Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 One glance at the young men emerging from a vehicle told her that the rafting parties had arrived , and within moments Silas was there to greet them .
2 A glance at the vested interests of the four debaters , debating whether sports-climbing is threatening the traditional ethos of British climbing , throws up interesting comparisons .
3 After a brief glance at the two boxes of apples which were stacked in the corner , he sat on the end of the bed with Willie and talked about the poem he was writing .
4 Twenty trainee drivers , moustaches bristling , risked a backward glance at the two lovelies at the fare stage , before riveting their attention once more on the words of wisdom being spouted by the clean-shaven official in command of the steering handle .
5 A single glance at the actual contents of Mogridge 's cupboard embarrassed me .
6 He spared a glance at the ragged specimens of humanity crouched against the wall and wondered how many of them had once been prosperous farmers or innkeepers or tradesmen .
7 A glance at the Financial Times or Money Management will reveal the large number and variety of offshore funds in existence .
8 THOSE OF the opinion that rock ‘ n ’ roll is a soft option are advised to cast a cynical glance at the Screaming Trees .
9 A glance at the assembled guests told him what he already knew — that no one looked quite as good as he did .
10 The third of Salter and Tapper 's concept , the ‘ means ’ to support change , has not been offered to arts education , whereas funds for the development of more vocationally orientated education have been forthcoming , as a glance at the original categories of ESGs , TVEI and GRIST demonstrates .
11 They backed the horse between the traces and untied her hobble without a glance at the Horsey townsfolk who watched them from a very great distance .
12 One glance at the mounted soldiers emerging from the trees was enough .
13 In a letter to staff he said : ‘ I have to express my disappointment at the proposed changes .
14 ‘ Just a little liaising at the lower levels . ’
15 This was used to determine the limits of the view field by placing a white card at the four sides in turn and moving it until just seen .
16 we went to meet mummy at the Jolly Farmers
17 Most Western governments are actually helping Pol Pot by giving diplomatic support to the Khmer Rouge-dominated coalition at the United Nations ( UN Resolution 44/22 passed on 16 November , 1989 ) .
18 However , as the third week began in Croydon , Bates dispatched a series of home players , including Mark Petchey , Sean Cole ( avenging a previous defeat at the National Championships ) , Andrew Richardson ( who gave a fine performance reflecting future potential ) and Joelson .
19 Was the shooting at the violent times ?
20 The result has been that ‘ investment at the highest levels ever ’ has come from fares , not from any public purse , and that an ‘ economic ’ system has become unsafe as BR and LRT weigh up commercial investment needs against the cost of safety measures and the cost of paying wages sufficient to maintain a safe level of staffing .
21 Cast your mind back to Day 1 and your first attempt at the elementary exercises I asked you to perform .
22 ‘ I did n't want to stop during the race because it was my first attempt at the 400 metres hurdles and I wanted to get into the junior rankings , ’ she said .
23 GRAHAM TAYLOR has laid his England future at the uncertain feet of Nigel Clough and John Barnes against the Americans in Boston tonight .
24 GRAHAM TAYLOR has laid his England future at the uncertain feet of Nigel Clough and John Barnes against the Americans in Boston tonight .
25 is this game all-ticket ? what are the chances for getting tickets and getting a seat at the away fans end ? i do not have a membership-card. i guess i could give it a try ( i have other tickets somewhere else )
26 In a separate agreement the heads of member states agreed that Russia should take the seat at the United Nations formerly occupied by the USSR , and a framework of interstate and inter-governmental consultation was established .
27 Their skin was a mouldy grey , while gravity had gathered their uncirculating blood at the lowest points — under the chin , the undersides of the limbs , and around the area of the lower ribs , buttocks and kidneys .
28 A driver who towed another car at a hundred miles an hour on a motorway has admitted reckless driving .
29 , Contrary to its image as an environmental disaster area , Eastern Europe could benefit from an expansion of eco-tourism , according to Duncan Fisher , director of the East-West environmental programme at the Ecological Studies Institute in London .
30 They included , in addition to the extensive programme at the Primary Schools Centre : programmed school-based INSET ; INSET supported by the Authority but provided by external agents ; INSET related to school reviews ; and the expanding school-led INSET initiative .
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