Example sentences of "at our [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect that in another hundred years ' time people will look back and wonder at our apparent inability to regard sound recordings as permanent media , like books , music , or paintings . |
| 2 | But as the world became increasingly interdependent this ceased to be the case and we became more concerned at our apparent weakness . |
| 3 | Looking at our four speakers : Susan , Stephen , Carol and Joan , we find that all of them use a form phonetically different from the LE/RP sound . |
| 4 | Learn how to create stunning effects with fabrics , furnishings and wallcoverings at our one-day colour scheming workshop . |
| 5 | Spend a day creating beautiful displays at our one-day workshop . |
| 6 | I mean hav have you looked at our Alternative Opportunities section out there , or |
| 7 | The nautical details carry a symbolic significance because they suggest that the protagonists are themselves oriented but , as Barth has said , ‘ in the troubled and dangerous waters through which they , like the rest of us , necessarily sail … no degree of skill in navigation or of seaworthiness in the vessel guarantees that the destination will still be there at our Estimated Time of Arrival ’ ( Barth 1984 : 140 ) . |
| 8 | In May , we published , for the first time , data on the emissions at our major sites worldwide . |
| 9 | However , at our pre-congress meeting , many reservations were expressed , the most important of which was concerned at the timing of any merger and about how the new union would be controlled . |
| 10 | At our wee place , er you see my grandfather had the meal mill , |
| 11 | The accumulation of life 's experience should make us at our wisest when we are old . |
| 12 | Simpson peered at our two faces , scenting a row . |
| 13 | ‘ But we will have the first National Hunt racing on all-weather anywhere in the world at our first meeting ( Lingfield 's opening card is all Flat ) and we are also staging the first trials at racing pace on the new surface ( they take place on Sunday ) . ’ |
| 14 | Visible ideas are signs and indications of tangible ideas , and have a constant and universal connection with them which was ‘ learnt at our first entrance into the world ; and ever since , almost every moment of our lives , it has been occurring to our thoughts , and fastening and striking deeper on our minds . ’ |
| 15 | The six women horse-riders led the way , single-file , and we muleteers followed , to meet some four hours later for lunch at our first watering-hole , the hilltop village of Torvizcon . |
| 16 | We attempted to have the case tried in a Crown Court with a judge and jury but it seemed apparent to us , at our first appearance at the Magistrates Court , that every attempt was made , including the dropping of a crucial charge , to keep the case at that level . |
| 17 | • At our first counselling session I asked Valerie to describe Keith 's character ; he was loving , caring and independent . |
| 18 | This is made abundantly clear at our first impromptu committee meeting in the bar of the Gardener 's Arms . |
| 19 | No , it started at our first show in Glasgow , and then we got support slots with Mudhoney before we were a developed band . |
| 20 | At our first meeting I was nervous , remembering the glacial formality of a visit to Berenson at I Tatti , but they order things differently in the rue de Lille . |
| 21 | As we discussed at our first meeting and as I subsequently discussed with Angela Rumbold , it was very clear that unless there was a preparedness on the part of the Home Office to take its hands off the management of the Prison Service in its day to day business and allow itself to be constrained by matters of policy only , then it would not be possible to effect the changes which you deem desirable and which have become very clear to me as being necessary during the talks I have had and the visits I have made . |
| 22 | At our first lunch I asked for canneloni to fill myself up . |
| 23 | Her cheeks , which had been so white the previous evening , now had colour , and instead of sagging with exhaustion she radiated the extraordinary vitality that had so attracted me at our first meeting on the Cutty Sark . |
| 24 | The handkerchief that she 'd been twisting and untwisting at our first interview came out again , this time to her eyes . |
| 25 | Read had not been particularly interested in my political book ( which I had submitted to him in fulfilment of the option clause in my contract with Routledge , so I got together some more representative pieces and sent them to Eliot , no least because he had published my article on ‘ Philosophy and Politics ’ in The Criterion , and because I had again spoken about my plans at our first meeting after the war . |
| 26 | At our first Energy and Utility Sectional Conference , we had the Chief ex Executive of National Power as a guest speaker . |
| 27 | A very unexpected comment at our first game at the Cricket Ground was met with the Umpire who enquired , ‘ What does CIBS stand for ? ’ |
| 28 | And Mother says we 're too poor to have a fire , but there were always fires at our other house , and — ’ |
| 29 | We arrived at our new lodging in Althorp Street , Bedford , feeling a little suspicious , as the Billeting Officer protested rather too much that the billetors were anxious to have us . |
| 30 | ‘ Now ’ , said my guide , ‘ you 've seen about the finest thing in corridors and new main line coaches , so come and have a look at our new Watford locals — the best locals , bar none , in the Kingdom ’ . |