Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [v-ing] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the main point that I made to him was that after such a superb beginning where , where they actually state how much rubbish we produce , there 's absolutely no mention even though there 's space at the bottom there 's no mention of recycling at all . |
| 2 | A as a result of looking at that information , the collators department . |
| 3 | Castleford were one of the clubs fined two seasons ago when an outbreak of brawling at several matches led to the League imposing new , stiffer penalties . |
| 4 | If he said : " I wo n't buy until I 've seen written information on the stock " this frequently meant he had no intention of buying at all , and the astute dealer would pretend he was sending an Extel card ( a written fact sheet on the stock ) but in fact he would not bother . |
| 5 | They slipped off so I would n't approach her , which I had no intention of doing at all . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have no intention of retiring at all . |
| 7 | In 1949 he became professor of singing at that academy . |
| 8 | The figure shows that the cost disadvantage of operating at half MES depends upon the gradient of the average cost curve . |
| 9 | We believe languages should be a much more integral part of schooling at all levels . |
| 10 | ‘ But it 's a case of looking at several options before deciding the team . |
| 11 | Different qualities and complexes of qualities are registered by me in a temporally extended sequence ; none the less , they are all part of the wider experience of looking at this same bunch of flowers which I assume to exist " out there " . |
| 12 | Congratulations to all graduates and welcome to membership of a special group of people of a wide variety of ages and careers , in all parts of the world who share with you the experience of studying at this University . |
| 13 | This time , however , there was no question of fighting at all , but simply of saying ‘ Enough ! ’ ’ |
| 14 | Cos it was sort of rationing at that time . |
| 15 | It happened to me when I was sort of looking at some sort of electronic engineering that I was n't supposed to be doing I was just looking at it for interest like Well I 'd like to have the time to spend on that but I 'll leave that thank you very much . |
| 16 | Er and what was your sort of feeling at that time er about taking such as unofficial action for example ? |
| 17 | RAPHOE striker Johnny Weir had the rare distinction of scoring at both ends of the pitch in today 's Section Two encounter with a depleted Collegians side at Olympia . |
| 18 | We exemplify this using the same matrix A as above ; also , we adopt the device of reducing at each stage a homologous element ( in this case the bottom element ) to unity , beginning with co = e4 . |
| 19 | It may be generally true that the natural language use which constitutes the goal of learning is realized by a focus on meaning rather than form , and is a matter of top-down rather than bottom-up processing , but the process of arriving at that goal , the development of the authenticating ability , calls for an effective internalization of form and capability of analysis which will allow for their use across a wide and unpredictable range of different contexts . |
| 20 | France was neither oblivious of nor indifferent to the outcome of the war which she was fighting and for which , as the US kept saying , she was primarily responsible ; but to have had a chance of winning at that stage it would probably have had to be a French rather than a Vietnamese war . |
| 21 | This supposition has the form of a ‘ regulative hope ’ — both are adopted on the same basis that a card player bases his play on the hope of an improbable distribution of the cards if no other possible distribution gives him any chance of winning at all . |
| 22 | It should be noted , moreover , that the ability of the present Call-slip analysis exercise to determine the date of publication of a much greater proportion of items issued ( 97% as opposed to 65% on each of the two earlier occasions ) means that its results are much more accurate , and that the higher incidence of pre-1900 publications recorded by the earlier surveys probably can , therefore , be attributed , in large measure , not to any radically different pattern of reading at these times , but to the fact that the numerous undated call-slips occurring then almost certainly contained a high proportion which related to more modern publications . |
| 23 | Offenders in this category had been responsible for more than their share of the increase in crimes of violence , but the enhanced rate of offending at these ages extended to crimes of all kinds . |
| 24 | Participants have the choice of studying at either Henley , in the Netherlands , in France or at the Singapore Institute of Management . |
| 25 | Say on the subject of shipping at that time . |
| 26 | As she headed through the basement corridors that would lead her to the stairs and the stage door and thence to the waiting Joe Lucas , Josie 's thoughts barely touched on the subject of dying at all . |
| 27 | The fact that changes are being contemplated might illustrate to the directors of RWC the folly of arriving at such arrangements in cabals rather than conducting open draws — which are more exciting and include seeding to prevent geographical or quality imbalances . |
| 28 | She hesitated , sadly , desperately anxious to accept , absurdly delighted that he had asked her , that he had so coolly bothered to cross the room to ask her , and yet at the same time horrified by the thought of displaying herself , by the thought of dragging her hideous dress from its hole-in-the-corner obscurity , by the thought of dancing at all , for she did not know how to dance . |
| 29 | When you work out the probability of arriving at that point . |
| 30 | The boys ' behaviour is their way of protesting at these changes and competing for your affection and attention . |