Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This crystal lets polarised light through only when held at certain angles . |
| 2 | ‘ … the main idea is that social phenomena are seen as existing in relation to each other , and continually developing in and through such relations so as to form at various phases contradictory forces that generate qualitatively new formations . |
| 3 | We had to look at where the opportunities were for development in Greater York as a whole rather than looking at individual district elements , and in terms of land available , erm Mr Steel appears to have included some sites which we classify as land held in reserve , which we do n't normally count towards the land availability targets , although we do acknowledge that it is there . |
| 4 | He believed that the Scottish Secretary 's estimates were probably based on the operation of the system once it had bedded down rather than looking at initial assumptions . |
| 5 | An answer to this depends on a correct definition of human uniqueness rather than looking at those features Man shares with animals . ’ |
| 6 | Made up of three National Certificate Modules , each cluster is designed to encourage students , especially those in schools , to take coherent groups of modules rather than choosing at random . |
| 7 | I think his er the best thing to do would be simply to acknowledge at that stage , as Bill did , yeah that is an important area erm say yeah that 's something we can help you on , indeed it 's something many of my clients erm have found that Friends Provident is really very good at organizing , we 've got plans specifically designed for that but rather than look at that now , let's look at the overall picture |
| 8 | Rather than grasping at current structural prescriptions as a solution to all organizational ills , careful thought needs to be given to the full range of their implications , in the particular context to which they are to be applied . |
| 9 | Profits more than doubled at pre-tax level , but were complicated by the application of the new accounting rules . |
| 10 | Gleizes and Metzinger , carried away by their enthusiasm for his art , went so far as to suggest at one point in Du Cubisme that Cubism was simply a development of his work : ‘ To understand Cézanne is to foresee Cubism . |
| 11 | The main problem then , inevitably when cutting at this distance from your eyes , is to make pruning cuts as clean and precise as when the secateurs are actually in your hand . |
| 12 | Pre-ignition as a result of carbon formation in the combustion chamber together with local overheating which , particularly if encountered at high engine speeds , will result in the collapse of the piston crown . |
| 13 | The conference will be following up the training programmes discussed at the Brough 90 meeting as well as looking at new proposals for courses and other aspects of woodturning training . |
| 14 | It will also examine the structure and economics of the conversion business and the nature of the conversion process itself as well as looking at local authority planning policy on conversions and the problems conversion may generate . |
| 15 | Her passenger , let us say , observed that she braked suddenly to avoid some pigeons and then carefully negotiated some roadworks as well as stopping at several sets of traffic lights . |
| 16 | Yeah because erm , poor thingy , the girl I went to school with she went on to Spring Hill when she was fifteen , see you could go on to grammar school when you were fifteen then as well as going at eleven |
| 17 | Earlier types have run at high power , even when manoeuvring at slow speed , to keep the skirt inflated . |
| 18 | The fact that human beings do not always perceive the correct ( rigid ) structure when presented with a mathematically adequate though impoverished stimulus , may be due not ( as Ullman suggests ) to their failing to pick up all of the mathematically necessary information in the stimulus , but rather to their using computational strategies evolved for the perception of non-rigid objects which — even when directed at rigid objects — need more information than is present in the experimental stimulus concerned . |
| 19 | And Stuart Leary believed in following the ball from the bowler 's hand even when fielding at short leg . |
| 20 | By clicking its tongue , a Rousettus bat can locate objects only 0.5 millimetres across while flying at high speed . |
| 21 | The two ear and eye pieces are cut from ½in-thick timber and are glued on as shown at either side . |