Example sentences of "[noun pl] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dear , he 's no manners at all ! ’ |
| 2 | He was totally obsessed with that dreadful little boy Grégoire — he even brought him to tea here , you know , and the child had no manners at all , he broke one of the Sèvres cups — Edouard said he was nervous … |
| 3 | He 'll think we have no manners at all . ’ |
| 4 | Some people got no manners at all … ’ |
| 5 | I would say that the CNAA was responsible for establishing the arts in higher education , first as subjects valid for higher education , and second as subjects valuable to the country , in other words it helped to establish a national reputation for the arts at this level , which had never existed before . |
| 6 | There was no point in taking risks at this stage . |
| 7 | But the really pertinent question is why are we engaging in gradualistic , incremental tactics , or indeed any tactics at all ? |
| 8 | But what if they were n't tactics at all ? |
| 9 | But in some capitalist societies the working class seems to have no distinct political organisation or ideology , and so appears to lack any defining characteristics at these levels . |
| 10 | Pine logs crackled and snapped in the small fireplace and warming dishes stood on stands at either end of the great writing desk . |
| 11 | She felt sure that plans must have been well advanced for the action they intended to take , and she thought that councillors should have been asked to approve the use of emergency guidelines at that time . |
| 12 | Guidelines that are too vague are not guidelines at all . |
| 13 | In a recent case , Bridger Properties Ltd v Dovey Holdings ( South Wales ) Ltd ( 1991 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 25 June : discussed at 7.4.4 ) the court did not consider the guidelines at all but simply observed that nothing could be more " uncommercial " than to make the date for completion of a contract for sale and purchase of land turn upon the determination of an arbitrator . |
| 14 | When insulted , they stripped to the waist , put on hideous driftwood masks and sang nasty songs at each other . |
| 15 | I was just gon na ask you another thing as well , was there any any tradition of local songs at all ? |
| 16 | For one thing , the victuallers were never able to secure a majority on the council , and for another , a substantial number of the men in the victualling guilds had other interest — grocers and fishmongers were among the most important wool exporters at this period and one does not know how far individuals actually practised the trade of their own guild — so it may have been less in their interest than has sometimes been thought to keep food prices high ( 84 , pp.251–3 ; 104 , pp.77–80 ; 109 ) . |
| 17 | Calories are n't baddies at this stage in children 's growth , as they provide much-needed stores of energy . |
| 18 | I think we should prick our ears at that . |
| 19 | In fact , members of this group would not be identifiable as football fans at all outside of the ground . |
| 20 | ‘ I always give 110 per cent and that 's why fans at most clubs would want me to play for their teams if I was to get a move from Arsenal . ’ |
| 21 | I thought I was a serious fan , that was until I met the fans at this game . |
| 22 | If the driver suddenly needs to call for extra revs , he can overrule the settings at any time by pushing the foot pedal . |
| 23 | Even so , the snow there was calf-deep , so that George needs must lift his legs at each step , making walking an effort . |
| 24 | There was a creaking of chairs and crossing of legs at such plain speaking . |
| 25 | So sorry about your hubby 's mishap though , it must be awkward having no arms and legs at all now , I did shout for you to stop but the wind was blowing the other way . |
| 26 | Everyone goes everywhere by car these days , and perhaps in a few hundred years from now our great-great-great grandchildren will be born with hardly any legs at all because they wo n't have any use for them . |
| 27 | to his brain , then they comes the next day , oh no that was it , they , then they , we left it , we left it , we left it , he kept saying we might have to make a decision , erm your dad 's leg deteriorated he 's got no circulation in his legs at all , we 've found a pulse in his left leg but we ca n't find one in his right , he said I think you 're gon na have to make the decision of amputation oh god , anyway comes Monday came off ventilator and of course he could n't talk |
| 28 | She knew that it was liable to come swishing down on her hands and legs at any moment . |
| 29 | Gliffs — known as gadgets at this level — occupy ‘ areas ’ of the window , which makes a big difference , according to Sternlicht . |
| 30 | On the other hand , the fact that foreign visitors who did not speak English ( a total of 13 ) were unable to complete questionnaires at all , means that the proportion of overseas visitors in the summer may in fact be greater than Table 2 would suggest . |