Example sentences of "[det] [v-ing] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dry slope was dotted with rabbits — some nibbling at the thin grass near their holes , others pushing farther down to look for dandelions or perhaps a cowslip that the rest had missed . |
| 2 | That looking at a bald head , a stupid girl , and something else . |
| 3 | Scientists working in a team , each looking at a separate facet of a problem , may well throw light on details , but they are no more likely to make fundamental discoveries than monkeys with typewriters . |
| 4 | Some of those arguing for mixed-ability teaching did so on the narrowest professional grounds that it would improve teaching and learning , obliging teachers to treat pupils as individuals each proceeding at a different pace and in a different manner . |
| 5 | When speeches are made after seated dinners at lengthy , formal wedding receptions , they begin after all eating at the formal meal has finished , and are preceded by the announcement from the toastmaster , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , you may now smoke . ’ |
| 6 | Moreover it inevitably ran into difficulties and criticism in the early 1980s when the American economy was in serious trouble — with a steep rise in oil prices and no agreement on how to conserve energy , and with inflation , unemployment and interest rates all running at a high level . |
| 7 | Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples staying at the Villa Paradiso , Excelsior Palace and the Miramare receive a bottle of sparkling wine and flowers or fruit , those staying at the Jolly Diodoro receive fruit on arrival . |
| 8 | Research people at Coventry providing a corporate service will be those concerned with wider or longer term projects , in fibres and performance materials , and those working at a strategic level . |
| 9 | Those working at a supra-regional and regional level believe that once the services that they can make available are known more widely , money will follow the patients to them . |
| 10 | Those working at the sharp end will be able to add from their own experience . |
| 11 | In an economic climate such as that obtaining at the current time , employers are even more likely than usual to wish to alter their employees ' terms and conditions of employment , whether relating to pay , overtime requirements or other matters . |