Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many seconds will it be before 6 and 12 flash again at the same time ? |
| 2 | A lamp was fitted to each upper corner of the bodywork , with another placed centrally at the back below the roof . |
| 3 | In acute diseases it is generally adequate to look only at the symptoms of the acute disease itself . |
| 4 | 12 Look carefully at the edge of your protractor . |
| 5 | And all along the Cages the other eagles scuttered and muttered , some staring silently at the Men taking the oldest and most venerable among them away , others pretending not to look . |
| 6 | A situation like this continues only at the peril of all of us , and a heavy responsibility rests on the new TECs to set it right . |
| 7 | The thin end of the wedge is that this chips away at the core of what makes union unique : it is a game for all shapes and sizes . |
| 8 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |
| 9 | This runs freely at the end of the lyric composition as finally the speaker explicitly asserts his capacity to sing for love . |
| 10 | The stylishly colour co-ordinated hotplate offers the best in gas technology , with three standard and one semi-rapide burners , each igniting instantly at the touch of a button and each with a simmer-stop position , which maintains a steady flame at a low setting . |
| 11 | It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-door cell . |
| 12 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 13 | He was on good terms with Marcus , content to know both that they would talk again , and that it was impossible to do so at the moment . |
| 14 | The ‘ first night ’ was always a little tense and emotional as we saw hundreds come forward at the end of the service to commit their lives to Christ . |
| 15 | It seemed to be impossible to straighten both at the same time ) and thrust out his chest . |
| 16 | If the unholy alliance in favour of the National Curriculum is likely to come apart at the seams over the issue of resource , so also , given the very different aspirations of those who support its introduction , there is likely to be a parting of the ways over principles . |
| 17 | Allow an ‘ activity space ’ around each piece , which can overlap with the next if you are not likely to use both at the same time . |
| 18 | These persisted even at the height of the war . |
| 19 | Even on the premier franchises , the marginal operator is likely to compete only at the best times while the franchisee is left to operate the full seven day service . |
| 20 | The activated enzyme was then supposed to eat away at the synaptic membrane so as to expose more NMDA receptor sites which , until thus exposed , remain buried in the membrane surface and hence inactive . |
| 21 | Silence for a moment , while we all gazed meditatively at the floor . |
| 22 | It 's all stripped apart at the moment ! |
| 23 | The commission hoped to have the main services — banking , investment and insurance — all liberalised together at the end of 1992 . |
| 24 | We will all look carefully at the conclusions that it draws from its work and from the evidence submitted to it . |
| 25 | Perhaps the best one of all happened again at the good old reception desk at the BBC , but this time not to me . |
| 26 | As it was , they were all staring fixedly at the entrance to the place , so I had already been inspected by them . |
| 27 | All seems well at the moment . ’ |
| 28 | She obviously uses it each week , so it 's all rotted all coming away at the back of the pan . |
| 29 | We all worked hard at the lesson , no time wasted . |
| 30 | The latter looked admiringly at the other two who have been preserved long past their life expectancy . |