Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expert 's liability in his primary profession is considered by looking at successful actions against members of the same profession in cases where the duty is owed to one party only : for instance , where a valuation is prepared for a buyer and not both buyer and seller . |
| 2 | It is a view I believe which is held by everyone connected with policing at local level and additionally , the continuation of the tripartite system with its essential checks and balances on the activities of the three parties involved and My Lords that is the real importance and value of the tripartite system that depends on the local authorities being seen to be in the driving seat . |
| 3 | In the end I simply did what I had done in writing at full length but I compressed the whole into the 5000-word stipulated maximum length . |
| 4 | Bob , arriving at the office before Dyson one morning , found a man he had never seen before working at poor old Eddy 's desk . |
| 5 | This concept is then expanded by looking at specific areas within the personnel function which can benefit from this approach , and the various computer solutions to these requirements are reviewed . |
| 6 | After landing , the aircraft was found to have split fabric and extensive minor damage to the wings , which could only be attributed to overstressing at high speed . |
| 7 | Some idea of the potential gains from a single currency can be had by looking at previous historical periods when people really believed that exchange rates were fixed . |
| 8 | some maths , based on looking at simple statistics |
| 9 | We can get an idea of how they might have breathed by looking at modern fish . |
| 10 | These connections can only really be understood by looking at concrete historical instances . |
| 11 | Were there species adapted for living at particular depths ? |
| 12 | Further openings are to be found in teaching at various levels and , in addition , biologists are well qualified to take up further training in areas such as production management and scientific information services . |
| 13 | My own view is that while that type of system will be important in the future it may not have the central role assumed for it by John Alvey — hence my plea For more resources to be devoted to looking at real user needs and trying out alternatives to the IKBS approach . |
| 14 | Again , people in other religions may likewise have had ( though for myself as a westerner I find the most to be gained through looking at western religion ) . |
| 15 | Sartre records that by 1920–21 , the personal predicament of Nizan 's father had become so desperate that he had taken to disappearing at frequent intervals from the family home at night , disappearances which Sartre interprets as " attempted suicides " . |
| 16 | It may be considered advisable with small units which form a chain of enterprises to expand trading by means of partnership or sole trading so that initial losses made in new units may be offset against profit obtained through trading at established units . |
| 17 | A second and commodious objection to the view of nomic connection which has been set out was anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , and may be shored up a bit by the fact lately mentioned , that science broadly speaking is not much engaged in arriving at complete descriptions of causal circumstances-causal circumstances as we have conceived them . |
| 18 | Some people object to having their property scanned by an airborne eye , so ensure that proper permission is obtained before snapping at random . |
| 19 | Consequently , the study of the distribution of power should be analysed by looking at actual decisions and finding out which person(s) or group(s) was ( were ) most responsible for shaping the final outcome of the decision-making process . |
| 20 | Acupuncture conceives of a kind of ‘ bioenergy ’ , which flows along channels in the body and can be manipulated by acting at particular points on those channels ( by needles , heat or pressure ) . |