Example sentences of "at [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , at the same time , these are the sectors that are most likely to provide for those workers ( the lower paid and the unemployed ) at whom the government 's migration policies , operating through the Employment Transfer and Job Search Schemes , are aimed . |
| 2 | This establishes two grounds of liability ; for the first , it must be likely that the person at whom the conduct is directed believes that the use of violence is imminent . |
| 3 | It does not mean that the person at whom the conduct is directed must believe that it is likely that violence will be provoked . |
| 4 | The court held that no offence was committed in that case , since the person at whom the conduct was directed was an undercover policeman who was unlikely to be provoked to violence , and no offence would be committed under the Act either , for the same reasons . |
| 5 | Only she was n't sure at whom the defiance was directed , Luke or herself . |
| 6 | The point is , a ) that a really determined motorcyclist or moped rider will find a way onto a path no matter what barriers are put up , and b ) that it is not right that the cyclists , disabled walkers etc at whom the facility is aimed , should be disadvantaged for the sake of the minority of potential abusers . |
| 7 | As he opens the door the lid snaps up and as he looks at me the social dimension locks me in its perspective . |
| 8 | But although he was terse , he did n't rage at me the way I expected him to . |
| 9 | They stood and stared at me the man with a vague anger , it seemed , the girl expressionlessly . |
| 10 | I caught Cam looking at me the other day . |
| 11 | He made another pass at me the other day . " |
| 12 | ‘ That baby there kicked out at me the other day . |
| 13 | The more people laughed at them the more stubborn she got . |
| 14 | When children have not been warned that their parent is going to ignore them rather than shout at them the rate of their difficult behaviour may temporarily increase ( Sajwaj and Dillon 1976 ) . |
| 15 | He fired these questions at them the moment they walked in the kitchen . |
| 16 | You wo n't remember them after if you do n't look at them for a week but when you come to look at them the night before you 'll be surprised what you do know . |
| 17 | was looking at them the other day and they 're really brilliant . |
| 18 | As he screamed and clutched at himself the wizard dragged open the door , sprang inside , slammed it behind him and threw his body against it , panting . |
| 19 | Wid ye jist take a keek oot o' that windae and lukk at whit the silly bitch is daein' noo ! |
| 20 | Shortly after the point at which the recital ends , sand was to cover some more helicopters — those sent by President Carter to liberate the American hostages seized in Teheran , where Kapuscinski catches a glimpse not of them but of their place of confinement . |
| 21 | The rate at which the angle is changed must depend on the speed at the time , and this has to be judged because there is insufficient time to check the ASI . |
| 22 | Subtracting these 200 msec from the 550 msec by which the RP preceded the movement , Libet concluded that the neural activity associated with an apparently voluntary act began some 350 msec before the first moment at which the subject was aware of his intention to act . |
| 23 | These often required jokes , tricks and special ploys , all of which were performed in dumb show , something at which the great mimes Grock and Charlie Chaplin were expert . |
| 24 | The bid failed because the estate 's value was considered to be less than the ‘ knockdown price ’ of £10 million at which the Prince had persuaded Mr Kluge to offer it to the nation , with some assessments valuing the estate at between £2 and £7 million . |
| 25 | This dopant layer sets the voltage at which the transistor turns off and on . |
| 26 | Maximum operating frequency was 14.2GHz at which the minimum required input power was 8.3dBm . |
| 27 | Once initial interviews with children had been videotaped , the prosecution should have the right to apply for a pre-trial hearing before the judge , in informal surroundings , at which the child could be examined and cross-examined . |
| 28 | At which the manifestations of blacks and Asians from the floor were as downright as might have been expected . |
| 29 | The employee 's problems arose because by section 82 the ages used for disentitlement were those at which the old age pension was payable — 60 for women and 65 for men . |
| 30 | The tricky economic and political question is the exchange rate at which the pound would join the ERM . |