Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the age of around three months , an inability to look at an object without an eye turning in or , rarer , an eye rolling slightly outwards or upwards . |
| 2 | A NORTH-EAST woman has lodged a complaint after an ambulance took almost an hour to arrive at an accident . |
| 3 | It is an opportunity to experience at a practical level the pleasures of creating a piece of work or joining and dance . |
| 4 | It 's been dealt with in a different way and not erm with an attempt to arrive at a common policy about it . |
| 5 | Each side then loses something if there is an attempt to meet at a mid-point . |
| 6 | They assert that the payments to Anser were transactions at an undervalue made at a time when the company was unable to pay its debts and within the relevant period of time stipulated in section 240 . |
| 7 | An agent looking at a student actor makes a reasonable commercial judgement ; he considers whether a decision to take on an actor will be financially justified . |
| 8 | An eye appeared at an eyehole , which was appropriate enough . |
| 9 | An inquiry directed at a not necessarily random sample of employers in 1984 asked about the number of workers they had whose stay with the organisation was recognised by both sides as being temporary . |
| 10 | There were pictures on every page : an heiress danced at a charity ball with a matador half her age — ’ Enrico makes me feel like a child again ’ , an ageing pop star posed with his new wife — ’ Now I really do have everything . ’ |
| 11 | An electric shock US , for instance , is an event occurring at a particular time , with a certain duration and intensity , that impinges on a particular part of the animal , and so on . |
| 12 | Directly or indirectly we could ‘ ask ’ him/her , but our requirement is that an observer acting at a distance can observe what a pupil does and thence infer satisfaction in response . |
| 13 | Article 10 of UCP 400 states that an irrevocable credit constitutes a definite undertaking of the issuing bank , provided that the stipulated documents are presented and that the terms and conditions of the Credit are complied with , to pay at sight or to accept an obligation to pay at a future date . |
| 14 | He imagined a full-page , black and white photo of two barechested men ( their chests shaved ) , photographed in daylight , walking down the street , gazing squarely at the camera , holding hands , one of them holding an alsatian straining at a leather leash . |
| 15 | A going concern qualification on a company 's financial statements is , in effect , an assertion made at a point in time about the distribution of future cash flows associated with the bundle of assets that comprise that company . |
| 16 | A going concern qualification on a company is an assertion made at a point in time about the distribution of future cash flows associated with the bundle of assets that comprise that company |
| 17 | An MP sat at a small table beside it . |
| 18 | Another doctor , Edward Spitzka , believed that an unwillingness to work at an appointed task was itself a symptom of masturbatory insanity . |
| 19 | NAEP went through an initial consultation with teachers and the general public in an effort to arrive at a consensus on the goals of education . |
| 20 | A few weeks later I received an invitation to compete at an international meeting in Gateshead , the Amoco Games . |
| 21 | The Profitboss rarely turns down an invitation to speak at a conference , seizing the opportunity to present his company in the best light , to fine-tune his own professional skills . |
| 22 | Warner v. Browne ( 1807 ) 8 East 165 there was an agreement to lease at a rent of £40 per annum and it was agreed that the landlord , W. Warner , should not raise the rent nor turn out the tenant ‘ so long as the rent is duly paid quarterly , and he does not expose to sale or sell any article that may be injurious to W. Warner in his business . ’ |
| 23 | If the holder has an option to redeem at a premium , that premium should be accrued over the period to the earliest date at which the option can be exercised . |
| 24 | When she noted this minor failure a peculiar sensation slid inside her , like pity , like an ache resting at a way-station to fear . |
| 25 | The invader , panting , leans against the wall between the two improbably unbroken windows , nursing an arm hanging at an illogical angle , then slides straight down to sit , legs asprawl in a wide-open V-for-vengeance , on the floor . |