Example sentences of "at this [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are rich , it is at this dear cost — |
| 2 | And all I could do at this terrible invasion was to rise and stand mutely , with my hands by my sides , staring up at this tremendous being — whom I now saw clearly for the first time . |
| 3 | Understandably , she fretted at this circumscribed lifestyle , but another episode of somewhat more serious bleeding two weeks ago had convinced everyone that the programme of rest and professional care was not an overcautious one . |
| 4 | The railway station at this historic town on the line between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings is a typically extravagant piece of Victorian railway architecture . |
| 5 | Anthony and his team have built-up a reputation for running well-organised and entertaining events at this historic Battle of Britain fighter base , so a trip to North Weald on the 4th should be pencilled into your diary . |
| 6 | The air was still , the heat intense and the glare from the shingle plains quite dazzling as we walked up to look at this historic site . |
| 7 | He shuffled his feet and pursed his lips , trying to conceal his embarrassment and surprise at this dangerous , clever English clerk . |
| 8 | There were three factors which saved me from becoming anorexic at this dangerous juncture . |
| 9 | He also instructed his parish priests in a letter , leaked to the Irish Times , to have the bishops pastoral Marriage , the Family and Divorce distributed to every home in the archdiocese along with special bidding prayers invoking divine protection for marriages and the guidance of Holy Spirit ‘ at this critical time of decision for families and our country ’ ( Irish Times , 17 May 1986 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ The 10 days ’ delay and the heavy casualties this small force and the RAF who supported them had inflicted on the enemy were of inestimable value at this critical stage of the battle . ’ |
| 11 | It was at this critical moment that good sense got the better of the others , Big Pat was calmed down and a semblance of order was restored . |
| 12 | Burton 's Welsh and hungry and visceral sense that everything had to be grabbed or it would be lost forever would be reinforced at this critical stage in his life by the fatalistically hedonistic mood which infected so many . |
| 13 | For public health doctors to withdraw from or refuse to give support to the task at this critical moment would greatly endanger the specialty , as people without the necessary combination of medical and public health skills would attempt the job . |
| 14 | At this critical juncture in her life she felt that there was no-one in whom she could confide . |
| 15 | At this critical moment the Chairman of Governors suddenly died while gardening . |
| 16 | The Colonial Secretary , now Lennox-Boyd , invited Nkrumah to visit London but he would not leave at this critical time . |
| 17 | Not wishing to take chances at this critical time in the season , I have had to drop four regulars from the side today . |
| 18 | At this critical moment my father had to escort an Abyssinian Mission , headed by Ras Kassa , to England to attend King George V 's coronation . |
| 19 | Years later , his sister-in-law Theresa told me that her husband , Henry Ware Eliot , had written to some department of the British government , presumably the Home Office , requesting them to give Eliot some sort of protection at this critical moment . |
| 20 | Does he further agree that , at this critical time of ordering , building and commissioning that submarine fleet , we should not pay attention to the recommendations of the two main Opposition parties , whose opinion appears to vary , not merely from day to day , but from hour to hour ? |
| 21 | Although there was no mention of specific measures to stabilize currencies , ministers " reaffirmed their support for economic policy co-ordination at this critical time " and agreed " to monitor developments in exchange markets " . |
| 22 | Another help at this critical time was that Halton won a county title at cross country when I was a junior , and I also won a boxing medal . |
| 23 | The Careers Guidance Staff take the class , usually just before subject choices for S3 are made , so that professional help and encouragement can be given to the pupils at this critical time . |
| 24 | At this minimal level , narrative is organisationally simple and , linguistically , cohesion will tend to be established by time clauses ( when … ) , time connectors ( next … ) and pronominalisations ( John … he , or door-key … it , in the last example ) . |
| 25 | Patterns of participation , even at this minimal level of voting , can not be divorced from the local social and political environment . |
| 26 | At this tall , broad-shouldered girl . |
| 27 | Flowers and foliage still form an important part of this winter spectacle and this month we take a look at this inspiring part of the gardening calendar while taking a retrospective look at the rest of the year . |
| 28 | From what I knew of John Hayward , I think that Ackroyd is right in his surmise that at this personal crisis he was able to help Eliot more effectively than some more ‘ tender ’ spirits might have done . |
| 29 | Here at this private works in Newnham , the reed plants filter out all the impurities in the waste . |
| 30 | I was just going to say , I think what you say on full employment , erm , elsewhere they 're keeping wages and pay up is n't it , erm , and I 've known a couple in Telford again , that there 's work there , a new company it 's perfectly easy to take on all the good skilled labour they want , then they say they feel they 're very guilty because they 're poaching it from across the road , the British company has probably been two wages so that the jobs , it does mount up , so I do n't , I , I would like to know more about erm , what the low pay unit would really do to help us , and I look at this eight thousand two hundred and eighty pounds , and I think that would go an awful long way in the Mr Chairman , in helping to keep that going , which creates all the people who leave and get jobs , and good jobs , and get skills , and erm , I , I , it may be if there 's going to be a big budget , eight thousand pounds is not very much , but I , but when you think an individual project like that of course , any sort of traineeship , it 's a lot of money . |