Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun sg] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was developed specifically for the larger urban workshops and consists of an adjustable loom with a device which , by altering the tension on the warp strands , shifts the completed work to the rear of the loom , allowing the weaver to sit at the same level throughout the entire rug-making process . |
| 2 | An examination of Volume II will quickly reveal the unfinished nature of parts of the material , but there is sufficient there to enable the reader to arrive at an understanding of Marx 's ideas . |
| 3 | I loved the programme and the people but I made the decision to leave at the right point , before I could grow bored . ’ |
| 4 | Given the criticism directed at the often heavy-handed and discretionary approach of the IBA , most have supported the new ‘ light touch ’ regulatory structure . |
| 5 | The temperatures deeper into Jupiter will certainly not fall below 170 K. Thus , although the measured value of 170 K is only at a pressure of 1 bar , the pressure-temperature path on the molecular hydrogen phase-diagram as we descend to higher pressures never crosses the line ending at the critical-point . |
| 6 | My bedroom , for instance , had a ghost that used to come through it every night — it was n't a visible ghost but it was audible — and I used to see the door open at the other end of the room when I was in bed and then would hear this ‘ clunk clunk ’ … . |
| 7 | And , reflecting the now-familiar language of the GCSE criteria , he asked the committee to look at the extent to which A levels test knowledge , understanding , and skills , and the implications of the assessment procedures for teaching and learning . |
| 8 | The main consequence of these discussions was to set up an International Commission of Chemical Nomenclature to continue the work started at the conference . |
| 9 | Gain attention before speaking , then make the subject known at the beginning of the conversation , not at the end when it is too late to contribute or to follow the train of thought . |
| 10 | Sir : Am I alone in seeing the debate focused at the wrong end of the argument ? |
| 11 | I do not think the situation arises at the moment outside these two counties . |
| 12 | Now type : — *193O728 — the exclamation mark causes the name to appear at the top of your list of folders . |
| 13 | This causes the VCO to oscillate at a relatively high frequency so that an unpredictable number of plates are fed to the input of IC7 all the time the relay contacts remains closed . |
| 14 | I think in the cases where we drew the game looking at the performances of the strikers who missed relatively easy chances and hit the bar as well as a couple of defensive lapses cost us the wins — the midfield performed well a created the chances . |
| 15 | A turreted tower on the lakeside behind the dam contains the supply controls at the point where the aqueduct begins its 75-mile journey to Liverpool . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ The Macaulay is a major research facility , established in Scotland , which has the capacity to operate at the leading edge of science and to contribute to the solution of practical problems concerned with the environment . |
| 17 | If , for example , the landlord has the right to break at the expiry of the twelfth year of the term , rather than at the expiry of the fourteenth year of the term , the tenant 's right to compensation on quitting may be halved . |
| 18 | Let me add that the Leninist theory of nations on which the USSR ( and Yugoslavia ) was subsequently constructed was essentially the same , though in practice — at least in the USSR — supplemented by the Austro-Marxist system of nationality as an individual choice , which every citizen has the right to make at the age of 16 wherever he or she comes from . |
| 19 | Increasing investment in new technology has provided the way forward for CAC , enabling the company to remain at the forefront of dyestuffs manufacturing . |
| 20 | She says they use a variety of excuses — most of which involve keeping the victim talking at the door . |
| 21 | The boy had been told unequivocally not to let her off the lead — the riding-school only used the land by grace of its owner and it was a shooting estate — but he hated keeping the dog straining at the lead and knew that she would always come to his call . |
| 22 | She had rejoiced at her childlessness , and even found the heart to laugh at the lamentable end of her father 's fond dynastic ambitions . |
| 23 | Play Match — Starts the game shown at the bottom of the screen . |
| 24 | The purpose of the experiment was to train the dog to salivate at the sound of the tuning fork without food being present . |
| 25 | It also wants the Government to look at the wider issue of what happens to British aid and credit going into Ghana . |
| 26 | Wimpey Homes sponsored the group to play at the Cheddar Folk Festival and May Fair . |
| 27 | This allows the artist to look at the manager 's books , with reasonable notice . |
| 28 | The use of the passive It was won allows the prize to reappear at the beginning of the second sentence , and delays the introduction of the new information about the winners . |
| 29 | Peter White of Midland Bank was less convinced , complaining of the failure of some large firms to adhere to a strict off-limits policy , and described an even worse practice of advancing a candidate who has undertaken to engage the headhunter involved at a later date if he or she lands the job . |
| 30 | Impending bankruptcy It may be preferred to activate the power to expel at an earlier date in the bankruptcy process so as to minimise the damage caused to the firm by protracted , and possibly contested proceedings . |