Example sentences of "it [vb -s] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | but then the bell does n't go till nine , although sometimes it goes at two minutes to nine and sometimes it goes at five past nine |
2 | And it goes at sixty revolutions to the minute . |
3 | If it goes at different times , it 's a different consignment . |
4 | It provides a good training for any biologist because it looks at living organisms from many different viewpoints . |
5 | It looks at other initiatives similar to the one that we 're planning , and Derek has got a copy of that , if anyone would like details , on any of that . |
6 | It has at all times been an act of faith and a declaration of belief , the faith and the belief that a society and a nation will fare best , in this world and the next , where the most promising of its youth are withdrawn at a critical period of their development to spend several years in close and intimate proximity with one another and with those whose talent and delight is the pursuit of knowledge of all kinds for its own sake and the communication of that talent and delight to their successors . |
7 | It opens at both ends and fastens with drawcords . |
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9 | The Justice Department faces a struggle as it seeks at secret meetings to persuade big national operators like Browning-Ferris and Laidlaw Industries to bid for commercial garbage-collection contracts . |
10 | But , if we make the reward of the item of food erm not predictable , okay , so it comes at variable intervals er then the rat actually works harder pressing the lever , it 's more likely to do the behaviour and it 's less likely to give up doing that behaviour afterwards , okay ? |