by the numismatist because it provides a physical link between two separate objects and thereby provides evidence that they were made at the same place and time . |
| 12 | Of course , it would be much too simple if die links always proved that two objects were made at the same place and time . |
| 13 | Once the cursor has been positioned at the required place on the screen its position can be locked by pressing one of the ‘ ears ’ . |
| 14 | General announcements , group discussions or committees are difficult , the speechreader must look at the right place at the right time . |
| 15 | ‘ Shall we meet at the same place ? |
| 16 | In the absence of an animal , or even in addition to it , it is quite possible that some form of comfort was found at a particular place or sanctuary , and even within the minute span of evolutionary time measured by a single generation , it is possible for such a retreat to have become a very special place for a whole family , or even a tribe . |
| 17 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |
| 18 | Each Land Registry deals with a certain number of counties , and readers are referred to the current edition of Longman 's Directory of Local Authorities in order to ensure that their applications for First Registration or for a dealing arrive at the right place . |
| 19 | Day three was spent at the lowest place on earth — 1400 ft below sea level — the Dead Sea and , after visiting the ancient palace of Herod the Great at Masada , it was time for the obligatory float in the Dead Sea . |
| 20 | An order may require the child to comply with any directions given by the supervisor : ( i ) to live at a specified place or places for certain periods of time ; ( ii ) to present himself to a specified person or persons at times and places as specified ; ( iii ) to participate in specified activities at certain times ( para 2 ) . |
| 21 | Messages would be sent out , up and down the track , summoning song-owners to assemble at the Big Place . |
| 22 | They all came from similar backgrounds and , as like minds , they were all congregating at the same place for the same reasons . |
| 23 | ‘ Would you like to eat at the same place ? ’ he asked , taking no risks . |
| 24 | In Part III of Schedule I to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 ( disqualifying offices ) there is inserted at the appropriate place — ’ Any member of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council in receipt of remuneration . ’ |
| 25 | I had them processed at the one-hour place , cost me a fortune but … |
| 26 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 27 | The complication was in saying the newly minted lines at the right side of the mirror whilst arriving at the same place each time . |
| 28 | Parental responsibility appears here in the form of a duty to ensure that the child is examined ; there is an offence on failing without reasonable cause to comply with requirements of a notice requiting the child to be examined at a stipulated place and time . |
| 29 | The first question we asked was , how many of the words spoken by the subject were posted at the correct place in the word lattice ? |
| 30 | And we now have fifty agents of different nationalities , all highly trained in the skills taught at the special place . ’ |