Example sentences of "[is] [verb] at [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each covenant is looked at in the light of the people , the business or the profession and all the circumstances involved . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The role of finds in dating is looked at in the next chapter , but perhaps the most obvious way in which finds can tell us about the past is by providing evidence about ancient technology . |
| 4 | A case that is considered thoroughly is looked at in the round and all the relevant factors are taken into proper consideration . |
| 5 | But when the problem is looked at from the miners ' point of view a rather different history comes into view . |
| 6 | So all lines of enquiry in regard to body stance are amenable to alternative explanations , perhaps because the issue is looked at from the wrong perspective . |
| 7 | The same kind of problem arises if the system is looked at from the angle of the natural sciences . |
| 8 | Everything is smaller down there — including their eyeballs — to the same extent-so the eye still gets filled up with what it 's looking at in the normal way . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The problem is hinted at in the uneasy combination of the two descriptive terms , one signifying natural complexity and even contrariness , the other , mechanical order and simplicity . |
| 12 | All gifts should be sent to the bride 's home or the address she is living at before the wedding . |
| 13 | The optimal pairing of β and is found at for the KW record and at for the FCL record . |
| 14 | Account men make it their business to learn everything they can about the client 's product and how it compares with others on the market , and a strategy is arrived at with the help of the researchers and planners , and sometimes with the creative team on the writing and art side . |
| 15 | Irrespective of which view a person takes concerning Purgatory , whether it is found in this life before death or is arrived at in the next life after death there is agreement as to the purpose of Purgatory namely that it is a place where cleansing from sin takes place . |
| 16 | An example occurs in a more recent film , When Harry Met Sally … ( 1989 ) , where a period feel is aimed at in the earlier parts of the film though the period is as recent as 1983 . |
| 17 | Each cluster of features is acquired at about the same time , but not all speakers — now seen as " learners " — go through all five stages . |