Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , different configurations may arise at various times . |
| 2 | Both types of mutation — harmful or useful — may arise at different rates depending on stresses inherent in the environment . |
| 3 | Because expression may exist at various levels of abstraction ( for example , in the program 's structure ) the courts have to be able to distinguish between idea and expression . |
| 4 | Leadership is also apparent in many different spheres of activity — the military , the political , the organisational and so on — and it may exist at different levels . |
| 5 | Some of the latter may excel at specialised subjects such as engineering or finance . |
| 6 | We have said that nationalized industries should price at social marginal cost , but should this be short-run marginal cost ( SMC ) or long-run marginal cost ( LMC ) ? |
| 7 | Now that we have looked at Wharram Percy deserted village and seen something of the 30-year long excavations there , we should look at other studies and excavations on village sites which seem to suggest the same developments implied at Wharram Percy . |
| 8 | The right hon. Gentleman should look at other surveys and forecasters . |
| 9 | De Sade said that if one wants to know about death one should look at sexual excitement . |
| 10 | So whilst it 's desirable to encourage the use of rail , I think in in in practice it 's going to be er very difficult to achieve that and in therefore you should look at public transport in the round . |
| 11 | The curvature of space–time also means that identical clocks at different gravitational potentials must run at different rates . |
| 12 | He is insistent that the only students who should work at doctoral level are those of first-class ability , who are independent of mind and inner-directed , so that they can work without much supervision , apart from ‘ a standing relation with a congenial senior to whom he can go now and then for criticism and advice . ’ |
| 13 | Beyond it we must look at actual behaviour to assess the impact of higher taxes on incentives . |
| 14 | While non-verbal communication of the kinds described above have a powerful role in underlining , reinforcing or betraying our feelings and aspirations , the moment we try to communicate on a wider scale than inter-personal , we must look at other sign systems to convey meaning . |
| 15 | ‘ Surely it should happen at random ? |
| 16 | Study the route first when going by train ; check the time at which you should arrive at various stations and the time of arrival at destination . |
| 17 | At present doctors must prove at regular intervals that such patients are still a danger to society . |
| 18 | Objects may appear at infrared wavelengths because they are cool , because they are obscured by dust that transmits only longer wavelengths , or because their intrinsic mechanism of radiation cuts off at wavelengths shorter than infrared . |
| 19 | This time tomorrow we 'll know at long last what the future holds for Oxford United and Swindon Town , with a dramatic finale to the football league season in store . |
| 20 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 21 | We 'll look at possible types of local production , how each can be organised and how each could be used . |
| 22 | ‘ He 'll drown at high tide , ’ said Marie . |
| 23 | It might work at international level but at club level you need a hardworking manager with a good business head . |
| 24 | One of the problems for local government is that it is easier to see how this might work at national level where the interests are clearer and more easily identifiable . |
| 25 | Italo Argentino Lúder , the then Defence Minister , announced on Aug. 17 that about 100 trials of members of the armed forces were to be cancelled but that the armed forces might look at individual cases with a view to punishment . |
| 26 | Thus , we might look at lithological changes through the geological column . |
| 27 | Such was the case with the idea that hydrogen fusion might occur at moderate temperatures within solid materials . |
| 28 | They stared at him as you might stare at orange rats trying to get into bed with you . |
| 29 | Otherwise there is a danger that dissonance may be out of place , or be excessive for the context , or may occur at unexpected moments in a different harmonic mood . |
| 30 | Change from one state of a system to another may occur at different rates at contrasting levels . |