Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an economic climate such as that obtaining at the current time , employers are even more likely than usual to wish to alter their employees ' terms and conditions of employment , whether relating to pay , overtime requirements or other matters . |
| 2 | When speeches are made after seated dinners at lengthy , formal wedding receptions , they begin after all eating at the formal meal has finished , and are preceded by the announcement from the toastmaster , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , you may now smoke . ’ |
| 3 | The Minister said that changes might be made by the trustees only with the approval of the Scottish Transport Group board and also with the approval of those voting at a meeting of members of the scheme . |
| 4 | Around half of those approaching social services , and 60% of those calling at a CAB , already had debts or direct deductions from their benefits . |
| 5 | When the technical skills of the big-budge filmmakers were combined with the ideas of those working at a lower level , the result was the possibility of a thriving national cinema . |
| 6 | They have found that the output of researchers using Manchester University 's radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank compares unfavourably with that of those working at the Mullard Radioastronomy Laboratory at Cambridge University . |
| 7 | On the debit side Charles was legendary for his rooting out of heretics , and the area was frequently lit up by the glow of those perishing at the stake . |
| 8 | ‘ We need a strong system of local government capable of both planning at the wider geographical level and of acting sensitively and accountably at the most local level , ’ he said . |
| 9 | , Norwegian fisherman are so worried about pollution from Dounreay nuclear power station that they have suggested that their government unite with those of Iceland and the Faroes in the creation of new jobs for those working at the plant , should their campaign to have it shut down prove successful . |
| 10 | She peered out into the office , winding down now at the end of the first day : at the two constables scribbling notes at their desk , at another sitting at the HOLMES computer , at a WPC glancing through the actions book . |