Example sentences of "[vb pp] or [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second principle used in tone-unit boundary identification is a rhythmical one : it is claimed that within the tone-unit , speech has a regular rhythm , but that rhythm is broken or interrupted at the tone-unit boundary . |
| 2 | Then , where δ is the fraction so that the Goldbach–Rehage formula above becomes or This can be written in terms of , the relaxation time at the glass temperature , since where is a shift factor and Hence or , if the material is being heated or cooled at a rate we have where is the decrement of the expansion coefficient of the glass and , as before . |
| 3 | The use of a picture taken inside the Ministry of Sound club in our article on the drugs Ecstasy and Ketamine ( April 3 ) was intended merely to show young people in a club and was not intended to suggest that drugs are permitted or used at the Ministry of Sound . |
| 4 | six days a week … from dawn till dusk … from gallop to grandstand … fortunes may be won or lost at the betting shops or with the bookies … but for the stables … for the lads and lasses and trainers its a hard grind … |
| 5 | A balance sheet ( an example of which is shown in Fig. 2.2 ) , or statement of financial position , shows the assets owned or controlled at the date of the balance sheet and how they are financed . |
| 6 | When you have finished with the artwork , it can be stored in a stiff envelope or a file , along with the component layout diagram , so that it can be modified or re-used at a later date . |
| 7 | Well , they had hardly brought her up a tea-tray ( with the most delicious things to eat ) when she was told that there was someone downstairs to see her : it turned out that most of the young men , her one-time tutors , were dons now or curators or secretaries to cabinet ministers and apparently asking for nothing better than to take her about , and there were Anna 's English friends , all those people who had dined or wintered at the palazzo . |
| 8 | There are landmarks and turning points in the movement 's evolution but few paintings that demand to be considered or discussed at the expense of others . |
| 9 | In May 1990 the privatization of 28 heavily indebted industrial companies was announced ; another 21 would be liquidated and 200 industrial companies controlled by Greek banks would be sold or liquidated at the next stage of privatization . |
| 10 | Slaves , as property , were under the absolute power of their owners ; they could be bought , sold or traded at the whim of the master , and were occasionally awarded as prizes in lotteries , or wagered at gaming tables . |
| 11 | You could even press the flowers that were worn or used at the event and then use them as the decoration . |
| 12 | Every actual utterance is spatiotemporally unique , being spoken or written at a particular place and at a particular time ; and provided that there is some standard system for identifying points in space and time , we can , in principle , specify the actual spatiotemporal situation of any utterance act . |
| 13 | This is because , at appropriately applied voltages , many organic compounds are reduced or oxidised at the electrode surface , thus producing a current . |
| 14 | In the long term , tenants who have had their benefit reduced or removed at a time of rising rents are having more difficulty in paying . |
| 15 | Less common was the Doric peplos , a sleeveless tunic with overfold gathered in at the waist , the whole pinned or buttoned at the shoulders . |
| 16 | Only the marked files will then be printed or copied at the prompt . |
| 17 | It was said that the act had to be directed or aimed at the victim . |
| 18 | However , where the goods have been destroyed or stolen at a time when they were at the buyer 's risk ( see paragraph 3–36 ) , then of course he is under a duty to pay , even though delivery is impossible . |
| 19 | The court may give him help , certainly ; for instance by discovery of documents inter partes … ; by allowing evidence to be obtained or presented at the trial in various ways … ; and by the issue of subpoenas … |
| 20 | The Hungarian Foreign Minister , Mr Gyula Horn , broke his country 's silence on the crisis to say that several hundred people had been killed or wounded at the weekend . |
| 21 | One view , which is supported by the judgment of Lord Denning M.R. in the Court of Appeal in Lonrho is that ‘ it is sufficient if the [ unlawful means ] conspiracy is aimed or directed at the plaintiff and it can reasonably be foreseen that it may injure him , and does in fact injure him ’ and the Supreme Court of Canada has since stated the law in similar terms in a decision in which Lonrho was considered . |
| 22 | The ‘ Effective Intervention ’ document says : ’ Parents should be informed or consulted at every stage of an investigation . |
| 23 | Brian , a cabbie for 25 years , could now face having his licence suspended or withdrawn at a tribunal . |