Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Street had returned to what must have been normal for any morning at this time ; the delivery vans had gone , there was sporadic traffic in the one-way street , and people had no time to stand about gawping at the bookshop though they slowed their pace in passing and tried to look in without appearing to do so . |
| 2 | then it may be appropriate for it to progress to operating at the skilful stage . |
| 3 | DEC has decided to withdraw from exhibiting at the London Open Systems Show the first week in November , saying that it is worried about lack of support for the event . |
| 4 | The acquisition of a skeleton of calcium phosphate marked the point at which the fossil record began to contribute to the history of the group which , from our selfish viewpoint , we are conditioned to think of lying at the pinnacle of all evolutionary trees . |
| 5 | In most situations , therefore , it is sufficient to disinfect after cleaning at the end of each work cycle . |
| 6 | Lyric Fantasy is poised to return to sprinting at the weekend and has an excellent opportunity to break her duck as a three-year-old . |
| 7 | ( c ) TRANSITION — intention to proceed by looking at the Reform Act . |
| 8 | It is by no means uncommon for exploratory social research in an area where little work has been done to begin by looking at the characteristics of people involved . |
| 9 | Since rising retirement rates among elderly people have been one of the striking developments in labour market behaviour this century , it seems appropriate to begin by looking at the reasons why the employment status of the elderly population has changed so much over time , and the consequences of this change . |