Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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1 | Each branch point can be thought of as occurring at a cell division and so the branching pattern is also a cell lineage which starts with the multipotential stem cell . |
2 | Look straight ahead as if gazing at a place on a wall . |
3 | The shuttle stopped , trembling , as if straining at a leash . |
4 | In this Jarman sits , Prospero-like , sniffing flowers as if grasping at a memory of happier times . |
5 | In these circumstances , as we were agreed that we had power to do so , we made an emergency order enabling her to be taken to and treated at a specialist hospital in London , notwithstanding the lack of consent on her part . |
6 | Either way , this section looks at some of the things you should think about when arriving at a new location . |
7 | The first is where the whole of the programme is provided by and taught at a major centre , as in the case of Bristol Polytechnic ; the second is where the first year is provided extra-murally at a number of associated centres , while the second year only is provided at the main centre , as the case of Portsmouth Polytechnic ; and the third is where both the first and second years are provided at the main and associate centres as at Plymouth Polytechnic and Cornwall Technical College , Camborne . |