Example sentences of "[vb pp] at in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is in the various statements indicating the extent to which managerial prerogative is constrained in this context that differences of emphasis have emerged relating to what should be looked at in the assessment of the employer 's reasonableness in dismissing ‘ refuseniks ’ |
| 2 | The last two verbs to be looked at in the field of causality are thank and bid . |
| 3 | Lilley said they had no plans to do so at present , but everything would be looked at in the review . |
| 4 | So that there 's a kind of assessment built in there … but that piece of work goes forward in the end and is more , slightly more , formally assessed in the sense that we give them direct feedback on performance , and that runs from technical notes , director 's notes , to a very much more abstract formal assessment , which is essentially subjective , ‘ How does one feel about this piece , the atmosphere it creates ’ , … and that 's quite different from director 's notes , which can be of a technical variety to do with voice , movement , audibility , characterization , anything ; the things that are actually being described , analysed , looked at in the end … |
| 5 | The Civil Justice Review recommended that the suggestion of Lord Donaldson M.R. That the subject be looked at in the round be taken up . |
| 6 | The EAT said that where there were sound business reasons for reorganisation , then the question of reasonableness had to be looked at in the context of a reorganisation and not solely in the context of the offer of new terms and conditions . |
| 7 | Where standard discussions of the self talk about memory and unity , brain transplants , the rational agent acting on his beliefs and desires , or the self in its public aspect as citizen , here the self is looked at in the context of the past history of a person , unconscious or fantasy relationships with others , the importance of feelings , or the body . |
| 8 | This is of course very much smaller than the comparative figure for the previous year of £321,715 , but it should also be looked at in the context of the budget for 1991–92 which had predicted a loss of £117,000 . |
| 9 | The occasion of a partner leaving or joining the firm should always be taken as the opportunity to update the provisions of the agreement and , since each single provision is properly looked at in the context of the entire document , it is the whole agreement which should then be reconsidered and not simply isolated clauses . |
| 10 | I guess again that 's something that needs to be looked at in the context of the er of of British Coal 's ongoing program of work in the Selby Area . |
| 11 | and , and , er of course that the commission looked at this as er , er , as a question to be looked at in the context of the market and of all facts , but they said you , if you want restrictions you can be sure that we wo n't give you any exemption for them , so you 'd better remove every single solitary objection , objec er restriction that we identify , that 's why at the end of the day they got er , it was a very , very strict approach by the commission , you can have nothing which is acceptable , you can get negative clearance but you 've got to be cleaner than clean , whiter than white , so remove every possible restriction . |
| 12 | Looked at in the abstract it would , of course , have been quite unreasonable to have imposed new terms such as these on employees . |
| 13 | Power has also to be looked at in the light of engine capacity and tractor weight . |
| 14 | Each covenant is looked at in the light of the people , the business or the profession and all the circumstances involved . |
| 15 | But in fact it could be looked at in the light of criterion nine , which is free standing , well removed etcetera |
| 16 | In an asset sale , the entire transaction , namely the main sale agreement together with all ancillary agreements , must be looked at in the light of RTPA 1976 . |
| 17 | I do n't want my lads shot at in the dark and yours do n't know the ground . ’ |
| 18 | Sometimes the similarity is hinted at in the question itself ; for example , you may have looked at another passage involving characterisation and this will guide you in looking at this one . |
| 19 | Back then , those things which could n't be said were hinted at in the grain of those luscious voices . |
| 20 | This was particularly so in connection with the sexual adventures hinted at in the title — adventures which became a sort of leitmotif , in that the author seemed to feel he had to have one in every seven or eight pages , preferably with some piquant variation . |
| 21 | In The Dear Deceit ( 1960 ) the dichotomy between truth and fiction hinted at in The Sycamore Tree is brought to the fore , and the possibility of reaching a pre-discursive reality is relinquished once and for all . |
| 22 | Sexual deviance is hinted at in the use of the term ‘ bachelor ’ which manages both to describe and to cast doubts on the celibate state of the priest , and the general honesty of Catholic priests is challenged by branding Murphy as a liar . |
| 23 | The horror and the pain of it are hinted at in the progression , ‘ your son , your only son , whom you love , Isaac ’ ( this is the order in the Hebrew ) . |
| 24 | Daly and Caputi are especially preoccupied with reclaiming the spiritual powers women were once invested with — powers hinted at in the etymology of words like glamour , as noted above . |
| 25 | The decision was rendered somewhat easier by the fact that a similar conclusion had already been arrived at in the law of wills : a murderer can not take under his victim 's will . |
| 26 | About six months ago , our deputy general secretary wrote to Monseigneur , the general secretary of the bishops conference , and er told him that we hoped progress was being made , referred in particular to the degree of consensus that had been a arrived at in the baptism eucharist and ministry document and er also to the difference that had been made by the coming into being of ACTS and its commission on unity faith and order and we had a reply to that er a letter from Monseigneur assuring as that the hierarchy were taking this seriously , that they were discussing it er amongst themselves in Scotland and were also in discussion with Rome on the subject as well . |
| 27 | There is a necessary compromise which can only be arrived at in the context of a particular system . |