Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These and other observations have led to the obvious speculation that plumes arise at the core-mantle boundary . |
| 2 | Valuable experience can be gained in small agencies anywhere because you may have to turn your hand to any job that needs doing at a given moment . |
| 3 | The simplest models assume that earnings grow at a constant rate of g per cent per year . |
| 4 | There 15 some evidence that children perform at a higher level in their reading when they are really interested in what they are reading about ( Belloni and Jongsma , 1978 ) , and project work would seem an ideal area in which this could happen . |
| 5 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |
| 6 | In side-streets , special Stasi units and paddy-wagons waited at the ready . |
| 7 | At the corner of Bowyers Row they stood aside as a huge , wooden wagon rolled by , pulled by four horses , their manes hogged , eyes blinkered and nostrils flaring at the corrupting smell of death . |
| 8 | This last was expressed in other words as willingness ‘ to see the ratio between profits and incomes preserved at a reasonable level by a tax which would become operative upon all industry when a certain figure was exceeded by profits as a whole ’ . |
| 9 | They said it meant the latter ; they said they were ‘ prepared to see the ratio between profits and incomes preserved at a reasonable level by a tax which would become operative upon all industry when a certain figure was exceeded by profits as a whole ’ . |
| 10 | If this is not diagnosed and recurrences occur at the same site , the patient will be labelled as a refractory case of non-specific urethritis and may be subjected to prolonged courses of antibiotic treatment , which , of course , will have no effect on the course of the disease . |
| 11 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 12 | So are silk waistcoats and blazers priced at a knock-down £45 . |
| 13 | Thus , if changes appear at an early stage it may be necessary to carry out more frequent testing ; alternatively , the reverse situation may apply . |
| 14 | This would make it easy to disconnect them in case there was a need to make changes , or if problems arose at a later date . |
| 15 | When the Netherlands is the seat of war , all the peasants grow rich , for they pay no rent when the enemy is in the country , and provisions sell at a high rate . ’ |
| 16 | the ability to adjust the interline spacing ( leading ) and manipulation of text in fine increments to make columns and pages end at the same point on a page . |
| 17 | Although it is doubtful that throughout the middle ages masters and servants ate at the same table , above and below the salt , as the Victorians supposed , the Gothic hall , entered directly from the outside world and accommodating every social rank , symbolized their ideal of social integration . |
| 18 | The effect of suppression , wherever it occurs , is that stimuli presented to the left ear are destined predominantly for the right hemisphere and stimuli heard at the right ear arrive mainly in the left hemisphere . |
| 19 | Sales rose 11 p.c. to £314m in 1991 and profits grew at the same rate , to £13.4m before taxation . |
| 20 | Long Buckby had 131 men and boys working at the shoemaking craft in 1841 and no females ; ten years later numbers had risen to 273 males and 50 women and girls . |
| 21 | All telescopes and binoculars swivelled at the first shout of ‘ Merlin ! ’ and trained on the dashing raptor . |
| 22 | It 's important to remember the classification tells you about the minimum facilities available : it could well be that a Listed establishment , for example , will also provide some of the services and facilities found at a higher Crown level . |
| 23 | 300 years ago , swords sparked and cannon fired , when the Roundheads and Cavaliers clashed at a vital crossing point over the River Aire . |
| 24 | Words with an early age of acquisition tend to be highly concrete ( imageable ) while words acquired at a later age tend to be abstract . |
| 25 | But whereas firms borrow at the gross of tax interest rate to finance investment projects , households must pay income tax on interest earnings as a result of saving and lending . |
| 26 | Thus there are often traffic jams for several minutes on Wainfleet 's main through road , while motorists wait at the level crossing . |
| 27 | In order to apply the requirements of the [ draft ] FRS it is necessary to determine whether instruments issued at the same time should be accounted for individually or not . |
| 28 | It slipped for Tyra Banks , centre , who wept as models gathered at the Black Girls Coalition to attack racism in the fashion industry . |
| 29 | As delegates arrived at the Grand Kremlin Palace , hundreds of pro and anti-Yeltsin demonstrators rallied on Red Square . |
| 30 | When officers arrived at the High Row , a large group of anti-fascist campaigners had arrived and were chanting slogans at the BNP . |