Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The embroidery , a pattern of golden lily-flowers dotted here and there , each one at a fair distance from the other , would be confined to the shoulder band and to a broad sash fastening at the back in as large a bow as Miss Dallam would tolerate , its ends falling to the hem of her skirt . |
| 2 | Only after knowing what our target is can we go on and set a transfer price that encourages each division to operate at the required volume . |
| 3 | The preparation of the foundations and the timbers alone would have required considerable time and although C12 is the largest building excavated at the site , the effort required to build many of the others would not have been much less . |
| 4 | In agreement with the strong protection observed at the central guanine residue , DNase I footprinting analysis of the same fragment reveals that digestion at the corresponding phosphodiester bond is severely impaired by the bound protein ( Figure 1C , left panel ) . |
| 5 | Later that day , after many interviews with ladies who looked as if they 'd come straight from an enthralling hour knitting at the foot of the guillotine , we found our garret . |
| 6 | In the Netherlands , however , it appears that for much of the past 30 years , a substantial reduction in levels of imprisonment occurred with no greater rise in crime than occurred in Britain ; and that reduction occurred at a time of rising crime in Holland . |
| 7 | Behind the glass an official from the Political Branch scowled at a worried-looking black . |
| 8 | The backdrop of rural discontent kept at a minimum the government 's tolerance level for criticism and signs of independent organization in the cities . |
| 9 | Mr Deputy Speaker that strong sympathy expressed at the time of the last debate on these matters was approved overwhelmingly by the Labour party conference last October and I state that for the record less there be any misunderstanding about our position on the issue of voting systems . |
| 10 | They had grubby overalls on , and caps with protective masks , through which each gang peered at the other . |
| 11 | Ensure each male arrives at the party freshly showered and with a clean shirt . |
| 12 | She saw the old man who had accosted her on her walk that afternoon proceeding at the head of a little posse consisting of a neatly dressed man , a woman with untidy hair and a couple of children . |
| 13 | In a poem continually relating Christian religion to fertility ritual Eliot 's painted annunciation hints at the most primitive rites not only in its ‘ nimbus ’ but also in its drought-stricken landscape , where ‘ The wilderness is cracked and browned. , |
| 14 | If he were tempted to decide against Mrs. McLoughlin , he would indeed ask himself whether any principled distinction could be drawn between her case and the case of mothers who recover for emotional damage suffered at the scene . |
| 15 | what weight of importance to attach to each criterion to arrive at an overall assessment for each axis . |
| 16 | The government , I , I find it somewhat disappointing that having put in what I think was an extremely good bid , I think having had that bid accepted at the first stage by government on their shortlist , having then had the bid accepted by the European Union , with the populations really that we submitted to them , we now find that U K government are actually trying trade back some of that population , and , and area coverage of the bid , to be able to use some of that spare capacity which they would generate within the U K , within the European population figure elsewhere within the country . |
| 17 | Then , staring across the moonlit yard , she saw his tall figure standing at the top of the slope leading down to the river . |
| 18 | Leave five minutes before each interview to look at the candidate 's application form/letter , and any particular questions noted down while first reading it . |
| 19 | Is that ambition functioning at a high level or is it just a sense of obligation or is it idealism ? |
| 20 | At first people thought that particles of light traveled infinitely fast , so gravity would not have been able to slow them down , but the discovery by Roemer that light travels at a finite speed meant that gravity might have an important effect . |
| 21 | That light travels at the speed of five times around the earth in the time it takes to say rice pudding is indeed an amazing matter . |
| 22 | World War II brought many new urgent needs such as anti-malarials , antiseptics and in particular participation in secret inter-allied research aimed at the synthesis of penicillin . |
| 23 | For several weeks that fear remained at the back of our minds and we wondered what was behind the brief news bulletins which were issued , and whether the whole fateful adventure would be a success . |
| 24 | A recent small-scale study undertaken at the University of Sheffield suggests that young people in private schools reveal distinctive processes of occupational , political and socio-economic socialisation . |
| 25 | Each programme looks at an area of the Church 's teaching , through the stories of individual Catholics , while wider issues raised are discussed by Catholic Theologians and commentators . |
| 26 | The reason that you use hot air is to keep that combustion going at a good temperature . |
| 27 | Prandtl 's conclusions as to the efficacy of the Magnus effect in Flettner 's application were confirmed only recently by the results of an extensive study done carried only recently by the results of an extensive study done at the University of Dayton 's Research Institute . |
| 28 | The 5-2 fav had drawn upsides The Vatman Cometh when that rival capsized at the final obstacle . |
| 29 | The idea that modernization brings about a shift in criminal activity from violence to theft has also been put forward by scholars who do not necessarily accept that violence increases at the beginning of the modernization process . |
| 30 | However , the weakness of setting out to find a compromise is that each side assumes at the start that its own view is the one to be preferred . |