Example sentences of "[num] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horses , of which four of the original six appeared at the 1816 exhibition , were described as ‘ stout Normans , dark brown in colour and … very fleet and hardy . ’ |
| 2 | This section concentrates on the second and third of these phases ; Section 5.2 looks at the first phase . |
| 3 | Australian Daryl Beattie , 23 , covering for Gardner , set himself up for a top-three finish at the first attempt as a factory-supported rider . |
| 4 | With only 11 declared at the latest acceptance stage , the Doncaster Classic looked somewhat below par . |
| 5 | With only 11 declared at the latest acceptance stage , the Doncaster Classic looked somewhat below par . |
| 6 | Tudjman , who had urged local leaders in Trogir ( west of Split ) on May 5 to demonstrate at the naval base to show the world their support for the battle being waged by the Croatian leadership , was accused by the Defence Secretariat of inflaming sentiments against the army . |
| 7 | The first 50 received at the above address will each receive a free tennis elbow support . |
| 8 | I gaze at the unopened books with dead eyes , and the pack of cards is as uninviting as yesterday 's milk . |
| 9 | yeah — i talk to him the next time i see him ; - ) ( joke ! — well i stayed at the same hotel as the norw. players before our game against england and actually talked to a couple of players … the next time i will have a chat with leeds-fan rekdal ; - ) i will however forward your wishes of luck if/when i write to the supporters club . |
| 10 | Do the new words figure in exercises ? 13 Look at the first two lessons for phonological features . |
| 11 | FOUR musicians who began playing together at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1986 play at the next Darlington Music Society concert on March 14 . |
| 12 | Chapter 9 looks at the familiar problem of personality clashes . |
| 13 | The very life blood of Amnesty is its research teams — there are currently 40 based at the International Secretariat in London . |
| 14 | Similarly , 4414 West Ham residents worked at Tate & Lyle 's sugar refineries , 4171 ( 94.5 per cent ) of whom lived in Canning Town or Plaistow , while of the 3880 employed at the LNER locomotive works , 3444 ( 88.8 per cent ) lived in Stratford or Forest Gate . |
| 15 | At least 50,000 UDF supporters staged a demonstration in Sofia on March 9 to protest at the continuing near-monopoly of the Bulgarian Communist Party over the press . |
| 16 | This far exceeds more recent estimates for 1983 given at the On-line conference in December . |
| 17 | Yesterday , the management threatened to issue dismissal notices to the 300 out of the 400 workforce , and about 200 demonstrated at the locked factory gates in an attempt to return to work . |
| 18 | First , just two appear at the front end as distinct blocks of tissue and then , about each hour , another pair are added behind them and a wave of formation proceeds backwards so that at the end of a few days there are 46 somites . |
| 19 | It was a large , old-fashioned nursery-cum-workroom , with piled baskets of wool and two looms at the far end . |
| 20 | At Oxford he had written poems of considerable competence , most of them religious but a handful presumably composed with Dolben in mind ; only one or two hinted at the great originality he was to display in maturity . |
| 21 | When the two arrive at the head teacher 's office , Joan explains the situation to the head , Lydia . |
| 22 | For example , one stop at the second fence and one at the third results in a total of 40 penalties ( 20 + 20 ) , whereas two stops at the second obstacle gives a total of 60 penalties ( 20 + 40 ) . |
| 23 | But , I think the major difference between the two comes at the very end of the books . |
| 24 | Section 16.2 looks at the key institutions and their role in the UK financial system . |
| 25 | To what extent this is the case is a matter for debate ; however , the fact that trade with the developing nations is intended to play some part is indicated by the Guidelines for the Economic and Social Development of the USSR for 1981–5 and for the Period Ending in 1990 adopted at the 26th CPSU Congress in 1981 , which envisage ‘ [ the development ] , on a long-term and equitable basis , [ of a ] mutually beneficial exchange of goods … with developing countries ’ ( in Koshelev : 1982 , pp. 8–9 ) . |