Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] at [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zanadi is recovering after crashing at 170 mph during a practice session before this Sunday 's Belgian Grand Prix . |
| 2 | But it is nevertheless worth looking at one market in some detail — that for grains . |
| 3 | Taking into account post year end disposal proceeds [ and profits ] already announced , LASMO 's level of gearing at 31 December 1992 on a pro-forma basis would have been 88 per cent . |
| 4 | Analysis of the alternative splicing in the fibronectin primary transcript , reveals that multiple forms arise because of splicing at three sites ; EIIIA , EIIIB and the variable ( V ) region ( IIICS ) ( 22–26 ) . |
| 5 | to Arthur I want a change from that flat I 'm sick of looking at four walls |
| 6 | It is an early-maturing breed , capable of calving at two years old . |
| 7 | A friend and I were driving in spring to Crarae gardens near Inveraray so I could salivate over the rhododendrons , but we grew tired of travelling at seven miles an hour behind clods in caravans and on reaching the Rest And Be Thankful pulled into the side to wander about at the base of Beinn an Lochain . |
| 8 | He has also been accused in both Serbian and Croatian newspapers of working at one time as a hitman for the Yugoslav secret police . |
| 9 | It 's the thin covering of snow over sheet ice that 's the real killer , and slithering about on that without crampons is like driving at 100 mph on the wrong side of the M8 with your eyes closed . |
| 10 | The move is unprecedented : a substantial number of security force members have in the past been charged and convicted of terrorist-type offences , but never before has such a number been picked up for questioning at one time . |
| 11 | Briefly , their ‘ epidemic ’ model proposes that , from a stable endemic baseline , the number of new cases of heroin use ( incidence ) in a community increases rapidly for four years before peaking at ten times the level of initial endemic incidence in year five , and then dropping sharply to the previous endemic level during years six and seven ( see Figure 3.2 ) . |
| 12 | Little more than a year ago you could n't give away shares in the small computer company sector — so friendless were they that Star Computer Group Plc found it necessary to get into bed with a purveyor of pizzas to improve its visibility and rating : after Tadpole Technology Plc and now Division Group Plc — which soared to 107 pence on its first day of trading from the 40 pence placing price before settling at 96 pence — the rest of the sector looks set for a re-rating as investors seek to discern hidden charms that others have overlooked . |
| 13 | Harris , who lives and works on a farm , pleaded guilty to speeding at 62 mph in a 30 mph zone . |
| 14 | And the theory is that every individual has an innate inborn preference for behaving at one end or the other . |
| 15 | The need for a more balanced architecture , with readings being ordered not as a result of depth-first search but according to numerical scores to which all system components can contribute , will now be argued in more detail by looking at four types of co-ordination problem occurring in anaphora resolution . |
| 16 | I would like to test the perception question by looking at two ideas that are often debated : the rotation of auditors and the provision of non-audit services by auditors . |
| 17 | In conclusion Payne hopes that he has illustrated some of the factors that come to bear upon theoretical struggles by looking at one example — psychodynamic social work . |
| 18 | ‘ By looking at one thing , we must always ignore another . ’ |
| 19 | He raised the stakes by threatening at one stage to call an election if he lost . |
| 20 | So now you 've got ta split it up into triangles by starting at one corner . |
| 21 | Ben Nevis was a long drag ; Snowdon is less than half the height and there you cheat by starting at 300 metres . |