Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The introduction of Teds , a bear-shaped burger-type product , under the specially created ‘ My Favourite ’ trademark is only one of a new range of products targeted at new customers . |
| 2 | A conventional joystick uses a pair of potentiometers mounted at right angles to each other , the spindles being mechanically linked to a central knob . |
| 3 | This surface is generally satisfactory for modest numbers of cyclists riding at moderate speeds and for use by pedestrians and people with prams and wheelchairs . |
| 4 | This surface is generally satisfactory for modest numbers of cyclists riding at moderate speeds and for use by pedestrians and people with prams and wheelchairs . |
| 5 | Farr calculated the contribution of workers to economic growth by estimating the future net earnings of labourers dying at different ages . |
| 6 | The measurement is derived from the very small difference in the time of arrival of signals received at different telescopes from a distant radio source ( usually a quasar ) . |
| 7 | Canal Bus operate modern 52 seater motor launches on a regular service along the city 's wealth of waterways stopping at various centrally located moorings . |
| 8 | In general , it is probably fair to say that the Philadelphia neighbourhood studies provide a better general model for the in-depth study of communities located at various points in the class continuum . |
| 9 | Lydia 's kitchen was littered with left-overs , stacks of plates balanced at crazy angles and glass bowls full of capsizing mousse . |
| 10 | The total number of labelled and unlabelled cells was counted under an optical grid over the full thickness of the mucosa at a number of sites chosen at random on each specimen ( approximately 1000 cells per site ) . |
| 11 | Since there are several such pairs of elements decaying at different speeds , it is possible to make cross-checks . |
| 12 | Just the sort of behaviour , in fact , that , had it been the work of the lads from the local council estate , would have resulted in a platoon of plods descending at great speed , batons ready in the best of LAPD fashion . |
| 13 | Techniques exist for the ‘ stitching ’ of such fractures and they include a method in which groups of holes spaced at pre-defined centres are drilled across , and at right angles to each crack . |
| 14 | Thom worked throughout World War II at the Royal Aircraft Establishment , Farnborough , where he commissioned and ran the high-speed tunnel , enabling the study of problems encountered at high subsonic aircraft speeds causing locally supersonic flow . |
| 15 | From July 1972 a Committee of Officers met at regular intervals . |
| 16 | Plumb ( 1983 : 289–315 ) and Forty ( 1986 : 63–91 ) document the rise of goods aimed at specific consumer groups such as children , later developed as youth groups demanding particular age-based products . |
| 17 | Set to Tcherepnin 's Bagatelles , it was an adult equivalent of items seen at dancing-school shows . |
| 18 | I also considered the number of claims made for visits by deputies before and after the 1990 contract and the ages of patients visited at different times of night . |
| 19 | Resembles a rather small dark long-billed short-legged winter Dunlin , with distinctive snipe-like markings on mantle and two white lines down each side ; coppery edges of secondaries show at close quarters . |
| 20 | a statement of special educational needs may specify some modification in the ranges of levels appropriate at different key stages for the individual child . |
| 21 | All barriers to trade in community-originated goods were to be eliminated by January 1994 , but there remained problems with implementation in individual member states of decisions made at regional level . |
| 22 | This is largely due to the lack of recognition from governing authorities who appear to ignore the fact that our organisation represents a competent and knowledgeable body of professionals aiming at high ethical standards in the world of art dealing . |
| 23 | After all , the argument that a list of numbers drawn at random by a programmed computer had no human author was rejected , as we have seen , in the Express Newspaper case . |
| 24 | Obviously the modern sophisticated reader will know that one can use the highest points in each square of a fine grid or take the heights of points picked at random to provide data . |
| 25 | The Mainland Affairs Council ( MAC ) , the body overseeing Taiwan 's relations with China , approved a series of measures aimed at increasing links with the mainland during a conference held on Sept. 19-20 . |
| 26 | In the aftermath of the mid-1989 turmoil in China the UK government and the Hong Kong authorities proposed a package of measures aimed at restoring confidence in the colony ahead of 1997 . |
| 27 | During 1993 , some of you will be asked to participate in a series of initiatives aimed at improving performance in all aspects of our business . |
| 28 | A variety of tasks looking at decimal place value was used , including for comparison purposes , both those in context where decimals represent measures and , those not in context . |
| 29 | The book is a collection of documents aimed at stimulating discussion and action and at promoting a more general awareness of the cultural environment in which the mass media play a major part . |
| 30 | ‘ How futile to announce that some great lead to thought was going to emerge from the mountain of memoranda discussed at high pressure by exhausted delegates . ’ |