Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The syntactic component could look at all the word-pairs for each tag ending at some vertex in the graph and discard all but the highest scoring , based on the acoustic scores and the pair-wise probabilities , since , given this parsing method , no later information is relevant to the decision . |
| 2 | Andy the gardener was standing around on the lower terrace looking at some white geraniums he had set out in an urn by the pool house , and although she shrank from returning to the scene of yesterday 's shame , she decided to go and rap with him . |
| 3 | What was this girl doing at one of Amelia 's dos ? |
| 4 | Erm I 've got this lady coming at two . |
| 5 | In particular , examples have been found of periodic behaviour occurring at higher r than chaotic for the same values of b and P. Changes are not necessarily in the direction of greater randomness the further one goes from the first instability of steady solutions . |
| 6 | During the late afternoon I received another call summoning a further Cabinet meeting at 7.30 p.m . |
| 7 | Psychologists of vision , for example , have to think in terms of levels of representation that the nervous system computes and not to do so would be to render unintelligible the processes that occur between the transducing of light-rays into electrical impulses at the retina and the cortex recording the object as ( say ) a rigid cylinder rotating at such and such a distance from the viewing point . |
| 8 | Maggie taunted , the devil getting into her , a peculiar excitement rising at this subtle duel . |
| 9 | Spend some time looking at various models and choose one that you feel most comfortable with . |
| 10 | This may mean , of course , that you can manage on very fine papers , in which case spend some time looking at handmade papers ( for example Khadi ) . |
| 11 | With the growth of towns , the coming of the Industrial Revolution , and the improvements in surface transportation , the pattern in all but the staple industries changed and the whole industrial and commercial structure grew ( and grows ) increasingly more diverse and complex , to the extent that it moves ever more out of the realms of the local researcher into those of the economic or social historian working at national , or even international , level . |
| 12 | Or that on their first-ever real takeoff during base checks at Prestwick , most pilots have as much difficulty keeping at 1,500 feet circuit height as does a low-hour student in a Cessna 152 ? |
| 13 | There are considerable gains to be made too in fuel consumption , for while second gear driving at 30 km/h actually consumes seven per cent more fuel than driving at 50 km/h , third gear defensive approaches yield a seven per cent fall . |
| 14 | The notion of rhythm involves some noticeable event happening at regular intervals of time ; one can detect the rhythm of a heart-beat , of a flashing light or of a piece of music . |
| 15 | I should have started the annual parish meeting at seven and followed by |
| 16 | So who 's making the profit , if a typical CD retailing at 12.99 can be made for a mere 50 pence ? |
| 17 | Tom O'Neill was in the outer office looking at one of the pictures that lines the walls — Rena , Hugo 's favourite house model , wearing a loose cut trench coat over a tailored shirt and doe-skin pants . |
| 18 | ‘ Further , as the minister of state , Lord Fraser , said recently , we currently have a major interdepartmental working group looking at all aspects of criminal justice legislation besides some eight other working groups looking at particular aspects of the system . |
| 19 | The International Squash Rackets Federation will introduce random drug testing at next year 's world championships . |
| 20 | The Convento de San Esteban is a magnificent plateresque sixteenth-century edifice on the Plaza Santo Domingo , approached by a small arched bridge which provides an impressive forefront to that immense carved façade , with the arcaded convent standing at right angles to it on the right . |
| 21 | This process is repeated each time the highest-level index existing at that time requires a third or fourth track to be added . |
| 22 | Thank you chair , erm many of you will perhaps know that the health authority did some pioneering work looking at different standard mortality ratios in different wards in Oxfordshire , and came up with some rather disturbing evidence that some of the wards had significantly higher incidents of death for people primarily in the forty-five to sixty-four age range than others , and Phil and myself wish to continue that work by targeting those wards with a range of measures designed to alleviate some of those health inequalities . |
| 23 | For example , with the white population growing at less than I per cent per year between 1980 and 1986 , many white schools have suffered dramatic falls in enrolments . |
| 24 | Passed unanimously , but with Yemen not participating , after one-hour meeting commencing at 5.00 a.m . |
| 25 | The latter can be thought of either as something like a pointer moving across a scale to a mark labelled " here " , or ultimately as a conscious observer looking at such a pointer and saying " By Jove , the electron 's here " on this occasion . |
| 26 | 4 Gentle guided walk starting at 10.30 . |
| 27 | Without a word , the nun ushered them through the broad , thick oak door and into a tiled hall , there to be confronted by a statue of the Virgin Mary with the Child in her arms , and above her , on the wall , a large crucifix hanging at such an angle it appeared that Christ 's bent head was viewing Himself as a child in His mother 's arms . |
| 28 | They might be forced to discard him — and a stray company working at large would not scruple to cut his throat , though Owen would . |
| 29 | He is a great walker now — distance no object — and we had a fine time looking at all the things the canal had to offer , including frozen puddles and flying swans . |
| 30 | I remember we sat there all afternoon looking at that wonderful picture and planning our poem in our heads . |