Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been on the committee of the Scottish region , as it was ten called , since 1984 — ‘ they flung me on as naive new blood ’ — — and was vice-chairman for two years before becoming chairman at the tender age of 25 . |
| 2 | Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time . |
| 3 | Their roots lay in another relatively new corporate phenomenon , that of management consultancy , which was gaining credence at the same time . |
| 4 | It was a spectator sport where young men would show their courage by standing in the path of the maddened bull and then leaping side at the last moment . |
| 5 | If they start to fall beneath their percentile band then they are not growing or gaining weight at the expected rate and it is important to try to determine why this is happening . |
| 6 | Beer mats will give way to hymnals , and glasses to enlightenment as Britain 's first ‘ pub church ’ holds its Easter Day service , two hours before opening time at the Old Farmhouse public house in Nailsea , near Bristol . |
| 7 | There was initial optimism that there had been a breakthrough in relations between Syria and Israel , but by Aug. 27 , Palestinian negotiators were expressing disappointment at the detailed autonomy proposals presented by the new Labour government . |
| 8 | Tsutomu Hata , a former Agriculture Minister , had supported moves to dismantle Japan 's ban on foreign rice imports , which were causing dissent at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade [ see also p. 38148 ] , and he was known to favour a reduction in interest rates . |
| 9 | Students from Wrensfield Adult Training Centre , Stockton , will be be serving lunch at the Georgian Theatre cafe today when food hygiene certificates are dished out to them . |
| 10 | Operating ratio at the half year virtually unchanged at 112.25% . |
| 11 | I can understand Leeds fans expressing frustration at the defensive errors going on , especially after Norwich , but the continual barracking Lukic and Newsome got from some ca n't have helped at all . |
| 12 | Louie Crew is Director of Writing Program at The Chinese University in Hong Kong , and he has produced the off-beat Styled text analyser , our third and final contender . |
| 13 | Or , at least , they are misleading , directing attention at the wrong things . |
| 14 | If non-basic beliefs such as these can reduce the justification of basic beliefs , they can presumably also increase it , and in this case there would be the possibility that although our beliefs about our sensory states are always partially justified just because of their subject matter , they are never completely or satisfactorily justified unless there is confirming or at the least a lack of disconfirming evidence at the non-basic level . |
| 15 | The fish is eating well , but every now and again it goes to the surface , collects a mouthful of air and then returns quickly to the bottom , chewing and releasing air at the same time . |
| 16 | Strongly held beliefs at the individual level may not be maintained when describing health at the societal level and vice versa . |
| 17 | The statement follows a claim by Sinn Fein councillor Fra McCann who said he had received complaints about dealers selling ecstasy at the council-owned concert hall . |
| 18 | ‘ When you talk about records and scoring ability at the top level then Wright is by far ahead . |
| 19 | One way of raising loans was to go to the market , paying interest at the high rates then demanded . |
| 20 | There are many issues where a N C V O should be exercising leadership , sometimes a rather difficult concept , and there is no need to apologise for that , for using leadership at the right time , but it has to be a leadership by consent , rather than claimed without authority , and it is in this context that the policy development department in N C V O exists , to help channel voluntary sector concerns to opinion formers , and policy makers , regardless of party politics , regardless of political commitment . |
| 21 | Your only option when sending money at the last minute to arrive by Christmas is to use the banks ' electronic money transfer services which take from 24 hours to around five days depending on the bank and whether you use an express transfer . |
| 22 | Your only option when sending money at the last minute to arrive by Christmas is to use the banks ' electronic money transfer services which take from 24 hours to around five days depending on the bank and whether you use an express transfer . |
| 23 | Your only option when sending money at the last minute to arrive by Christmas is to use the banks ' electronic money transfer services which take from 24 hours to around five days depending on the bank and whether you use an express transfer . |
| 24 | So erm I 'm sending one back to national office saying , these hotels are sending confirmation at the full price for local government conference . |
| 25 | In the future , it might be possible for us to reset our body clock to the new time zone quickly , by taking a pill containing melatonin at the appropriate time of day . |
| 26 | Within this ideal model ( Fig 12.3 ) , the actual costs of providing education at the appropriate level would be calculated for both academic and non-academic resources ( eg staff , equipment , facilities , services , etc ) . |
| 27 | On rising ground at the western end of the churchyard of St Mary 's at Morpeth in Northumberland stands , sheltered by cedar trees , a funerary monument . |
| 28 | She felt rising anger at the negligent way he was dismissing the company . |
| 29 | Despite sometimes experiencing frustration at the slow progress towards Christian Unity , he said , we should try very hard to understand and overcome the difficulties congregations of different faiths have in getting to know each other and working together . |
| 30 | We were having tea at the same hotel when Mrs Harvey came in , with another old dear . |