Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] [pron] at a " in BNC.
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1 | This argument tacitly assumes that once the collapse begins there is no hope of stopping it at a later stage . |
2 | He had the faculty of meeting everyone on the level , and Father had a story of seeing him at a political meeting , which he was probably chairing , walking arm in arm with the Grand Old Man himself , both talking . |
3 | Of course , if you have a young family and feel water might be a hazard , the feature could become a raised sandpit or planter , which naturally gives you the opportunity of converting it at a later stage . |
4 | Part of the answer must be that the element of risk in a PRP scheme reduces its attractiveness to employees , hence the advantages of introducing it at a time when the alternative ( no pay rise ) is even worse . |
5 | Hayling had introduced Casares-Roach to Walsh after meeting her at a Ford workers ' conference in Benidorm where she had been the translator . |
6 | He said the scheme could give confidence to youngsters who were in danger of losing it at a crucial time in their lives through adverse family or other circumstances . |
7 | Dewey , as is well known , divided knowledge into tens so that he could employ decimal notation ; when a particular subject turned out to have more than nine facets he had to group them together , often at the expense of logic , and if a new facet arrived in-conveniently there was no way of including it at an appropriate place in the hierarchy . |
8 | Both men also received annuities of 1,000 marks , which went some considerable way towards endowing them at a level appropriate to their rank . |