Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If this all sounds a bit old-fashioned and too good to be true , you have only to look at the happy faces of these children who thoroughly enjoy spending their weekends mucking out , cleaning tack and grooming , while waiting their turn to ride . |
| 32 | Lady Londonderry was greatly admired at the Russian Court and some of the Londonderry family jewels — the Down Diamonds and the parure and cross were given to her by the Russian Emperor Alexander I. |
| 33 | Inside look at the magnificent east window — a fine example of Victorian glass painting . |
| 34 | But I would say that we should obviously look at the financial aspect of the review erm dates , which might be yearly . |
| 35 | Er many members of the public took advantage of the offer of the more detailed appraisal er and indeed came in to look at the detailed consultants reports . |
| 36 | A salmon is slippery enough to handle at the best of times , but one of this size … . |
| 37 | In total one can only marvel at the numerous stations opened in the 1980s and it is pleasing to note that many more are in the pipeline . |
| 38 | As it was , Eden was perhaps helped at the ensuing East–West negotiations by Soviet uncertainty and worries over American intentions , not least because of their awareness of the continuing nuclear superiority of the United States . |
| 39 | In general , though , it was considered taboo — a place scientists should not tread — until the tide apparently turned at the 1986 international conference of human geneticists in Berlin , where participants openly discussed the possibilities . |
| 40 | Such analyses are only performed at the lowest level when the areas of uncertainty have been reduced and refined . |
| 41 | But this can only work at the individual level : it can not work for the economy as a whole since the quantity of nominal money is fixed , and so one person obtains more money by selling bonds only with the result that someone else — the person who buys the bonds — finds himself with less . |
| 42 | The notes that have been prepared for us go over er , rather briefly the legal systems in our land , and er , even references made to France , which has a slightly different legal system , which may be a bit better than ours and so that , in the notes , we not only look at the High Court , the High Court , the Criminal Court , the County Court er er , and realise what an important part of legal proceedings er , these courts fair , as well of course , as the largest courts of all , , the Magistrate 's Court . |
| 43 | So look at the big drop on that one . |
| 44 | But Louisa remained forgotten until the discovery of that suitcase , perhaps sold at the original auction as part of a job lot . |
| 45 | She had very nearly done a cordon bleu cookery course after she had left school , only deciding at the last minute to reinvest her time and money in the boutique instead . |
| 46 | ‘ But in these hard times , cars are only selling at the right price . |
| 47 | Miguel finished tuning the guitar and turned to look at her , obviously perturbed at the sudden anger in her voice . |
| 48 | erm there was a time , for instance , when we had members of parliament who were gentlemen of means , perhaps , and who did not need to draw salaries , erm and it was erm perhaps a gentleman amateur job , but it 's all changed totally now and now we recognise that erm to be a national politician is a career and erm it is a career which is perhaps rewarded at the going rate . |
| 49 | The players all played at the same time , and they were always arguing and fighting for hedgehogs . |
| 50 | While the glucose dependent insulin release was reduced by treatment with 5 and 10 mg/kg cyclosporin A for eight days , the cholecystokinin-8 stimulated amylase secretion was only impaired at the higher dose of 10 mg/kg cyclosporin A. Insulin promotes the synthesis of amylase by a direct effect on exocrine pancreatic cells via the insuloacinar axis . |
| 51 | .. When , at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we rounded the last promontory which separated us from what was once the magnificent panorama of St Pierre , we suddenly perceived at the opposite extremity of the roadstead the Riviere Blanche with its crest of vapour , rushing madly into the sea . |
| 52 | Both believed that it was too locally various and too unsystematically administered at the local level . |
| 53 | Girls do not gain the same level of formal qualifications as do boys , and the gap is especially marked at the upper levels of education , in the universities . |
| 54 | How awfully dull it would be if all our teachers approached a class in exactly the same way , with exactly the same movements , all executed at the same pace and with expectations of the same rigid standard of achievement . |
| 55 | So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force . |
| 56 | It can be very frustrating to leave home in perfect conditions only to arrive at the chosen beach with rain and an unfavourable wind . |
| 57 | Here is this man , never previously seen doing his public duty , always seen merely roaring at the Labour Party or being interviewed like any tuppeny-ha'penny minister , now occupying the despatch-box which is the only site that gives credibility to his claim to be a prime-minister-in-waiting . |
| 58 | As far as the hunger and satiety sensations ( Table ) were concerned , a significant difference was only observed at the sixth hour with hunger being significantly more marked under placebo than under psyllium ( 73 ( 6 ) v 54 ( 6 ) , p=0.05 ) and satiety more prolonged under psyllium than under placebo ( 44 ( 7 ) v 21 ( 6 ) , p=0.05 ) . |
| 59 | And also we think they sensibly looked at the actual provision of sites in areas which have proved popular for employment and which do not compromise environmental objectives . |
| 60 | Such ‘ town plans ’ are eminently satisfying but also dangerously deceptive , because in the absence of excavation , they can only hint at the potential complexity involved . |