Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] at these [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Broadhurst 's Wager is the correct way round of looking at these things , an apt reversal of the sophistries of that anorexic apostate , scribbling on his Post-it notelets . |
| 2 | The survey people stressed the importance of neutrality and objectivity in research , and the participant observation enthusiasts argued that the essential thing about social life is what it means to those involved , and that the only valid way of getting at these meanings is to participate in the lives of those who shared them . |
| 3 | The boys ' behaviour is their way of protesting at these changes and competing for your affection and attention . |
| 4 | It should be noted , moreover , that the ability of the present Call-slip analysis exercise to determine the date of publication of a much greater proportion of items issued ( 97% as opposed to 65% on each of the two earlier occasions ) means that its results are much more accurate , and that the higher incidence of pre-1900 publications recorded by the earlier surveys probably can , therefore , be attributed , in large measure , not to any radically different pattern of reading at these times , but to the fact that the numerous undated call-slips occurring then almost certainly contained a high proportion which related to more modern publications . |
| 5 | Offenders in this category had been responsible for more than their share of the increase in crimes of violence , but the enhanced rate of offending at these ages extended to crimes of all kinds . |
| 6 | In arriving at these estimates I have based them on the following estimations and assumptions : |
| 7 | Certainly those responsible for some of the decisions that have lead to outright closures could learn a lot by looking at these institutions which date back to the nineteenth century and earlier and will no doubt continue to survive . |
| 8 | Whereas by looking at these exceptions we are able to perceive that the pattern itself is complex and produced by multiple factors . |