Example sentences of "[det] at the " in BNC.
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1 | But he does all this at the cost of suspending a due sense of the tendency there has also been for poets to see further than their noses , and to speak out , and to go to the wall for it . |
2 | If you both want the father to be present at the birth , ask about arrangements for this at the hospital as early as you can . |
3 | I 'm not sure that a radial-arm saw is accurate enough for this at the best of times , but , at the moment , mine rattles up and down its rails like a train in the sidings , and is definitely not fit for the job . |
4 | In urban areas especially , major developments place sudden and immense extra demands on the transport infrastructure — but no one considers this at the planning stages . |
5 | Marriage is one of the elements which leads to the formation and the maintenance of the inequality between classes and it does this at the expense of women . |
6 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
7 | But the tide must have turned when even a big commercial panto like this at the Manchester Palace — one of 21 that Paul Elliott is producing this year — rediscovers its roots in traditional storytelling . |
8 | If you know your height and weight , write this at the top . |
9 | I 'm writing this at the start of the war in the Gulf . |
10 | Indeed , a single success if it is too costly in terms of time , commitment , motivation or any other resource , may be at the expense of future changes — and we may be seeing some evidence of this at the moment in terms of the reactive stance of large parts of the service . |
11 | If you require delivery of your car to the airport into which you are flying , please state this at the time of booking . |
12 | Nations have to do this at the same time as they keep up economic growth , or accept a drop in standards of living . |
13 | I could have told you this at the height of his reputation , just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight . |
14 | We had learned this at the very first lesson of the term — something most of the boys should have remembered from the previous year — when Mr Gillis had belted fourteen of us for setting off towards the door when the bell rang rather than waiting for his instruction . |
15 | I think Alec realised this at the beginning . |
16 | I had had quite a grounding in this at the City Temple . |
17 | Traditional library instruction has made considerable use of the lecture method for large groups , the guided tour for smaller groups , and individual help to the student who asks for this at the information desk . |
18 | Of course , Carol was not aware of this at the time she acquired her permit ; she was not yet born . |
19 | At the same time she has two babies ( one in each arm , asleep ) ; all this at the same time . |
20 | I did not know this at the time . |
21 | We see this at the birth of the church where ‘ all the believers were together ’ , ‘ all the believers were one in heart and mind … . ’ , ‘ they shared everything they had … . ’ , ‘ there were no needy persons among them … . ’ , ‘ and the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved ’ ( Acts 2:42–47 ; 4:32–35 ) . |
22 | It should be sent ( or preferably taken ) as soon as possible , together with the free death certificate ( Form BD8 ) which you will have been given by the Registrar of Births and Deaths , to the local Social Security Office , and as in most cases there is an entitlement to a National Insurance death grant , application can be made for this at the same time . |
23 | Two swing eighth notes resemble this triplet figure : *** Sometimes you might see this at the beginning of a chart : ***** In some texts , you might find the rhythm written as *** but it 's not actually played like that . |
24 | Once again , to play this at the correct tempo you should play it metrically , with great care given to the evenness of each note and to the left-hand fingering . |
25 | Gary Moore uses an idea similar to this at the end of the first verse of the track Story Of The Blues , from his ‘ After Hours ’ album . |
26 | Put this at the bottom of a deep casserole , which must not be much bigger than the piece of meat , which you should then put in with the calf 's foot on top . |
27 | In Scotland there are only a few who might in the future provide this at the top level . |
28 | It 's a good idea to be clear on this at the outset ; it 's also a good idea to resist the temptation to start shooting whatever catches your eye the moment you arrive . |
29 | Nor were some of the earlier beach reconnaissances the most encouraging of precedents , although Clogstoun-Willmott did not know this at the time . |
30 | I did n't think too much about this at the time , although I knew they usually only had money for their ‘ little pleasures ’ after they 'd done the washing and pawned it . |