Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The activities struck at by the section are further defined in section 19(3) as follows : |
| 2 | It should be noted that the maturity variable differs between the contracts traded at any moment in time . |
| 3 | It is certainly a long way from the crowds cheering at John F. Kennedy 's ‘ Ich bin ein Berliner ’ speech in front of the Berlin Wall in 1962 to the communiqué issued after Honecker 's visit to West Germany in 1987 : ‘ both states agreed to respect the sovereignty and independence of each other in both domestic and foreign matters ’ . |
| 4 | We will work to strengthen the external frontiers of the Community whilst maintaining the checks needed at our own borders against illegal immigration , drugs , terrorism and disease . |
| 5 | What yer doin' ? ’ one of the riggers shouted at him . |
| 6 | The clubs meet at least once a year and there is continual development as both technology and knowledge advance . |
| 7 | May the ‘ sales and recruitment ’ campaign amongst the clubs continue at full throttle — especially amongst the junior age groups , who voted with their TV ‘ on ’ switches that rugby is the game they like best . |
| 8 | The business did grow after the arrival of Michael Curlewis in 1982 when billings were still below £300 000 ; according to the accounts filed at Companies ' House , in 1985 Boyden , with only three consultants , achieved a turnover of £490258 . |
| 9 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 10 | Then the flames licked at her fingers and she dropped what was left of True Love at her high-heeled feet . |
| 11 | The court heard one of the burglaries occurred at an old people 's home . |
| 12 | All the reels retail at £49.95 : have a look at them next time you 're in a tackle shop — if there 's not one to suit , you 'll never be satisfied . |
| 13 | The article told us that the climbers meeting at Buxton ‘ firmly turned their backs on seductive French influences to make their sport safe ’ . |
| 14 | The purchase of a call option on a futures contract gives the owner the right to acquire a long position in the futures contract at a set price ( the exercise or striking price ) during ( or at the end of ) a specified time period . |
| 15 | Purchaser and provider divisions have been established in both health and social services authorities , but the splits occur at different levels . |
| 16 | One of the giants grinned at him . |
| 17 | Part of the reason why the shareholders had to wait so long for a return was that the original capital had been only 10,000 guineas , and the Company financed itself by fairly short-term loans from the merchants with which it did business , so the shareholders stood at the end of a long line of creditors but could expect substantial returns on their money in the end if the Company survived . |
| 18 | The participants voted to set up an Association for Communication and Theological Education to carry forward the discussions held at Yale . |
| 19 | The patterns hinted at in the data on the post-assessment engagements with clients could be construed as revealing a greater sense of purposefulness in the work undertaken . |
| 20 | Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the period 1530 1540 , another wholesale redistribution of land took place and much of the post-medieval landscape , although by no means all , can be related to the estates created at that time . |
| 21 | The doctors detailed the attempts made at resuscitation , but by 2.40 it was concluded that there was no activity in either heart or brain and that the President must be declared dead . |
| 22 | An auditing system would tell us something about the investigations looked at and , by way of extrapolation , also about the general reliability of the system . |
| 23 | This Board , whose role is by no means a formality , as it has to vet every one of the artists shown at the exhibition , is now made up of people who reflect the old groupings : seven Christian Democrats , six Socialists , two PDS ( formerly Communist ) , one Liberal and one Social Democrat . |
| 24 | Applied to the artists showing at Brussels , the term could have no very definite meaning , and Apollinaire found it hard to identify many specific characteristics shared by the painters , or even to distinguish Cubism from Fauvism : ‘ One feature unites them , for if the principal merit of the painters who have been called the Fauves was the return to fundamental principles as far as colour and composition are concerned , the Cubists , in order to extend yet further the province of an art thus renewed , have sought to return to basic principles of drawing and inspiration . |
| 25 | But as opposed to the exhibition of the Societe Normande de Peinture Moderne of the previous year , the majority of the artists showing at the Section d'Or were Cubists or painters directly influenced by the movement , and the effect made must have been concentrated . |
| 26 | The defenders pushed at the makeshift scaling ladders , and at least one went crashing back down into the crowd below ; but those who exposed themselves to do it were immediately the target of a dozen archers . |
| 27 | We support the views arrived at by the C E C , we should be proud of our title the Labour Party and shout from the hi highest rooftops where we live and work . |
| 28 | Of the deputies elected at the federal election in June 1990 only 17 per cent were re-elected , not including any of the former federal deputy prime ministers except for Klaus . |
| 29 | In some instances constraints would be imposed indirectly through the imposition of a duty to provide reasons ; in other cases the courts hinted at the limits they would set , such as if the decision was perverse or made in bad faith . |
| 30 | If there is an important and difficult question of law , however , I do not anticipate that senior judges will either feel ‘ demeaned ’ or take umbrage at the possibility of the courts looking at the question again on fuller argument . |