Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( 5.31 ) and ( 5.15 ) show that the performance of both variable-reluctance and hybrid stepping motors at high speeds is proportional to the total phase resistance ( R ) , which can be adjusted by changing the series forcing resistance in the drive circuit . |
| 32 | Anyone who heard some of the more extravagant pictures of apprenticeship painted by some of those at the original Edinburgh meeting , must feel slightly uneasy that the Association could turn into a Don Quixote tilting lances at imaginary windmills , pursuing ‘ causes ’ that are not a reality , and being antagonistic for the sake of it . |
| 33 | And Violet Hunt , loyally selling copies at half-price in her drawing room , confesses in her memoir I Have This to Say that she was at a loss to explain why the damned were damned , and the blest were blest . |
| 34 | Their values may be depicted on an Argand diagram and it is normal practice to denote zeros by drawing circles and poles by marking crosses at relevant points . |
| 35 | I take exception to the fact that the people who are deciding matters at intergovernmental conferences want to force the issue of unification far faster than I would wish . |
| 36 | Trawlers still operate at the mouth of the Mersey and the Dee , selling fish at coastal inlets . |
| 37 | Only one company is known to be still selling bonds at pre-election rates . |
| 38 | Correspondingly , there are added costs for fixing spots at particular times . |
| 39 | There were also different conventions surrounding painting at different periods . |
| 40 | The business of selling shares at licensed dealers is often a gimmick which loses investors their hard-earned money . |
| 41 | Greensward Sports and Leisure Surfaces is launching a range of products aimed at enhancing facilities at driving ranges and golf clubs . |
| 42 | It was a particularly testing time at British Steel as we were still engaged in the major retrenchment exercise and we also had the very difficult task of keeping the steel mills operating during the miners ' strike . |
| 43 | Between 1979 and 1981 , Putnam and Monte Buchsbaum of the University of California at Irvine , measured the voltage changes in the brains of 10 people with MPD , and 10 controls subjected to flashing lights at varying levels of brightness . |
| 44 | The three day tour included coaching clinics at indoor tennis centres in Stirling , Newcastle and Warrington , and is part of Pilkington Glass ' ongoing commitment to grass roots tennis in Gt . |
| 45 | From a distance it is easy to believe that a child is counting when in fact he is only reciting a number sequence and touching or moving objects at random . |
| 46 | There is an aversion to holding meetings at short notice with a diminished complement . |
| 47 | I am especially grateful to Susan Bird , Andrew Burnett , Bernard Jackson , Ralph Jackson and Philip Nicholls for providing illustrations at short notice . |
| 48 | A substantial amount of the training will be done in teaching practice at local schools and using distance learning methods . |
| 49 | He showed the intricacies and dangers of getting pictures at close range and explained that he used hides and scaffold towers , decoys , and foods for different types of birds and animals . |
| 50 | The department has well-equipped laboratory facilities and houses the most advanced parallel computers as well as conducting research at national and international institutions . |
| 51 | I shall not be discussing here the methods that are applicable but shall present the solution to one particular problem arising in electron optics , that of two closely spaced conducting cylinders at different potentials ( Fig. 2.31 ) . |
| 52 | Nigeria , home to a quarter of the population of sub-saharan Africa , is initiating NEAPs at federal and state level . |
| 53 | From 1960 until 1967 he was employed as manager of the Buchanan Arms Hotel , and after holding posts at various Scottish colleges he took up his present post in 1983 as Head of Hotel Management and Catering at Glasgow College of Food Technology . |
| 54 | For the DES , teaching quality at secondary level is enhanced by the possession of specialist subject expertise among those with responsibility for teaching the particular subjects in question . |
| 55 | For the man-about-town of the 1890s betraying concern at owing money to tradesmen was bourgeois , boring and absurd . |
| 56 | Peskin has been buying property at rock-bottom prices ahead of recovery . |
| 57 | This scheme includes inter-county representative games , the MCC Schools Festival at Oxford and Lord 's internationals at Under-14 , Under-15 and Under-19 levels , the Under-14 and Under-15 Festivals , and coaching courses at regional and national level from Under-12 to Under-17 . |
| 58 | The scheme was innovatory in providing housing at controlled rents in a converted building on a spectacular riverside site , something which previously had been regarded as the preserve of affluent owner occupiers . |
| 59 | Installing cameras at dangerous road junctions to film those who drive through red traffic lights . |
| 60 | So far , this report has described arrangements which are designed for staff who have a commitment to providing services at predetermined times and , in the main , to specific patient areas . |