Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , ’ she said carefully , marvelling at how the steam conducted the sound . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't understand why they pose for the tourists , ’ she said , marvelling at how the huge hoods were wired to flare out in soft folds around each tightly wrapped skull . |
| 3 | Others see it occurring at exactly the same time each day , but with no obvious connection with any other activity . |
| 4 | There the Reis-ul-Kuttab , or Reis Effendi as he was usually called by foreigners , the head of the grand vizier 's chancery , showed some signs of becoming at least an approximation to a foreign minister . |
| 5 | Besides having this example of baronial efficiency before his eyes , common sense might have suggested the importance of revealing at once the new conditions for ecclesiastical support which he had brought back from the Roman Council of 1099 . |
| 6 | Living at just the right distance from things is impossible cos one had to move about in order to know where one is — the principle of 2 or more radar points plotting the position of an object . |
| 7 | Design as a complex , multi-dimensional activity achieves through forming at once a mode of knowing the world which is at the same time also a mode of acting in the world . |
| 8 | He repudiated his first wife and married a recognised Judaic princess , thereby seeking at least a form of legal sanction . |
| 9 | She thought she was peaking at just the right time for her battle of the sexes match with Jimmy Connors scheduled for Las Vegas on September 24 with a 500,000 dollar first prize . |
| 10 | As they uncovered it , they found they were looking at not a human , but an animal . |
| 11 | In any case , a shotgun fired into the undertaker 's neck at close range would have made a real mess ; we would n't be looking at just a cupful of blood . |
| 12 | We have already seen through looking at where the widowed lived that in England , as throughout the world , the family was the biggest single resource for older people in trouble . |
| 13 | Other items on the agenda for the diocesan synod this week include financial matters and an update on the Decade of Evangelism , looking at where the church has got to in its outreach work . |
| 14 | is that tomorrow , when we start getting into planning , prioritizing , looking at where the new diaries and all that sort of stuff . |
| 15 | Two people looking at exactly the same thing may have quite different perceptions depending on experience , background and interest . |
| 16 | HP CEO John Young told a meeting of analysts last week that HP had been looking at both the USL and OSF kernels , but had no plans in place to license USL technology . |
| 17 | Comparison of the patterns of demographic change suggested by the overall and gerontic ratio illustrates the importance of looking at both the total population and its component segments . |
| 18 | Or are we looking at possibly a larger figure now for Greater York ? |
| 19 | Er the market we 're looking at there the Pan-Pacific basin there especially showing a market at the moment . |
| 20 | So I mean think about it as long term planning , and certainly for those under er sixty the long term becomes extremely long term because er you know you 're looking at perhaps a third of your life er which is er still to be accounted for . |
| 21 | So can you see why we 're looking at perhaps a , a , or we ought to be considering a figure a big higher than three hundred thousand . |
| 22 | ‘ We have a standard spending assessment of £6.155m. which is in no way related to our spending needs , ’ he said , ‘ We are looking at about a £1.4m. reduction in spending . |
| 23 | Round about , as a erm a ball park figure , because it does vary on the dealer 's claims rate , but you 'd be looking at about a hundred and seventy five . |
| 24 | In a month , she thought , in just a month , I might be looking at quite a different view . |
| 25 | In this experiment we would be making measurements of the entire world ocean looking at essentially a snapshot view of the behaviour of the ocean during a five year period . |
| 26 | It is worth spending a few minutes looking at how the waves are breaking and picking the best place and time to launch . |
| 27 | We begin therefore by considering our current practice , and then looking at how the National Curriculum fits in . |
| 28 | Now by looking at how the subjects perform on these tests , our researcher will be able to determine different degrees of accuracy for each of the morphemes focused upon in this way . |
| 29 | ‘ Looking at how the franchise industry has developed in the United States and the diversity of franchises offered there , we can expect that much greater growth is still to take place in the UK market . ’ |
| 30 | NOW THAT China has joined the two international copyright conventions , it is worth looking at how the revolution in knowledge dissemination has affected the region . |