Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing out of place in their suburban show home is their sensitive young son , Michael , whose disturbing nightmares hint at the darker forces seething beneath its spotless surface … ’ |
| 2 | The therapeutic objective of holding the mirror up to nature and confronting people with themselves is further explored in the final section of the book , which looks at the wider implications of drama in secure settings and its role in therapy . |
| 3 | For most motors the static torque/rotor position characteristic exhibits a rapidly diminishing return in terms of torque produced as the phase current approaches its rated value [ see Fig. 3.1(a) ] , indicating that magnetic saturation or the stator and rotor teeth occurs at the higher currents . |
| 4 | Yet this shift of interest away from ‘ primitive ’ societies has not provided us with a new framework of analysis for we still tend to ‘ tribalise ’ complex societies by looking at the simpler aspects e.g. rural communities only . |
| 5 | Prize money in Britain covers only about one quarter of these costs , which is why some owners are looking at the larger prizes available in other countries . |
| 6 | When , six months later , the English Opera Group was looking for a boy soprano to play the Little Sweep in a new production of Let's Make an Opera — in which the young Michael Ingram had previously treated a Brixton audience to on-stage nudity — Benjamin Britten remembered Michael , not so much for his singing , but for the havoc he caused at the earlier auditions . |
| 7 | The problem of Sunday caddies was again aired but not to any effect , the committee believing it had to abide by the ‘ banning ’ decision made at the earlier bondholders meeting . |
| 8 | Still more horrors — if rugby under the new law is difficult to play and to control on a dry day in South Africa , imagine the effect in marshy old England in the mud and rain of January ; imagine the shambles the game will become at the lower levels in those conditions with the sanctuary of the next scrum no longer available to the team carrying the ball . |
| 9 | Several of the issues just outlined will be given special attention in our last chapter , which will look at the wider horizons opened up for Protestant theology by the ecumenical movement , the encounter with other faiths , and the development of science . |
| 10 | In this month 's article I will be discussing this and in passing we can look at the wider aspects of how techniques and paddle strokes are developed . |
| 11 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 12 | If we think of linguistic analysis as usually being linked to the sentence as the maximum unit of grammar , then the study of discourse attempts to look at the larger contexts in which sentences occur . |
| 13 | Many , but not all , of those above the line are based at the bigger aerodromes with concrete/asphalt runway(s) , which often means higher rents , rates and landing-fees . |
| 14 | During the Depression years mothers often called at the better-off houses in the neighbourhood to try and find places for their daughters and one woman recalled employing a succession of unemployed miners ' daughters to whom she paid 5/ a week . |
| 15 | Women are much better represented among occupational , educational , clinical and counselling psychologists and psychotherapists , but here too they are concentrated at the lower levels of the profession . |
| 16 | An interesting fact of large industrial organizations is that there is always a nearly unanimous clarity amongst those involved at the lower levels on who it is who is actually keeping the thing going , because in every organization somebody is . |
| 17 | So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force . |
| 18 | Conversely if the samples stored at the higher temperatures show little or no change , it may be possible to reduce the frequency of , or even omit , certain of the scheduled examinations at lower temperatures . |
| 19 | She knelt down and stared at the smaller words below it . |
| 20 | Because of the changed security situation and that type of er conflict not being envisaged in the same way now , what we felt was important was to be able to operate er apart from main operating bases , but also from sort of general purpose erm strips , flying clubs and those type of smaller airfields and therefore rather than looking at the damaged runway situation , we looked at the smaller strips and took a length that we could sensibly operate from erm and took that as the yardstick but clearly notwithstanding that , there is the prospect of damaged runways and therefore the slight relaxation would also apply to damaged runways but perhaps damaged to a lesser extent . |
| 21 | This distinction is crucial in the present context , because it appears that material resulting from endopeptidase cleavage is rather commonly encountered whereas material generated at the later stages ( Gly-extended and amidated products ) is less common . |
| 22 | The front of the hurricane tore at the lower flanks of the mountains , rending great trees from the rain forest and tossing them aside as if they were little more than sticks . |
| 23 | Welsh- Pearson , the company he set up in 1915 , remained small , making only three or four films a year , thus resisting the pressures for mass production that prevailed at the larger studios . |
| 24 | I tell the truth , honest I do ! " one was shouting , and it and a few others tugged at the lower edges of the few furs he still had on and pulling on his under-breeches where they appeared out of the top of his boots . |
| 25 | here they believe the problem has to be tackled at the lower levels of the organization . |
| 26 | This may sound a magnificent position but , in fact , much better personal experience of the techniques of running a committee meeting can be obtained at the lower levels , because you will have more personal involvement . |
| 27 | I think a lot of the modern maths that we 've , we 've heard about is still very much aimed at the brighter children who were going to do O-level and , and beyond even in mathematics . |
| 28 | The new XJ 4. litre follows the sales success of the 3. litre model , and it 's aimed at the sportier drivers among Jaguar customers , as well as getting younger drivers behind the famous wheel . |
| 29 | Our policy is to recruit at the lower levels and train those staff who show aptitude for managerial responsibility . |
| 30 | Both came to lead theoretically revolutionary parties , which they staffed at the higher levels with relatives or friends from their home region . |