Example sentences of "of [v-ing] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1949 he became professor of singing at that academy . |
| 2 | Probably he was unused to such directness from lowly individuals such as herself — individuals incapable of producing at short notice trifling sums like three and a half thousand pounds ! |
| 3 | If couples learn and adopt means of spacing at adequate intervals , if breastfeeding is prolonged and if appropriate contraceptives are used during the period of lactation ( where abstinence is not practised ) , the result will not only be improved health and mortality conditions but also a concomitant spread of knowledge as to means of terminating childbearing . |
| 4 | Even in the throes of laughing at some remark passed by Grace Bird , Bunny watched Geoffrey . |
| 5 | Taking into account post year end disposal proceeds [ and profits ] already announced , LASMO 's level of gearing at 31 December 1992 on a pro-forma basis would have been 88 per cent . |
| 6 | For sheer enjoyment of climbing at this standard the routes on the Clapis sector the Dentelles de Montmirail take some beating . |
| 7 | Analysis of the alternative splicing in the fibronectin primary transcript , reveals that multiple forms arise because of splicing at three sites ; EIIIA , EIIIB and the variable ( V ) region ( IIICS ) ( 22–26 ) . |
| 8 | the skill of communicating at different levels without necessarily articulat-ing them . |
| 9 | Catalysts must have a high surface to volume ratio to be effective and a physical form which presents minimum resistance to high velocity gas streams and be capable of operating at high temperatures and often under high humidity conditions . |
| 10 | The figure shows that the cost disadvantage of operating at half MES depends upon the gradient of the average cost curve . |
| 11 | This may be of use in looking at early events , such as occur during the establishment of tolerance ; thereby facilitating the task of looking at low numbers of cells . |
| 12 | An alternative way of looking at higher education is to see it as a continuing process in the reproduction of gender relations . |
| 13 | This way of looking at professional education is having a considerable impact on many fields . |
| 14 | to Arthur I want a change from that flat I 'm sick of looking at four walls |
| 15 | ‘ We English have often had a different way of looking at such things from the French , Mr Lewis . ’ |
| 16 | I talked about the conditions that Normandin had described and kept repeating that it was n't a question of doing a deal , but of looking at other ways to get the hostages out . |
| 17 | This way of looking at causal laws is a delicate compromise . |
| 18 | Jean-Claude had a different way of looking at moral issues from the one in which I had been brought up , and judged correct . |
| 19 | We also explored alternative ways of looking at certain events . |
| 20 | His remarks are interesting because they demonstrate a new way of looking at that relationship . |
| 21 | A as a result of looking at that information , the collators department . |
| 22 | Did this energy have some objective reality or was it merely a way of looking at known processes from a different viewpoint ? |
| 23 | Why not just call you back and tell you what they told me ? — what you obviously knew all along , that there 's no hope at all of looking at secret files . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Broadhurst 's Wager is the correct way round of looking at these things , an apt reversal of the sophistries of that anorexic apostate , scribbling on his Post-it notelets . |
| 25 | This method of looking at cultural objects , developed chiefly by German and American scholars at the turn of the century , assumes in its extreme form that complex and exotic techniques can only be invented once in the history of mankind . |
| 26 | It happened to me when I was sort of looking at some sort of electronic engineering that I was n't supposed to be doing I was just looking at it for interest like Well I 'd like to have the time to spend on that but I 'll leave that thank you very much . |
| 27 | As yet this technique has limited spatial and temporal resolution but it does offer a means of looking at human brain activity in a fairly safe way . |
| 28 | Hayek suggests that there are two ways of looking at human activities and institutions . |
| 29 | The systems approach is often a convenient way of looking at human behaviour either internally — this is man as a set of sub-systems or in terms of the man interacting with mechanisms — man-machine systems , or man interacting with organisations — socio-technical systems . |
| 30 | A vigorous critique of utilitarianism has been offered by Bernard Williams who refers to it as ‘ distinctive way of looking at human action and morality . ’ |