Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as opposed to the exhibition of the Societe Normande de Peinture Moderne of the previous year , the majority of the artists showing at the Section d'Or were Cubists or painters directly influenced by the movement , and the effect made must have been concentrated . |
| 2 | If there is an important and difficult question of law , however , I do not anticipate that senior judges will either feel ‘ demeaned ’ or take umbrage at the possibility of the courts looking at the question again on fuller argument . |
| 3 | The ions appearing at the foot of the most recently reconnected field lines would be more energetic than the corresponding ions on field lines that were opened by a previous pulse of reconnection . |
| 4 | The members wrote a letter to the authorities protesting at the increases in the cost of living , which had exacerbated problems of nutrition , health and transport . |
| 5 | Alyssia ignored his remark and concentrated on trying to cut her steak without sending all the vegetables flying at the same time . |
| 6 | There was a tight thicket of new , thorny growth in the clearing , a bird darting between the branches picking at the red and blue berries that hung from the twigs . |
| 7 | It was n't the cars there , it was the cars turning at the end of the road |
| 8 | If you are an Imperial player and facing a foe that uses such despicable tactics then console yourself with the thought that at least the units firing at the Helblaster are not firing at other targets . |
| 9 | Before climbing a steep , stiff staircase back up the cliff to Rhossili , I paused to watch the waves licking at the oak ribs of the Helvetia — a Norwegian coaster driven aground in 1887 , whose remains are still half buried in the sand . |
| 10 | A confession will now be excluded if it is the result of ‘ oppression ’ or if it is the consequence of ‘ anything said or done which was likely , in the circumstances existing at the time , to render [ it ] unreliable ’ ( emphasis added ) . |
| 11 | If there is no agreement as to the extent of the holding , it is designated by the court by reference to the circumstances existing at the date of the order ( s32(2) ) . |
| 12 | Where liability for negligence is excluded by a notice , the reasonableness of the exclusion depends on whether it would be fair and reasonable to allow reliance on the notice having regard to the circumstances existing at the time liability arose , or would have arisen . |
| 13 | If , when agreed , the restraint was not excessive it will remain valid in law but in deciding whether to grant equitable relief by way of injunction , the court will have regard to the circumstances obtaining at the date of the alleged breach . |
| 14 | The defence ministry is pursuing what it calls ‘ administrative ’ control over them , and is trying to win the loyalty of the troops serving at the missile sites . |
| 15 | Crosland told his audience that whereas higher education must indeed be developed systematically , it should not be represented as a unitary or hierarchical system , with the universities sitting at the top . |
| 16 | The composition of these pore waters was controlled by the conditions existing at the surface , and these in turn were dependent on the stage reached in the ‘ evaporation cycle ’ ( Clark 1980a ; Clark and Tallbacka 1980 ) . |
| 17 | The provisions contained in this paragraph shall be reviewed for 1993 in the light of the conditions obtaining at the time … |
| 18 | B. Most of the farmers meeting at the markets keep large numbers of sheep , often as many as 500 each . |
| 19 | Every year the New York New Music Seminar seems to throw up one track which first flattens the delegates revelling at the local hot-spots , then sends the record companies into chequebook-brandishing overdrive . |
| 20 | By measuring the energy spectrum of the positron , the researchers effectively measure the spectrum of the antineutrinos arriving at the detector . |
| 21 | A magical hour , especially here , with the trees swaying at the side of the road , and everything looking vaguely blurred and drowsy . |
| 22 | The baler was washed forward into the bow so they baled with their berets , taking turns to paddle and resisting the temptation to lean forward and clout the porpoises darting at the bow . |
| 23 | I agree that the appeal should be allowed and that declarations should be made in the terms appearing at the end of the judgment of Glidewell L.J . |
| 24 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 25 | Like Hutton in bygone times , Stewart seemed galvanised by the disasters occurring at the other end , but was never either intimidated into strokelessness or tempted into a reckless rescue bid , for such an endeavour against this bowling would have been futile . |
| 26 | Gallus himself died in 551 , and at his death the local clergy put forward the name of the priest Cato ; the bishops officiating at the burial of Gallus offered to consecrate Cato there and then , and to square the appointment with the king , who was only a minor , subsequently . |
| 27 | When I opened one of them and saw English words I could feel the tears pricking at the back of my eyes . |
| 28 | She could feel the tears pricking at the back of her eyes . |
| 29 | Do you remember of the territorials leaving at the beginning of the war ? |
| 30 | About one hour later we sat on the sands staring at the cool sea in front of us , thinking how long it was since we had had a bath . |