Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you look through all the short stories you know , I think you 'll find that the element of change lies at the bottom of each , like an insistent ground bass . |
| 2 | Now , however medieval my proclivities , my bills are bang up to date , so I waved a sheaf of payment slips at the ghosts of the carvers and they vanished . |
| 3 | And I will also give you a good deal of freedom to look at the sea . ’ |
| 4 | As it melted , the fuel 's chemical reaction with the surrounding water also caused a bubble of hydrogen to form at the top of the reactor vessel . |
| 5 | In the typical scenario erm you have the parents as villains of the peace , you have the children or the child as being abused , you have ah typically in the er as it were the stereotypical scenario , you have the father doing the abuse , you have a certain amount of responsibility pointed at the mother . |
| 6 | Police have said there was evidence of drug taking at the £17-a-head event , including discarded packets of white powder and some cannabis resin , but there were no arrests for drugs . |
| 7 | More familiar than detailed critical self-reflection on the level of individual courses are the corporate processes of decision making at the institutional level . |
| 8 | Some like to work from a diagram where there is a brief description of technique used at the start , then the remainder of the pattern consists of the diagram of the various garment parts , with figures that relate to stitches , rows and sizes . |
| 9 | The assimilation of moderate levels of complexity into higher levels of orderliness lies at the heart of Smith 's aesthetic , in which excitement is generated by complexity whilst delight results from the apprehension of an overriding sense of order . |
| 10 | This was not of course found at the scene , but it was probably a flat plastic box pack , smaller than a crush-proof cigarette-packet , with a single flush button depressed by the ball of the thumb to effect detonation . |
| 11 | We may even suggest that the theory of contracts presents an ideal terrain for an examination of these fundamental issues of political philosophy , for the law of contract lies at the intersection of the market and the state , using the coercive power of the latter to reinforce the discipline of the former . |
| 12 | This is achieved by adjusting the spacing between the words and characters as necessary so that each line of text finishes at the same point . |
| 13 | For an accountant in practice who is keen on a secondment to the regulatory sector , the range of experience offered at the DTI would make it time well spent . |
| 14 | A flicker of admiration showed at the back of his dark eyes . |
| 15 | But now the club have found that on applying for renewal of permission to play at the same venue next season , the pitch has already been allocated . |
| 16 | Given basic ability , equality of opportunity to borrow at the market rate of interest to invest in your human capital so as to secure a future return makes observed income inequality a matter of individual choice . |
| 17 | As has been shown above , blood was perceived to be the life-giving force of the universe — an obvious conclusion on empirical grounds , but one which was elevated from the pragmatic to the sacred in Hebrew thought by the belief that in humans it was also the seat of the soul , hence the choice of terminology noted at the outset of this essay for murder and death in the Old Testament . |
| 18 | TAIF , Saudi Arabia — Lebanese members of parliament clutched at the threads of a peace plan yesterday after a brief period when agreement to end 14 years of civil war seemed within their grasp . |
| 19 | Visitors to PAS are known to have been totally ‘ bowled over ’ by the amount of stock contained at the South Benfleet facility . |
| 20 | If the company 's business involves dealing in goods the records must also contain a statement of stock held at the end of the financial year and statements of stocktakings from which that was prepared , and , except in the case of goods sold in the ordinary course of retail trade , statements of all goods sold or purchased , in sufficient detail to enable the other party to be identified . |
| 21 | A tiny knot of tension throbbed at the back of her neck , running the length of her arms to her fingertips . |
| 22 | In a similar manner , various other studies have indicated that a wide and diverse range of crime occurs at the workplace . |
| 23 | Indeed the Department of the Environment issued in 1976 a code of practice aimed at the prevention and abatement of smells from animal wastes which states that ‘ in any proceedings brought because of an alleged odour nuisance it may be a relevant consideration if the company has adhered to the code of practice to the best of its ability ’ . |
| 24 | Although studies of land use like those outlined above provide useful overall data , they only produce a limited picture of what the countryside actually looks like and how it is changing in appearance , and this type of study remains at the heart , if not the mind , of many of even the most socioeconomic quantitative geographers . |
| 25 | in crumbling gloves of crap pray at the drains |
| 26 | Compared with a supplemental dose of OPV , one dose of IPV administered at the time of measles vaccination at 6 or 9 months of age induced significantly higher seroconversion to one or more serotypes at the time of vaccination . |
| 27 | When the first shaft of light showed at the end of the tunnel it was like waking from a nightmare . |
| 28 | The Leningrad city and regional Communist Party first secretary and leading conservative , Boris Gidaspov , had been the most prominent local party leader to ignore party recommendations and had refrained from standing in the elections to the Russian Supreme Soviet , having apparently anticipated the kind of defeat inflicted at the polls on March 4 and 18 on many other Russian city and regional party secretaries . |
| 29 | About 30 tons of turf and top soil , and several tons of burned tarmac , were removed from the area over which the aircraft had broken up and come to rest ; the tyres of vehicles , footwear of personnel , and all items of equipment used at the site , were taken to the hanger and cleaned of mud and grass . |
| 30 | Completing our coverage of the Laboratory exhibition , held at Earls Court in November , below are some further items of equipment launched at the exhibition . |