Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 His interest in physics developed at high school in Washington State where his family moved in 1953 .
2 ’ For Lewis it was a sobering experience to lose at major international level , following his Helsinki and Los Angeles exploits .
3 The breaching of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 opened the doors to a series of revolutions in Central and East European countries which , from November 1989 to January 1990 , saw the toppling of Communist dictatorships , and their gradual replacement by governments relying in most cases on popular support given at free elections .
4 The main beds of the Silver Knitmaster , Brother and Toyota machines are designed to knit with the knitting hanging at right angles to the machine .
5 The Citation Index looks at current publications to see what previously published articles are being cited by the present authors .
6 The second part looks at mixed numeric/character data files .
7 Now , Richard Fairbanks of New York 's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory has uncovered a detailed record which shows how fast global sea level rose at different times during the transformation from the glacial to the post-glacial world .
8 That is , you have to imitate the main carriage knitting at Main Tension plus 4 .
9 The Dalek Killer winked at Ace as he staggered past her couch and towards the front of the little craft .
10 A further chapter looks at other sources of oppression such as ‘ sexual orientation ’ , language and religion .
11 Minutes before three youths had been seen in a car driving at high speed … as they crossed a junction they collided with another car and spun into Mr James .
12 Under harder acceleration it intrudes , finishing up as a deep , rough-edged sounding beat at full throttle .
13 Curtains that have linings sewn in will require dry cleaning in order to reduce the risk of lining and curtain fabric shrinking at different rates .
14 The research looks at major strikes in selected areas of Great Britain , and the focus throughout is on the police and on what determines their behaviour .
15 Talking to Saraceno is a runaway train ride , a ‘ stream of consciousness ’ affair prone to sudden changes of track , with alternate persona interrupting at random .
16 This study looks at true population incidence rates , referral rates , and survival in adults , particularly with respect to age and underlying diagnosis .
17 Potter 's bid for martyrdom came at twenty-five-foot Waimea in the winter of '86‐7 when the early rounds of the Billabong Pro were held at the Bay .
18 Darryl Davidson of Gregson Road , Hoghton , Preston wins a VIP day out for a party of four people on the East Lancashire Railway because he was the first entry selected at random with the four correct answers to our quiz based on the North West line .
19 For example a lease provides for rent reviews at fixed dates in the years 1995 , 2000 , 2005 and 2010 .
20 There 's another piece of research looking at unemployed people around the whole country , which was titled ‘ Out of sight and at home ’ .
21 This abolishes the component of tension acting at right angles to the cut , while the tangential tension remains , suppressing lamellipodia and provoking formation of an actin cable , which in turn presumably reinforces the tangential tension .
22 Western rider Bob Mayhew showed just how unimportant reins need be , producing a range of movements , including rein back , leg yielding , sliding stops and ‘ spins ’ ( a never ending pirouette performed at alarming speed ) with virtually no rein contact , and using body and leg aids alone .
23 Todd , 43 , is keen on renewing a partnership forged at Ayresome Park and will seek his release from Bradford City .
24 The new services started just days after the Countryside Commission called for more people to travel to the countryside by public transport or face car bans at popular spots .
25 Initial test copies of the Earth Data System , which incorporates Boulder , Colorado-based Ellery software , began shipping in October 1992 , and are running on Hewlett workstations at five US locations including universities and research centres , for example enabling researchers analysing the Pacific Northwest to look at environmental data from their desktop to help forest managers to decide where to cut and replant trees without disrupting wildlife .
26 Civilisation ends at Chilling , a small village on a rare stretch of cultivatable land above the river .
27 Quoting Godard — ‘ fin du cinéma , fin du monde ’ — she joins with Robert Coover in describing the modern cinema as ‘ a rat-haunted , urine-scented wreck , inhabited only by a lonely projectionist screening reels at random for his solitary pleasure ’ .
28 As the authors state , it is important for neonatal research to look at simple interventions such as this .
29 Kenneth Clarke , the education secretary , poured cold water on the recommendations of a working party set up by his department to look at physical education .
30 The whirring sound of a tape rewinding at high speed confirmed her guess .
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