Example sentences of "at [art] [noun pl] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked carefully at the sticks of uneven length and thickness that Philip had fixed together , too loosely . |
| 2 | The rank and file of both the Socialist movement and the CNT had been frustrated enough at the limitations of social reform under the Republic ; when the Radicals and the right set about negating what little seemed to have been gained , militancy rose to new levels . |
| 3 | The issue was raised by Phil Gallie , Conservative MP for Ayr , who protested at the actions of French fishermen yesterday in destroying £10,000 worth of fish en route from Ayr to Germany . |
| 4 | But after a week or so I was acclimatised , and I would laugh at the discomforts of half-asphyxiated visitors . |
| 5 | This study looked at the responses of more and less arithmetically-able pupils . |
| 6 | He is a media manipulator of genius , so adept at the mechanics of mass communication that he pauses mid-sentence when he sees that my cassette recorder has run out of tape , waiting patiently until I have inserted a new cassette before carrying on with what he was saying from exactly where he stopped . |
| 7 | Slabs being subducted today at the rims of large ocean basins are typically 60Myr old , and are accordingly cold enough to dehydrate before melting . |
| 8 | Sociolinguistics is most successful in explaining sex differences when it looks very carefully at the conditions of particular communities ' lives and at what the people themselves consider the most important influences on their behaviour . |
| 9 | The President was perturbed at the signs of Russian obduracy over Poland but felt that cooperation with Moscow could be preserved if the correct blend of firmness and concession was applied . |
| 10 | It is time now to look at the sections of financial theory which are relevant for the valuation of securities . |
| 11 | In particular I shall look at the attempts of recent years to unearth other , female ( or feminine ) imagery , present in the scriptures and in the Christian tradition . |
| 12 | Maxim sipped his coffee and glanced covertly round the room at the shelves of leather-bound legal volumes a row of Spy 's legal cartoons framed degrees and photographs of Magill as a young soldier and he guessed General ‘ Wild Bill ’ Donovan the founder of US intelligence . |
| 13 | In his London Shadows Godwin even finds a function for the voyeurs who made it fashionable to tour the slums ‘ and wonder at the peculiarities of that strange land ’ , because ‘ it was partly owing to these visits that some improvements were carried into effect ’ . |
| 14 | She flapped an ineffectual hand at the swarms of small , irritating flies that hovered above the path , landing on and adhering to her warm face in a most unpleasant manner . |
| 15 | It will look at the motivations of different family members , and identify the ways families negotiate the division of business and household work . |
| 16 | Without his Histories in Four Books we should know virtually nothing of what happened in the months following Louis the Pious 's death , and , more importantly , we should have had to guess at the motivations of those involved . |
| 17 | In actual fact , throughout the entire history of Athletico Whaddon , much of the blame for our failure can be placed at the feet of one man , Ken Mentle . |
| 18 | The etymological team of the Seventh Research Fleet was privileged to sit at the feet of two gentlemen of the Oeldrid Stance Academy . |
| 19 | John Thicknesse 's 13 pages trace cricket 's sad decline , laying the blame not only at the feet of grasping humourless players but weak umpires too . |
| 20 | After a lifetime of university teaching I have ceased to believe that the desire to sit at the feet of many masters is a powerful motive with the majority of wandering scholars . |
| 21 | A description in G.Paynes ' Collectania Cantiana tells us that four vases of black ware , one of reddish colour , two cups of imitation Samian ware , two black paterae and the neck of a large goblet with handle were found at a depth of four feet at the feet of ten human skeletons . |
| 22 | It was November and the white rime of frost formed a dim halo at the feet of those fortunate enough to have clogs . |
| 23 | A great deal of the blame must be laid at the feet of those who link regression with occult activities or treat it as some sort of parlour-trick to be practised for fun at parties . |
| 24 | Yeah it says , Romans ten , verse thirteen , for every everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah , will be saved , however , how will they call on him if in him they 'd not put faith , how in turn will they put faith in him , if him they 've not heard , how in turn will they hear without someone to preach , how in turn will they preach unless they 've been sent forth , just as it is written , how come we are at the feet of those who declare good news of good things well that 's more or less what we were saying is n't it ? |
| 25 | I floated on my back looking up at the puffs of white cloud dotted about the blue sky . |
| 26 | She had n't actually intended to go in , but the window display caught her eye and , without thinking , she wandered in , to look , certainly not to buy , until she realised with a pang of guilt , as she gazed at the racks of colourful fashions , that everything in her wardrobe must be hopelessly out of date . |
| 27 | Perhaps it would be a release to suffer extinction at the teeth of this woman . |
| 28 | The drawing was signed ‘ Myris ’ , i.e. Sylvestre Mirys ( 1742–1810 ) , painter and engraver , one-time artist to the duc d'Orleans , and exhibitor at the salons of 1795 and 1804 . |
| 29 | The importance of the Imams as spiritual leaders is at the hearts of Shiite doctrine . |
| 30 | At the hearts of these industrial towns the old marketing and retailing functions remained of paramount importance . |