Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun pl] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 And even though we 're finally making strides at the secondary education stage , says Ward , the fact remains that 40 per cent of tomorrow 's talent still leaves school at 16 against just 4 per cent in Japan and 10 per cent in Germany , France and America .
2 Distribution of food assistance by local relief organizations was reportedly under way in mid-January , although distribution was still facing difficulties at the end of the month .
3 Dr Jaffery was still giving lectures at the college , Fardine said .
4 In the third year , honours students with German as their major subject spend a minimum of eight months in a German-speaking country , either as a student , or as a part-time assistant in a school , or , if they are taking a joint degree , most probably attending courses at a university .
5 A FORMER nurse accused of sexually assaulting residents at a hospital for the mentally handicapped has lost his claim for unfair dismissal .
6 This has far reaching consequences at the cultural level not only for learning but also for the design of jobs and even for leisure pursuits which increasingly depend on the same kind of interface .
7 Meanwhile , declining confidence in the pound , and perhaps in the ‘ Thatcher Revolution , ’ is severely constraining ministers at a time when — as a formidable faction in the Cabinet has recognised — the Government needs to give a higher priority to the quality of life if it is not to be swept aside in the 1990s .
8 Reynolds was here addressing students at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1772 .
9 Five minutes after you left he was back here throwing stones at the window .
10 However , I have never started seriously training dogs at a very early age ; I prefer to leave it until the puppy is about eight months old .
11 Involuntary unemployment can be defined as all those persons who are not in paid employment , but are actually seeking jobs at the prevailing rate of real wages .
12 Voluntary unemployment can be defined as consisting of all those persons who are not in paid employment and are receiving some form of social security benefit , but are not actually seeking jobs at the prevailing rate of real wages .
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