Example sentences of "for [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little is known of his childhood , though it is said he developed a talent for drawing at an early age . |
| 2 | Britains richest man … was fined a hundred and twenty pounds for speeding at a hundred miles an hour along the M5 . |
| 3 | However , both sides cautioned against over-optimistic hopes that treaties on all three issues could be ready for signing at the planned " superpower " summit in Washington in June . |
| 4 | It was not until the end of the 18th century that the first bottle of claret as we now know it was put down for ageing at the famous Chateau Lafite in 1797 . |
| 5 | That is one reason for looking at a certain objection , that our conception of such connection is not fundamental to , or pervasive in , a certain body of knowledge and speculation , one which must have some pride of place in any informed view of reality . |
| 6 | A visit to a country house for instance will probably include reference to some of the social groups and classes of the period under study ( upstairs/downstairs , the estate workers , the craft or factory workers who produced many of the goods seen in the house ) ; the role of the gentry as leaders and rulers of their society can be covered ; there will be ample scope for looking at the economic and technological aspects of life in the period , especially if the house is related to its setting and the surrounding estate and countryside that supported it ; finally there will be objects or rooms in the house which relate to cultural or religious life in the period . |
| 7 | However , where a term of a contract is unclear , is capable of having more than one meaning , or is specific to a particular trade or market , there is considerable scope for looking at the factual background or " matrix " known to the parties , in order to clarify how it should be applied . |
| 8 | ‘ When Vinnie swore the other day in the Blackburn game he became the first player to be sent off for swearing at a fellow professional . |
| 9 | The heading can then be released for cleaning at a later date . |
| 10 | A young man placed himself between the shafts of the trap and prepared to pull his passengers round the village , but not before the publican had been fined a barrel of beer for speaking at the same time as the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ . |
| 11 | In this case , a sequence of tasks ( possibly the complete analysis ) is presented to the machine which then detaches the job from the user 's control and queues it for running at a convenient time — perhaps overnight — the full results being returned to the user thereafter . |
| 12 | William Reid , 31 , had been fired for protesting at a late lunch order from executives at the Daily Mirror 's London offices . |
| 13 | Where voters have different tastes ( e.g. , with respect to public goods ) or different endowments , then their preferred fiscal policies are likely to differ , and voting is a procedure for arriving at a collective decision . |
| 14 | For each of the following situations suggest , with reasons , the best method for arriving at the written-down cost or value . |
| 15 | The exercise described in the preceding paragraphs provides a basis for arriving at the funded establishment of nurses for each unit which will enable the recruitment and employment of the labour force . |
| 16 | It remained in Australia until 1986 , when it was sent to her niece , Mrs Rita Coxall of Bishop 's Castle , for showing at the first Bishop 's Castle Railway Exhibition held at the High School on 18 April 1986 . |
| 17 | ( i mean the way he have sticked with specially dino shows us that — dino himself who expressed wishes for playing at the international level himself when he joined leeds — i guess he is a farther away now : the likes of Shearer , Wright ( a flop in the internationals ) , Cole ( hey there is one that puts them in the net ) and Ferdinand will have no problems keeping him out … ) |
| 18 | You always know you 'll get nothing short of 110 per cent and he 's still got a great appetite for playing at the top level . |
| 19 | Two members were appointed to assist the Librarian to catalogue and number the books in the Library and have them ready for distributing at an early date . |
| 20 | Nos. 41 and 57 which must have had some defects , were sold to T. W. Ward for scrapping at the same time . |
| 21 | I am writing to confirm our booking for filming at the Old Royal Observatory on Wednesday 7 June from 9.00 to 11.00 am . |
| 22 | Though Hitchcock himself toured the locations in Denmark , East Germany and Sweden , he settled for filming at the Universal lot in the San Fernando valley . |