Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We came very close to doing it at the last election . |
| 32 | Yes , he , he 's doing it at the British Legion next time . |
| 33 | He had the faculty of meeting everyone on the level , and Father had a story of seeing him at a political meeting , which he was probably chairing , walking arm in arm with the Grand Old Man himself , both talking . |
| 34 | Of course , if you have a young family and feel water might be a hazard , the feature could become a raised sandpit or planter , which naturally gives you the opportunity of converting it at a later stage . |
| 35 | It interested me so much that I 've lost , or won , if you like , the whole day of reading it at the busiest period with the printers I know , waiting for copy ! |
| 36 | This argument tacitly assumes that once the collapse begins there is no hope of stopping it at a later stage . |
| 37 | ‘ I 'd hoped for so much from that class since I was taking it at an American university , but — ’ |
| 38 | If you continue working , say for an additional five years , your pension will then be 45 per cent higher than if you had started taking it at the normal age . |
| 39 | So a three kilowatt fire is using it at a terrific rate , it 's running away with electricity . |
| 40 | There have been some centres who felt that the American data has justified using it at an early stage . |
| 41 | Using a small amount of bleach to clean lavatories probably wo n't do any harm , but avoid using it at the same time as other materials ; dangerous chlorine could be released . |
| 42 | using it at the same rate but it 's going for a longer time . |
| 43 | It was all a question of catching it at the right angle . |
| 44 | Dewey , as is well known , divided knowledge into tens so that he could employ decimal notation ; when a particular subject turned out to have more than nine facets he had to group them together , often at the expense of logic , and if a new facet arrived in-conveniently there was no way of including it at an appropriate place in the hierarchy . |
| 45 | In support of a recent complaint it had made to the EC Commission , Tretorn cites Article 85(1) ( d ) and Article 86(c) of the Treaty of Rome , which refers to ‘ dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties , thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage . |
| 46 | A non-exclusive list of examples of such abuses is provided : ( a ) directly or indirectly imposing unfair purchase or selling prices or other unfair trading conditions ; ( b ) limiting production , markets or technical development to the prejudice of consumers ; ( c ) applying dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties , thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage ; ( d ) making the conclusion of contracts subject to acceptance by the other parties of supplementary obligations which , by their nature or according to commercial usage , have no connection with the subject of such contracts . |
| 47 | Some of them aid the deception by raising their tails and wagging them at the approaching attacker , while keeping the rest of the body still . |
| 48 | The market had expected Thames , Severn Trent and North West to be listed , putting them at an immediate investment advantage to the rest of the sector . |
| 49 | OPPONENTS of Mr Frank Field , the Labour MP for Birkenhead , believe they succeeded in deselecting him at the secret ballot held last Tuesday . |
| 50 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 51 | A dozen years ago , half ICI 's sales were in the UK , tying the company 's fortunes to Britain 's anaemic manufacturing industry and putting it at a colossal disadvantage to rivals in more robust economies ; last year , the proportion was down to 21% , against 31% in the Americas , 25% in continental Europe , 17% in the Asia-Pacific region and 6% elsewhere . |
| 52 | Finally retrieval is a separate process because of another familiar phenomenon that it is possible to know something , that is it must be in storage , but not actually succeed in retrieving it at a particular time . |
| 53 | We thank Raymond and his bride Koti for not cancelling us at the last minute , and allowing BBC Good Food to share in their excitement . |
| 54 | He 's been telling them at the public house that you 'll help his noble family become great again . |
| 55 | But I do n't think I am , because you 're human too , with all the contradictions that implies — hating me at the same time as you want me , for instance . ’ |
| 56 | I 'm thinking we at the latest we can |
| 57 | Once more the blue eyes moved over her body with appreciation , confusing yet exciting her at the same time . |
| 58 | And besides , there were two things bothering him at the same time and he had assumed that the second problem nagging at him had been Cipolla . |
| 59 | He touched a lump of rotting offal and , scooping it up , throwing it at the first assassin now tripping towards him . |
| 60 | If he then requires bailiff service the bailiff serves the summons by delivering it at the said address and by delivering it to the person having , or appearing to have , control or management there alternatively to a partner personally . |