Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those who would like a more relaxing evening , what better than to sit at an open air cafe , sipping an ice cold beer , listening to the local brass band in the village square and watching the sun slip down behind the mountains — perfect ! |
| 2 | Because of the changed security situation and that type of er conflict not being envisaged in the same way now , what we felt was important was to be able to operate er apart from main operating bases , but also from sort of general purpose erm strips , flying clubs and those type of smaller airfields and therefore rather than looking at the damaged runway situation , we looked at the smaller strips and took a length that we could sensibly operate from erm and took that as the yardstick but clearly notwithstanding that , there is the prospect of damaged runways and therefore the slight relaxation would also apply to damaged runways but perhaps damaged to a lesser extent . |
| 3 | Rather than establishing at a strategic level housing requirements , so that local plans being formulated can weigh those housing requirements against environmental constraints . |
| 4 | Then I went through the samples in my kitchen and realised that , rather than look at the non-mainstream areas , I could look at wines from perfectly accepted areas that broke the usual conventions ; or in one brilliant example , I could see what great traditional winemakers — in this case a pair of Burgundian grandees — could do when they decided to rough it a bit in France 's far south . |
| 5 | It is particularly attractive to firms with strong institutional placing power ; retail firms prefer to sell at issue price , retaining full fees as profit , rather than selling at the lower fixed reoffer price set by the lead manager . |
| 6 | In the records of the first Protectorate Parliament of 1654 Erle appears only on the committee of privileges , presumably because he refused to sign the Recognition , and he was not re-elected in 1656 , although approved at a preliminary gentry meeting . |
| 7 | There is no intrinsic benefit gained from paying farmers not to produce food , or from paying for food to be stored and destroyed rather than sold at a fair market price . |
| 8 | It was a time when children were encouraged to fantasize about machines and outer space rather than marvel at the open spaces where the deer and buffalo roamed . |
| 9 | The procedure was exactly as for Experiment 1 except condition C was to point at a target using the non-preferred hand while wearing prisms , rather than pointing at an auditory target . |
| 10 | Although running at the same as the national Children In Need Appeal , Cash for Kids is organised locally by Radio Clyde , and the money is used to provide special Christmas treats or presents for needy children throughout West Central Scotland . |
| 11 | He appreciates their design features : what a kangaroo gains and loses by moving in leaps , why horses change gait , why it is harder to walk quickly than to jog at an easy pace . |
| 12 | Therefore it is hypothesized that , rather than evolving at a constant speed in calendar time , futures prices evolve at a constant speed in event time . |
| 13 | Such tasks may have been stated so that they are open to interpretation and worded so that they are accessible to most pupils , rather than aimed at a notional difficulty level . |
| 14 | Much worse to begin too soon and reach the end too quickly , typed Goldberg , squinting at the manuscript before him , than to begin at the right time and reach the end too quickly . |
| 15 | Much worse to begin too soon and feel one has begun too soon than to begin at the right time and discover one has nothing to begin . |
| 16 | It is important not to miss this diagnosis because the disease is potentially fatal but can be cured if resected at an early stage . |
| 17 | The most impressive example is the movement central to the structure and the meaning of the Te Deum , ‘ Tu ad liberandum ’ ( ‘ Thou didst not abhor the Virgin 's womb ’ ) , in which the composer carefully marks the vocal part with many aspirations , accents , ports-de-voix and other ornaments , and the orchestral sound forms a halo around the soprano voice , which , if sustained at the indicated speed ( minim=32 ) creates a remarkable atmosphere of awe and beauty . |
| 18 | The inhibitory effect of TPA was the same whether it was added 30 or 10 minutes before challenge with histamine at 20°C , but TPA was ineffective if added at the same time as histamine ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 19 | If fed at the same time each day the fish will quickly learn to recognise their owners as a source of food and rise to the surface to be fed . |
| 20 | When no time is stipulated and it is for the buyer to collect , the seller must be ready to hand over the goods ( against payment ) to the buyer on demand ( provided made at a reasonable hour , section 29(5) ) at any time after the making of the contract . |
| 21 | The invitation to the superpowers , if approved at the Central American summit which opened belatedly here yesterday , could provide a way out of the continuing confrontation between the US and the Sandinistas and ensure free elections in Nicaragua in February . |
| 22 | The invitation to the superpowers , if approved at the Central American summit which opened belatedly here yesterday , could provide a way out of the continuing confrontation between the US and the Sandinistas and ensure free elections in Nicaragua in February . |
| 23 | ( 7 ) On remitting a case to a licensing board under subsection ( 6 ) above , the sheriff may : ( a ) specify a date by which the rehearing by the board must take place ; modify any procedural steps which otherwise would be required in relation to the matter by or under any enactment ; and any decision of a licensing board on any such case shall be valid as if reached at a quarterly meeting as mentioned in section 4(1) ( a ) of this Act . |
| 24 | But in the opinion of one analytical chemist connected with racing , designer drugs have become big business in America and side-by-side with their development have come masking agents — innocent in themselves but if administered at the same time capable of totally wiping out any trace of them . |
| 25 | If it has been dormant since the end of the previous financial year and it is entitled in respect of its individual accounts to the exceptions conferred on a small company by section 246 ( or would be so entitled but for being a member of an ineligible group ) and it is not required to prepare group accounts for that year , the resolution is effective if passed at a general meeting at which the accounts for that year are to be laid . |
| 26 | The hygienists considered only physical needs as legitimate — and even hunger , if expressed at an unsuitable time , was excluded . |
| 27 | He stood with his back to the fire , dominating the room and as if trying at the same time to dominate Sarella 's thoughts . |
| 28 | Early post-implantation mouse embryos will develop in static culture if explanted at the primitive streak stages but normal development is sustained for only 24 h or less ( 22 ) . |
| 29 | Thus polyisobutylene might be expected to crystallize because the chain is symmetrical , but it will only do so if maintained at an optimum temperature for several months . |
| 30 | Also , if you and your Spouse are both covered by the Plan and are hospitalised at the same time , your cover will again be doubled — giving you £160 each , if hospitalised at the same time following an accident . |