Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Our legal correspondent looks at the possibilities of and the background to plea bargaining , one of the issues covered in a recent Government consultation document on improving the delivery of justice system in Scotland . |
2 | This chapter looks at the efforts of philanthropists and defenders of women 's rights to expand the range of employment for both working-class and middle-class girls who needed to earn a living . |
3 | The following chapter looks at the debates over permissiveness in more detail , by examining the preoccupations of the moral entrepreneurs of the period , and in particular , Mary Whitehouse and the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association . |
4 | This chapter looks at the perceptions of parents of their role in the assessment of their child 's special educational needs as part of the Statementing process carried out under the 1981 Education Act . |
5 | This chapter looks at the roles video can have in teacher training and at materials associated with these roles . |
6 | This chapter looks at the uses they may put it to . |
7 | Occasionally more heavy digestion occurs at the tips of the incisors ( Fig. 3.22 B , C ) , where the enamel is totally removed . |
8 | Anya sucks at the insides of her own cheeks to suppress a smile . |
9 | Located in the historic Fort St Elmo , which has protected both of the entrances to Valetta 's stunning harbour for centuries , the Museum bulges at the seams with exhibits . |
10 | Having corresponded with the member or members concerned , the committee looks at the facts it has obtained and expresses a technical opinion , which it may follow up in various ways . |
11 | Near the end of May , Italy , suffering reverses at the hands of the Austrians , besought her Russian Ally for assistance . |
12 | But only a small child tugs at the heart-strings . |
13 | 4 the doors and windows and door and window frames at the Premises |
14 | We are warned by Rose and Barker : ‘ Biased error strikes at the roots of comparisons . |
15 | Since the shell grows at the margins , a ribbed shell is produced , with fine or coarse ribs according to the species . |
16 | The investigation looks at the determinants of the international location of research facilities , and at the impact of this on exports , outward investment , and economic growth . |
17 | A lot of our well established traditional methods of control were abolished , the emphasis being away from routine checks at the ports towards specialised task force operations directed from central intelligence information centres . |
18 | Exasperation gnaws at the edges of her gaze . |
19 | The letter bomb attacks have been linked to last Wednesday 's elaborate bomb hoaxes at the offices of leading oil companies in Aberdeen and police believe that a rogue loner , rather than a small terrorist group , is responsible . |
20 | The protagonist laughs at the letters at first and refuses to answer them , but eventually her curiosity is piqued and she engages in a prolonged correspondence with her admirer . |
21 | a taxi shivers at the lights : |
22 | His text hints at the periods and utterances of Gloriana 's England , but it quite avoids the " half-timbered " . |
23 | A astronomer looks at the stars , a doctor looks at the human body . |
24 | Reflexivity in this sense looks at the producers of knowledge . |
25 | For example hyphens functioning as delimiters are essential , whereas those signifying word breaks at the ends of lines are extraneous , and the two parts of the word should possibly be joined together . |
26 | If success follows at the polls , legislative programmes then have to be drawn up to implement the incoming Government 's undertakings . |
27 | In other words , the sail rises from the spine and its trailing edge descends at the tips . |
28 | Now , however medieval my proclivities , my bills are bang up to date , so I waved a sheaf of payment slips at the ghosts of the carvers and they vanished . |
29 | Malina looks at the ways in which black youths in elementary schools seem to possess different basic motor skills to whites : they can , amongst other things , run quicker , jump longer and grip stronger . |
30 | This project looks at the records which could be used to assess the impact of unions on the shop floor of industry . |