Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Purposive sampling , for example , could not be effectively done in advance of interviewing , since significant others could only be guessed at without the informant furnishing more detailed information . |
| 2 | This can already be guessed at from the demonic intensity of his most famous recordings , and it is confirmed by first-hand reports . |
| 3 | Football League spokesman Ian Cotton admitted : ‘ The competition will be looked at at the end of the season . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The Managers ' Association have written to the FA suggesting this is an area that needs to be looked at for the good of football . |
| 5 | This rule has now been relaxed so as to permit reports of commissioners , including law commissioners , and white papers to be looked at for the purpose solely of ascertaining the mischief which the statute is intended to cure but not for the purpose of discovering the meaning of the words used by Parliament to effect such cure : Eastman Photographic Materials Co . Ltd. v. Comptroller-General of Patents , Designs and Trademarks [ 1898 ] A.C. 571 and Assam Railways and Trading Co . Ltd. v. Commissioners of Inland Revenue [ 1935 ] A.C. 445 , 457–458 . |
| 6 | For this the sore is gently scraped and any fluid that exudes can then be looked at under the microscope . |
| 7 | And to a very large degree , that has been erm , achieved , and I think that erm , the prospects for the county council for ninety-four five are now much better than they appeared to be a year ago , and er , I think the prospects for ninety-five six will need to be looked at through the budget review sub-committee and this committee at an early stage , and I 'm sure that the workman-like way in which it 's addressed it 's business is a good sign for the future . |
| 8 | It was agreed that the procedures for data entry would be looked at over the next few months , and further discussions would be held in due course . |
| 9 | I 'm now just got their comments now , and it may be helpful if I enclose a copy to er whoever may may wish to have a copy to be looked at over the weekend . |
| 10 | ‘ This is a technology , ’ says the UK Genetics Forum , ‘ which should be looked at from the point of view that if something goes wrong , it ca n't be put right . |
| 11 | Thus , as with biological theories , crime is seen as pathological ( a disease ) , as something to be looked at from the medical point of view . |
| 12 | Alternatively , you may come to the conclusion that there is a real distinction between the authorities , and in this event the problem must be looked at from the point of view of general legal principle or public policy to decide whether it should be brought under the one head or the other . |
| 13 | This is a matter of major constitutional importance which will have to be looked at by the House of Lords and no doubt considered by this place in due course . |
| 14 | On leaving the Service in August 1935 he spent several months looking around and also being looked at by the family of the lovely Ly , his Swiss wife , a scrutiny which was reciprocated when Ly had in turn , to be looked at by the swarm of Bennetts in Brisbane , Australia . |
| 15 | He deserves contempt not respect and his ability to handle further cases as serious as this should be looked at by the Lord Chancellor 's office . |
| 16 | Power has also to be looked at in the light of engine capacity and tractor weight . |
| 17 | Localized variations in voting patterns may reflect changing forms of political alignment and voting behaviour ( see Johnston , Pattie and Allsopp ( 1988 ) for a review ) , and electoral politics will be looked at in the next chapter , but here I shall consider the notion of political culture more widely . |
| 18 | This evidence , which will be looked at in the next section , is an indication that a direct link between allergy and mental problems is not impossible . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A meeting of university presidents was taking place in Beijing , prompted by student unrest in June ( which will be looked at in the next chapter ) , and they were considering the effects that ‘ Heshang ’ might have . |
| 21 | Lilley said they had no plans to do so at present , but everything would be looked at in the review . |
| 22 | ‘ I feel that any threatened site , be it on land or not , should be looked at in the same way : that is , will excavating this site advance our knowledge of history in a significant way ? |
| 23 | Areas to be looked at in the short term are : |
| 24 | 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 ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But in fact it could be looked at in the light of criterion nine , which is free standing , well removed etcetera |
| 27 | The last two verbs to be looked at in the field of causality are thank and bid . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |