Example sentences of "[prep] the trouble spot " in BNC.

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1 Their occupational duty , as they saw it , was equally clear-sufficient numbers and mobile reserves for the trouble spots .
2 In order to gain automatic control of the trouble spot , namely the association between the pronoun and the verb ending , a system drill consisting of several substitution drills needs to be set up , in which the pronoun is kept constant ( and hence the verb ending ) , and substitution is made at the verb stem position .
3 The two following drills illustrate this , the first one being an example from Dusun ( Philippines ) : A general principle is that substitution should be made at the trouble spot or as near the trouble spot as possible .
4 A Canadian friend who visited Junieh a few years ago said that it was an excellent and interesting place for a cruising yacht to go : cheap , with pleasant , welcoming people and without danger , provided you stay away from the trouble spots .
5 Once a week ministers will get their intelligence summary in the ‘ Red Book ’ , all the trouble spots in the world , and one pays clever people like you to actually sit there and be plugged in as best one can to the trouble spots , with much better sources of information than the poor old chap in the street , to alert ministers on our behalf of potential disasters .
6 But you can see the police parked up at the trouble spots .
7 The two following drills illustrate this , the first one being an example from Dusun ( Philippines ) : A general principle is that substitution should be made at the trouble spot or as near the trouble spot as possible .
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