Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The same forces operate at the national level ; in Italy , for example , agricultural policies have favoured large scale agriculture and further decreased the viability of non-intensive , small-scale producers who predominate in the south . |
| 32 | The fact is that all the examples adduced to support the proposition that there should be a qualitative — or ‘ radical ’ — extension of the role of trade unions into the management of the business employing their members fail at the crucial oint . |
| 33 | Although we know much about how genes work at the microscopic level , less is known about all the intermediate processes through which genes find expression in phenotypic characters at the macroscopic level of the whole animal . |
| 34 | In Hemingway 's famous expression , what teachers need at the present time is ‘ grace under pressure ’ , and my intention is that the discussions in this book should be very practical aids to the development of this valuable commodity . |
| 35 | Your hands clutch at the gaping wound as you try to stop your entrails spilling into the slime of the sewer . ’ |
| 36 | Today Mr Clarke saw how the police operate at the sharp end . |
| 37 | An air of emergency was reflected in the men busy at the large illuminated translucent plot that dominated the end of the room , at the messengers disappearing through doors and at telephones giving out their muted urgent calls . |
| 38 | The present results results confirm earlier findings that pan-PLA2 values increase at the early stages of the disease and then rapidly return to normal . |
| 39 | Bored gauchos sit out of the wind , sucking yerba maté from gourds ; their horses munch at the thin grass in a desultory fashion . |
| 40 | They said the group hoped its recommendations would be considered when ministers meet at the Anglo-Irish Conference meeting in London on Friday . |
| 41 | Trying to attract the readers from the quality market , while the broadsheet papers nibble at the middle ground . |
| 42 | Flat-footed water lilies balance at the far end , quivering at a sudden movement , a bird diving . |
| 43 | The channels with which each of the tanks connect at the upper level , and into which they immerse at the lower , lie parallel to one another , but the entrances to each of the upper channels , against which the appropriate tank abuts , are the width of an entire plane apart . |