Example sentences of "it [vb -s] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Nicholas Luard and the other members of the group were particularly concerned about the planting of conifers at Bara Ceirch farm as it stands at the headwaters of the Rivers Cothi and Towy , two of the finest salmon rivers in Wales .
2 It looks at the reasons for dissatisfaction at the ways in which complaints are handled , highlighting an example of an elderly couple who had waited two years for someone to come round with a colour chart , prior to decorating the outside of their house .
3 In particular , it looks at the levels at which key industrial relations decisions and collective agreement are made , the links between managerial strategy and union organisation and industrial conflict , and the changes taking place in strategies and structures employed by managers for industrial relations since 1980 .
4 I am used to the wind 's deep-throated shouts as it tears at the corners of our cottage in Cornwall , as it cracks branches and sweeps up leaves .
5 But the saying of it cuts at the chains .
6 An upper garment is drawn diagonally across the breasts , revealing their broad forms and falling loose below them over the tight belt which it conceals at the sides , and it hangs in a shallow curve on the left hip , a long trail on the right .
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