Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | These hospitals were funded by Iran to treat battle casualties — Hezbollah , Amal militiamen and Syrian troops , depending on who happened to be fighting whom at the time — and they were ideal places for holding hostages . |
| 2 | But her little brother took to the instrument himself at the age of four , and soon learnt some of Nannerl 's pieces . |
| 3 | The firemen 's water had contained an extinguishing agent which at specific temperatures has an exalting effect on colour emulsion . |
| 4 | This led to a field study which at least seemed to locate not only the site but the probable outlines of the building . |
| 5 | Mr Campbell commented ‘ The most important recent development in ordinary shares was the reverse yield gap which at present stands at the alarming value of 4 ¼%.; |
| 6 | On occasions , after a programme , he would slip into the empty studio , seat himself at the grand piano and play — mostly chords and nothing recognizable . |
| 7 | Mason meanwhile attacked one Messerschmitt which at once went straight down , but the others attacked him and one got three hits on his aircraft , which shattered the windscreen and wounded him in the hand as he broke away . |
| 8 | Any loss which at the time of making the contract the defendant could have predicted as likely ( or not unlikely ) to result from the breach of it . |
| 9 | Yet it did not generally solve the problem of keeping labour itself at work , loyally , diligently and modestly . |
| 10 | Only she did n't need to think about it , not really , not about the lovemaking itself at any rate — it was indelibly printed on her mind in glorious Technicolor . |
| 11 | So it was again later , but from the mid eighth century to the mid sixth she found a rival who at times surpassed her , Corinth . |
| 12 | The French Navy passed the problem to the DGSE who at first suggested that the simplest course of action was to tow the Rainbow Warrior out to the test area . |
| 13 | She had experienced her mother as a distant figure who at times just grabbed her and moved her about , but she had not had the physical and emotional closeness that she craved and needed . |
| 14 | He appreciated how that quality was still apparent tonight ; although now , in the half-light , he thought he could detect something else : relief , perhaps , at being able to unburden herself at last . |
| 15 | For this implies that if there is an unexpected rise in demand in period t consumers will not be able to buy the quantity of the good they at time period t - 1 , or ex ante , considered optimal at the set price . |
| 16 | Have you any feedback anyone at all ? |
| 17 | What else is there to do , but pig oneself at Conrad Black 's expense ? |
| 18 | A cooling-off period does not guarantee success , but it offers a degree of public protection which at present is entirely lacking . |
| 19 | But in the business of everyday life , in our self-absorption which at times takes over , the request for attention may feel intrusive just when we do not want to be intruded upon . |
| 20 | A classic study on short term verbal recall seemed to show that reading highly emotional words impairs memory , a finding which at the time seemed to support notions of repression . |
| 21 | This was a narrative which at times verged on hero-worship rather than a critical assessment , but his enthusiasm was obvious , and he had clearly researched well . |
| 22 | You will be amazed to find that a sentence which at first sounded terribly long and difficult , now seems much shorter , once you have conquered and mastered it bit by bit . |
| 23 | at the end of a complete sentence ( i.e. a sentence which at least contains a verb ) . |
| 24 | Placement support which at the least minimised the chances that the ex-patient would be evicted from his home or sacked from his job the first time a problem occurred would seem essential . |
| 25 | With regard to a description not by reference , the Keeper , in order to make ‘ public and patent to his hienes lieges ’ ( 1617 Act , c 16 ) , is entitled to be provided with a common law description which at a minimum should be the postal address of the property ( eg , ‘ subjects 3 High Street , Ayr ’ ) or , in the case of flatted property , the identification of the particular house ( eg , ‘ the north house on the first flat above the street flat 3 High Street , Ayr ’ ) — and whether or not the Keeper really likes such minimum descriptions he has no option but to accept them ! |
| 26 | No unattached man , should he by some miracle present himself at Four Winds , would want to have anything to do with a dejected and increasingly agoraphobic young mother , still in her teens , and a baby whose fretfulness was beginning to get on even Harriet 's nerves . |
| 27 | Dauntless felt a little chagrined she was n't more impressed and grateful , but then he supposed he looked little other than a lunatic scrap himself at that moment . |
| 28 | No wonder no-one at Siemens Nixdorf wants to hazard when the company might return to profit . |
| 29 | There is an argument for retaining a four mile annulus for the area of search for the new settlement rather than a two mile , because of the rigidity which at present applies to the distance of the outer boundary of the greenbelt from York City Centre . |
| 30 | The Bill would have altered the definition of rape which at the time was classified in the Italian Penal Code as a ‘ crime against morals and custom ’ , so that it became a crime of violence against the person . |