Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This genetic cohesion of a population arises because , while the very slow processes of homogenisation are at work ( among copies of a family on the same and different chromosomes ) , the chromosomes in a population are being mixed at each generation . |
| 2 | The new mortar should be mixed at one part cement to four parts sand . |
| 3 | Charles Laubscher recalls : ‘ My feelings were mixed at this news ( of the move to Malta ) . |
| 4 | There was 110 possible reason why he should have wished at that stage to foreclose his options between December and January , or January and the spring . |
| 5 | The drop down from Meall Corranaich and back up to Beinn Ghlas was a great deal more substantial than I would have wished at this point in the walk , keeping in mind that I was hallucinating from the effort of the chase and the subsequent lack of oxygen managing to get anywhere near my lungs via a mouth full of clenched teeth . |
| 6 | The disturbance of setts will only be permitted at certain locations and for specific reasons . |
| 7 | Members agreed that no smoking be permitted at future meetings of the Society . |
| 8 | He did not put on his sword , for no weapons were permitted at such occasions , though Ratagan had told him a gory tale of a banquet where a certain disagreement had been settled with eating knives , which the victors had subsequently continued eating with . |
| 9 | Whereas a bottom-up or data-driven system such as HWIM can hypothesize any of the 1,000 or so items in its lexicon at the beginning of the utterance , HARPY can only hypothesize those words permitted at that point by the grammar . |
| 10 | Their 7 foot 6 inches-wide body was the widest permitted at that time , and allowed two-by-two seating on upholstered seats in the saloon . |
| 11 | Approaches to members of staff and to the company 's premises , customers and suppliers will not be permitted at this stage . |
| 12 | No leakages were permitted at any points nor were the canvas sides allowed to bulge inward to any greater extent than that caused by the slackness of the canvas specified on the drawing . |
| 13 | Climbers should note that as soon as agreement has been reached , climbing activities will not be permitted at these locations . |
| 14 | That deaf people marry other deaf people was not , as could be supposed at that time , a new phenomenon — it will be recalled from Chapter I that John Dyott married a deaf girl after the Civil War in 1645 . |
| 15 | At the moment it is the ultimate loser who pays the costs even if he or she happens to have won at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 16 | But , although the business generally had to be won at lower margins in the face of stiffer competition , our performance should have been very much better , and would have been had we responded more promptly to market fluctuations . |
| 17 | They 're the only sweetpea growers in the country asked to show at Chelsea ; the high standard of their flowers reflected in the 3 gold medals they 've won at past shows . |
| 18 | Do n't forget I 've won at Old Trafford before and at Anfield three times . |
| 19 | But it was this battle , won at huge cost by both Tyne Tees and Yorkshire , which finally propelled the companies into each others arms . |
| 20 | The only fault which can be levelled at this production is its brevity in comparison with its cinema counterpart Shirley 's Greek idyll is compressed at break-neck speed into a second half which lasts less than 45 minutes . |
| 21 | The entire German Army attacked at first light on 28 August . |
| 22 | They lay up all the following day , expecting to be attacked at any moment , but no enemy showed up . |
| 23 | My first reaction to the resignations was that they were tantamount to an admission of guilt when , in fact , the Argentinians could have attacked at any time in the previous fifteen years . |
| 24 | Gambling , football pools , fun-fairs , dog tracks , amusement arcades , dance halls , popular songs , street betting and speed-tracks were all attacked at different times in the interwar years for their demoralising influence , particularly on the young . |
| 25 | Finds that are fragile or should not be washed for any other reason ( such as metalwork ) are also sorted at this stage . |
| 26 | The principle of Speedlink is that train sections are exchanged at specified groups of sidings on the network , rather than individual wagons sorted at full-scale marshalling yards . |
| 27 | Every quarterly club meeting turns into a very pleasant ‘ social event ’ with wine and nibbles and subsidised trips are organised at frequent intervals ( but not always to do with knitting ) for added interest . |
| 28 | When a march is organised at short notice , as much notice as practicable must be given . |
| 29 | Other INSET and resources support was also to be organised at this point . |
| 30 | These might be organised at those colleges which are part of the scheme and could also involve such organisations as CHIME , the RSCM , the Benslow Music Trust and the British Federation of Young Choirs . |