Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] at [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel Omara Atubu and other elected representatives apparently protested at these mass arrests . |
| 2 | The knights were greatly offended at this foul sight , insomuch that they rose up and left the chamber . |
| 3 | Comparisons are best made at this early stage between things which the children can see . |
| 4 | On 29 June 1559 , Henri wrote to the pope , that notorious bombast Paul IV , about ‘ the incredible disaster which has since befallen the realm of Scotland to our extreme regret , disgust and displeasure ’ ; the letter stated his ‘ confidence in God who is so signally offended at this wretched plague of ruffians ’ , but God was to be given worldly assistance in the shape of ‘ a large and sufficient force of French soldiers , infantry and cavalry ’ . |
| 5 | That maxim , one could say , is the core of The Lord of the Rings , and it is reinforced from the start by all that Gandalf says about the way Ring-bearers fade , regardless of all their ‘ strength ’ or ‘ good purpose ’ , and further by his violent refusal to take the Ring himself : His renunciation makes sense in an age which has seen many pigs become farmers ; no reviewer has ever balked at this basic opening move of Tolkien 's . |
| 6 | The principal committees of the council are also usually selected at this annual meeting . |
| 7 | He looked at Jimmy Boyce , or rather he looked at his tie — all red and blue , almost patriotic , and yet the tie still hung at that curious angle . |
| 8 | Of course Boy had seen inside a lot of different men 's houses , but this was the first man 's life he had ever watched at such close quarters , the first time he had ever seen a man taking care of himself , the first time he had ever seen another man living day after day after day . |
| 9 | Ms Urizio has worked with the FCEI since 1977 and has also taught at various mass media seminars and courses in Turin . |
| 10 | These culminate in the prayer that was also used at each Canonical Hour of the Cross and that brings to mind the glory , joy and life which was man 's birthright , forfeited at the Fall but renewed by Incarnation . |
| 11 | Devices were also thrown at two other houses in the estate but caused only minor damage . |
| 12 | The prime minister , PV Narasimha Rao , in a statement clearly aimed at potential sectarian strife , urged the nation to ignore rumours in the wake of what he called the ‘ inhuman and criminal bomb blasts ’ . |
| 13 | The prime minister , PV Narasimha Rao , in a statement clearly aimed at potential sectarian strife , urged the nation to ignore rumours in the wake of what he called the ‘ inhuman and criminal bomb blasts ’ . |
| 14 | Transcription of these two mRNAs is probably initiated at two distinct promoters . |
| 15 | Like most human beings of whatever condition or culture who send out and receive such close scrutiny in a public place the two of them dimly sensed at one tissue-thin layer within the oldest parts of themselves that the strangely alternating processes of mutual assessment had not been entirely used up . |
| 16 | Scientific journals and books are published in the West , increasingly by a few high priced multi-national publishers , and the editors and decision makers are typically located at major American or British universities . |
| 17 | For practical purposes — although a wealth of detail needed to be settled — the problem was substantially resolved at that famous meeting on 15 December 1975 . |
| 18 | We have now looked at four different ways of showing dialogue on the page and seen how each way is appropriate to the dialogue it represents . |
| 19 | A heroin addict probably injects two or three times a day , but cocaine is often injected at regular 15-minute intervals until the drugs and the money have run out . |
| 20 | Not only does tephrachronology enable a far-flung ash to be uniquely identified , but if the ash can be independently dated at any single locality by isotopic methods , then it provides a firm foundation on which to build the history of a volcano . |
| 21 | Claudine surmised , a little quietened at this frosty reply . |
| 22 | The book is then opened at another random place and the process is repeated . |
| 23 | He is indeed an international figure and is respected so and he 's one of the few people to have actually addressed the Security Council on the question of apartheid and has indeed spoken at many United Nations conventions on the question of apartheid . |
| 24 | The gradual putrefaction of his friend Jack ( Griffin Dunne ) is also precisely charted at each grisly reappearance , as he blithely brings the message that suicide is the only solution to the puzzled David . |
| 25 | Casualty figures , initially put at 10 dead and several hundred wounded , later rose to 31 dead in the capital and 20 dead and many more wounded in the northern town of Mahajanga , according to Red Cross figures . |
| 26 | German art keenly contested at mediocre contemporary art sales |
| 27 | After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . " |
| 28 | Here was the Labour Party reverting to its old self , a better self , yes , than the monster it became under the demonic spell of Tony Benn ; here was a party responsive once more to its own people , the people it so shamefully betrayed at two successive general elections since 1979 , but a party — as somebody once said of the SDP - ‘ promising a better yesterday ’ . |
| 29 | This book , however , seems firmly aimed at that omniscient 10 per cent . |
| 30 | Intellec-tually unequipped to understand their position in society , peasants were correspondingly unable to see how to transform it , and their protests tended to take one of two forms : they were either aimed at specific local abuses , or grew into passionate , symbolic outbursts against a society they did not fully comprehend . |