Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The embroidery , a pattern of golden lily-flowers dotted here and there , each one at a fair distance from the other , would be confined to the shoulder band and to a broad sash fastening at the back in as large a bow as Miss Dallam would tolerate , its ends falling to the hem of her skirt . |
| 2 | Only after knowing what our target is can we go on and set a transfer price that encourages each division to operate at the required volume . |
| 3 | The preparation of the foundations and the timbers alone would have required considerable time and although C12 is the largest building excavated at the site , the effort required to build many of the others would not have been much less . |
| 4 | In agreement with the strong protection observed at the central guanine residue , DNase I footprinting analysis of the same fragment reveals that digestion at the corresponding phosphodiester bond is severely impaired by the bound protein ( Figure 1C , left panel ) . |
| 5 | Later that day , after many interviews with ladies who looked as if they 'd come straight from an enthralling hour knitting at the foot of the guillotine , we found our garret . |
| 6 | Mr Deputy Speaker that strong sympathy expressed at the time of the last debate on these matters was approved overwhelmingly by the Labour party conference last October and I state that for the record less there be any misunderstanding about our position on the issue of voting systems . |
| 7 | They had grubby overalls on , and caps with protective masks , through which each gang peered at the other . |
| 8 | Ensure each male arrives at the party freshly showered and with a clean shirt . |
| 9 | She saw the old man who had accosted her on her walk that afternoon proceeding at the head of a little posse consisting of a neatly dressed man , a woman with untidy hair and a couple of children . |
| 10 | In a poem continually relating Christian religion to fertility ritual Eliot 's painted annunciation hints at the most primitive rites not only in its ‘ nimbus ’ but also in its drought-stricken landscape , where ‘ The wilderness is cracked and browned. , |
| 11 | If he were tempted to decide against Mrs. McLoughlin , he would indeed ask himself whether any principled distinction could be drawn between her case and the case of mothers who recover for emotional damage suffered at the scene . |
| 12 | The government , I , I find it somewhat disappointing that having put in what I think was an extremely good bid , I think having had that bid accepted at the first stage by government on their shortlist , having then had the bid accepted by the European Union , with the populations really that we submitted to them , we now find that U K government are actually trying trade back some of that population , and , and area coverage of the bid , to be able to use some of that spare capacity which they would generate within the U K , within the European population figure elsewhere within the country . |
| 13 | Then , staring across the moonlit yard , she saw his tall figure standing at the top of the slope leading down to the river . |
| 14 | Leave five minutes before each interview to look at the candidate 's application form/letter , and any particular questions noted down while first reading it . |
| 15 | That light travels at the speed of five times around the earth in the time it takes to say rice pudding is indeed an amazing matter . |
| 16 | World War II brought many new urgent needs such as anti-malarials , antiseptics and in particular participation in secret inter-allied research aimed at the synthesis of penicillin . |
| 17 | For several weeks that fear remained at the back of our minds and we wondered what was behind the brief news bulletins which were issued , and whether the whole fateful adventure would be a success . |
| 18 | A recent small-scale study undertaken at the University of Sheffield suggests that young people in private schools reveal distinctive processes of occupational , political and socio-economic socialisation . |
| 19 | Prandtl 's conclusions as to the efficacy of the Magnus effect in Flettner 's application were confirmed only recently by the results of an extensive study done carried only recently by the results of an extensive study done at the University of Dayton 's Research Institute . |
| 20 | The 5-2 fav had drawn upsides The Vatman Cometh when that rival capsized at the final obstacle . |
| 21 | The idea that modernization brings about a shift in criminal activity from violence to theft has also been put forward by scholars who do not necessarily accept that violence increases at the beginning of the modernization process . |
| 22 | However , the weakness of setting out to find a compromise is that each side assumes at the start that its own view is the one to be preferred . |
| 23 | What would the position be if there was an exceptionally strong gale blowing at the time of the original road accident ? |
| 24 | This change occurred at the beginning of the Paleozoic era starting with the Cambrian period , about 570 to 700 million years ago . |
| 25 | FIG. 2 The photograph at the upper right is of a fragment of fresh retina focused at the level of the outer segments and recorded on video by means of an infrared television camera permanently mounted on the microspectrophotometer . |
| 26 | The public flogging anticipated at the annual general meeting of the City watchdog , Fimbra , may well fail to materialise . |
| 27 | They may have been the gigantic reptilian analogue of the elephant , and it may be no coincidence that the elephant also has its nasal openings on top of the skull , with the nostrils in this case sited at the end of the trunk it has been suggested that some sauropods may have had a proboscis of some sort . |
| 28 | Some sedimentation occurs at the chamber floor but crystal concentration increases with time . |
| 29 | The road up from Luz to Gavarnie is a pleasure in itself , tightly enclosed by rock walls in places , before it broadens out into another of those lovely high Pyrenean basins at the resort village of Gèdre . |
| 30 | This was weighted with a large wooden tag charred at the end where Father Barnes had put it down too close to a gas flame . |