Example sentences of "that [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is , however , Falstaff himself that lies at the heart of the opera and Colin Rees proved a master of the role . |
| 32 | It is this concept that lies at the back of R. P. A. Edwards ' attack on dial-access retrieval systems : |
| 33 | One can forget for a while the rigours faced everyday and appreciate wholeheartedly the kind of escapism that lies at the root of ‘ The Passionate Shepherd to his love ’ and ‘ The Garden ’ and all other poems which make up the pastoral garden . |
| 34 | Not only was the advent of computing perhaps rather longer and more protracted than in some other disciplines , but invariably it is the case that the very nature of computer application in history is rather different , and it is this difference that lies at the root of the oncoming problem . |
| 35 | He might try to justify the principle by appealing to logic , a recourse that we freely grant him , or he might attempt to justify the principle by appealing to experience , a recourse that lies at the basis of his whole approach to science . |
| 36 | Only one configuration , however , matched that found at the murder scene . |
| 37 | His central idea , the ultimate negation of the will to live , … ( offers ) the only salvation possible " — and turning to his own artistic activities , present and prospective , he added , " I have in my head Tristan und Isolde … ; with the " black flag " that flutters at the end of it I shall shroud myself to die . " |
| 38 | The remaining commercial reserves figure is that estimated at the end of the year plus the production during the year . |
| 39 | Her conscious mind did n't even register it , nor the weeds of blue awareness that tangled at the edge of her mind . |
| 40 | In order to predict how the universe should have started off , one needs laws that hold at the beginning of time . |
| 41 | The plateau we crossed before the final pyramid was hostile , the snow wind-beaten to a hard , glittering crust that squeaked at the approach of our boots and then gave a satisfying crunch as we went through it . |
| 42 | Strictly , this is what is known as the weak cosmic censorship hypothesis : it protects observers who remain outside the black hole from the consequences of the breakdown of predictability that occurs at the singularity , but it does nothing at all for the poor unfortunate astronaut who falls into the hole . |
| 43 | So I expect to see er improvements in confidence backed by greater provision and I like to see that directed at the venture capital , risk capital , long term capital . |
| 44 | Everything was Nordic or Russian except the Lehar group that came at the end . |
| 45 | This means that looking at the process in an ex-post fashion , the underwriters made a return of 1.11 per cent . |
| 46 | I conclude that looking at the matter from the point of view of expense incurred and not from the point of view of loss to the employer no expense could be regarded as having been incurred as a result of the decision of the authorities of the college to provide this particular benefit to the taxpayer . |
| 47 | However , it was said that looking at the employee 's base was not the be-all and end-all . |
| 48 | Rich hauls of lead weights also come from beneath the matted seaweed that grows at the foot of harbour walls and breakwaters . |
| 49 | ( 9 ) An evidence questioning question questions that look at the veracity of the evidence , e.g. " On what do you think the weavers of the tapestry based their picture ? " |
| 50 | Cynics of course would hold that the power potential and the danger that exists at the interface of the physical and the metaphysical exists only in the human imagination . |
| 51 | Now we could ask him to write about what he has drawn , to tell as much as he knows about the trains that run at the back of his house . |
| 52 | Hannah Hauxwell 's somewhat late introduction to the benefits of modern civilization , such as water that arrived at the turn of a tap , central heating , shops just a few yards away , even a telephone ( the number is ex-directory or it would never stop ) , clearly created a revolution in her life Her financial situation also improved dramatically with a tidy amount left from the sale of Low Birk Hatt to invest , and substantial sums from the royalties of her best-selling book . |
| 53 | One passenger on a train that arrived at the station seconds before the blast said : ‘ It was a miracle no one was killed . ’ |
| 54 | Detritus — Also sometimes known as mulm , this describes the mixture of tiny waste items that gathers at the bottom and in the filters of any tank set-up . |
| 55 | General relativity predicts that heavy objects that are moving will cause the emission of gravitational waves , ripples in the curvature of space that travel at the speed of light . |
| 56 | THE NOBEL Prize for physics has been awarded to three scientists who developed ultra-precise techniques that lie at the heart of modern atomic clocks . |
| 57 | 17 Throughout our work we were acutely aware of the differing opinions that are held on a number of issues that lie at the heart of the English curriculum and its teaching . |
| 58 | The aim is that entertainment on pay-TV will pay for the more innovative plans , including two way transactions down the cables , that lie at the heart of the cabling idea . |
| 59 | This point is made not in the interests of pedantry , but because it bears directly on the criticisms of current approaches to the global system that lie at the heart of this book . |
| 60 | Not only does Dame Sirith advertise her professional ability to repeat the trick , or to obtain for a man the woman he wants in the way he wants , and thus anticipate her ability to star in an extended series of fabliaux that the poet may tell , but the language and prosody convey certain points that lie at the heart of the fabliau perspective . |