Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] at the " in BNC.

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1 His argument is that the density wave is of a different kind , the so called long wave mode , which propagates from the centre of the Galaxy outward , such a wave pattern rotates much more rapidly than the short wave mode and it just happens that , if this picture is correct , our Solar System is almost exactly at the place in our Galaxy where it orbits at the same speed as the wave ( Astrophysics and Space Science , vol 89 , p 61 ) .
2 The sadness of what is in effect the breakup of the comprehensive system is that it occurs at the point when the system was reaching a confidence and maturity which demonstrated that it could meet the demands of the late twentieth century .
3 There is a particularly fine example in the last pas de deux of La Fille Mal Gardée where Lise and Colas weave themselves into an embrace which is so tender , gentle and loving that it arrives at the end of a phrase as the most natural thing in the world .
4 Transmission across the callosum takes time and necessitates crossing at least one synaptic junction , during which the information is said to undergo some degree of transformation such that it arrives at the second hemisphere in a comparatively degraded state ( McKeever and Huling , 1971a ; Gross , 1972 ; Gibson , Dimond and Gazzaniga , 1972 ) .
5 Before leaving the topic of the twin-T filter , it is worth pointing out that it rejects at the frequency given by equation ( 8.33 ) no matter what the load .
6 But worse is that it comes at the very moment Davies and Jeff Young , the WRU technical director , and forward-looking others have put into place a representative structure designed to facilitate the flow of full international candidates .
7 I see well it 's convenient that it comes at the end of a week 's holiday is n't it ?
8 The CSA 1985 , which is by far the most important piece of legislation , in that it lies at the heart of anti-insider dealing regulation in the UK , outlines the substantive elements of insider dealing offences .
9 Ye yes it it does , and I think I made this point in erm in my evidence that it lies at the extreme erm southeastern corner of the paddock erm and if if , This is making an assumption .
10 Can I just put the point that it stands at the moment .
11 No one has been able to point to any useful purpose that it serves at the present day .
12 The main reason for this difference , and it lies at the heart of the distinction between many public and private sector organizations , is the central role that the budget plays in fixing the level and distribution of taxation in governments .
13 It 's about collison of cultures in Britain since the end of the war , and it looks at the way that some artists of non-British origin have come to terms with modern art — or , rather , have made a personal art by calling on ways of expression that might have been absolutely native to them in other countries than this .
14 You 've got the first stanza which is four lines , has got five lines has four lines ca n't see straight the first stanza has one sentence and it ends at the end of the stanza but then you have one , two , three , four , five more stanzas and you do n't get a full stop until the last stanza half way through .
15 Catalogues and mail order services share the disadvantages of offering a limited selection , and , more importantly , not allowing you the chance to examine the item until it arrives at the door .
16 The cricket periodically tests the size of its acoustic horn and adjusts it until it resonates at the frequency produced by its wings — a remarkable feat since it can only gauge the efficiency of its amplifier by detecting the changes in pressure waves within the chamber .
17 However , the back of the prostate is adjacent to the anterior wall of the rectum , and by gently massaging the gland from inside the rectum , a bead of fluid can be expressed and ‘ milked ’ along the urethra until it appears at the urethral meatus .
18 A simple way to appreciate what it means is to visualise the Spectra line being passed down a hollow tube ( the ‘ sleeve ’ ) until it appears at the other end .
19 A burning , thick discharge like cream , especially if it occurs at the time of the monthly period .
20 If it occurs at the beginning of a committee meeting where something is going to be pushed through and the agenda manipulated it can provoke the reaction , " … hypocrites " .
21 If it sits at the bottom of your belly , glowering like a smouldering fire , threatening to explode suddenly at any time and paralyse you ?
22 If it pecks at one it receives a grain of food ; if it pecks at the other it does not .
23 It 's a very funny joke , but it works at the expense of treating her like a child , which is not at all what the novel usually intends .
24 Walk along this and stay on it till it disappears at the top ridge .
25 Will the Secretary of State answer that question truthfully because it strikes at the very heart of democracy ?
26 The starting point of ( 2c ) , these positions , is already known to the reader because it occurs at the end of sentence ( 1 ) .
27 The argument over decentralisation will probably dominate political debate in the future , because it lies at the heart of the Tamil issue .
28 Because it cooks at the top and then cooks inwards .
29 There is an argument that treason is a more serious offence , since it strikes at the very foundations of the State and its social organizations , but treason is so rare that it is surely permissible to treat homicide as the most serious form of crime .
30 Everything going into the hole dust clouds , light beams , stars , spacecraft , you anything crossing the boundary sphere marking the edge of the hole — it gets crushed out of existence when it arrives at the central point of the hole . ’
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