Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem with trying to make any general evaluation of support teaching at this stage , however , is that no generally agreed definition of support teaching actually exists . |
| 2 | The six-monthly reviews of respite care at the residential home provided a focus for monitoring the level and type of support needed at any stage . |
| 3 | A check on the number of tablets returned at each visit showed that all patients took at least 70% of the tablets prescribed , and that the median ( interquartile range ) number of antacid tablets consumed per week was similar in both groups ( cisapride 2.2 ( 0.1–5.7 ) ; placebo 1.9 ( 0.3–3.6 ) : p=0.76 , Mann-Whitney U test ) . |
| 4 | An appropriate calculation or formula for the amount of contingency required at any particular time should be agreed at the same time that the initial sire of the contingency is determined . |
| 5 | If the number of fire engines which turned up was correlated with the amount of damage done at those fires , a positive relationship would probably be discovered . |
| 6 | British companies had to build their lines between revolutions and had to be prepared to accept the damage to bridges , track , and stations caused by civil war and insurgency , but the opportunities presented in the wheat-growing and stock-rearing of Argentina , the coffee , rubber , and minerals of Brazil , the gold , silver , copper , nitrates , and sheep-farming of Chile , the cattle of Uruguay , and the sugar , coffee , cocoa , tobacco , cotton , and cattle of Venezuela seemed at that time limitless . |
| 7 | The lack of base stacking at this step is clear in this view . |
| 8 | In Clwyd , the terminal at Point of Ayr promised at most 132 jobs for the duration of the drilling process , she said . |
| 9 | The whole action of your book should be in keeping with the action of books written at that particular time . |
| 10 | Howard has suggested that threats of force directed at any person for whom the complainant ‘ has or is presumed to have strong affections ’ should negative consent . |
| 11 | " Well , Indonesia chickens fly — look ! " he said , accelerating towards a group of hens pecking at some minor accident on the road ahead . |
| 12 | When he announced he would retire from the game at the end of Biarritz 's run in the Championship it was the signal for scores of journalists to gather at each match to report on his ‘ funeral ’ … but we kept postponing it ’ . |
| 13 | Differences between the three main systems in use mainly concern punctuation , use of parentheses and the order of elements which must be cited ; but while these may seem small discrepancies , it is one part of the process of research to assess at some point the different conventions governing the listing and presentation of sources , and to present work accurately according to whatever set of conventions you are following . |
| 14 | Astronomers can estimate how much neutral sodium gas lies in front of the star from the precise amount of light absorbed at these wavelengths . |
| 15 | The readiness of Scots to migrate at this period has prompted suggestions that there were forces inherent in Scottish society which encouraged high levels of mobility and a propensity to migrate , but this has yet to be shown . |
| 16 | These factors help to explain why the total number of clients covered at any one time by our London 24 hour on-call service more than doubled from 70 in April 1990 to 150 by March 1991 ; and why the provision of service has had to become so much more sophisticated . |
| 17 | To create a sense of occasion that is in keeping with the depth of emotion felt at such times is very difficult without recognized formalities and strong ritualistic content . |
| 18 | The gentleman on the other side of Artemis laughed at that , but also into his napkin , adding ‘ bravo ’ in a low voice . |
| 19 | But in the absence of an increase in the speed of mechanization in the early seventies , the peak rates of accumulation achieved at that time generated peak intensities of demand for labour . |
| 20 | Optimality theory has been successful in explaining diversity in life-history traits such as age of first breeding , number of breeding attempts and number of offspring produced at each . |
| 21 | President , the whole economic af future of Tyneside stands at this minute in the balance . |
| 22 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 23 | It has performed superbly on the Swanage Railway where it is ideally suited to the kind of work undertaken at that location . |
| 24 | What differs between projects is the complexity and scope of work required at each step . |
| 25 | This House was asserting that the mere existence of a mistake of law made at some earlier stage does not vitiate the actual decision made : what must be shown is a relevant error of law , i.e. , an error in the actual making of the decision which affected the decision itself . |
| 26 | SS shows the quantity of films supplied at each price received by producers and is also the marginal social cost of producing films . |
| 27 | Clearly , only a percentage of lesions bleed at any one time and it may be that screening favours the detection of more slowly growing tumours ( length or time bias ) . |
| 28 | The Director of Studies demurred at this , citing the cost as only £8 each . |
| 29 | The greater the fraction of atoms with that speed the greater the intensity of metal deposited at that place . |
| 30 | For it was still universally accepted that the academic type of education offered at such schools was the best . |