Example sentences of "[adj] at [art] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve Martin 's manically over-conscientious dad steals the show , whether the news that his small , diffident young son needs psychiatric help or chewing the pitch as his offspring fumbles at baseball , and entertaining at a kids ' party as an unconvincing cowboy . |
| 2 | The Northern Rock Housing Trust , working in partnership with Middlesbrough council , is staggered at the scheme 's success . |
| 3 | Next , Risdon was ordered to buy rope and scissors — and report for the ‘ robbery ’ on March 2 at the ringleaders ' hotel . |
| 4 | But the first time she 'd spoken to Colin he 'd told her there was a hi-tech at the manufacturer 's end , and the second time the shop had been closed . |
| 5 | The note to the accounts on investment properties says the properties have been valued at 31 August 1991 at the directors ' estimate of their current market value ( £3.901m ) , taking existing use into account . |
| 6 | Kingfisher is raising £155 million from the first call of 225p a share on a one-for-seven rights issue , with another 225p payable at the company 's discretion . |
| 7 | Gosling was inclined to be philosophical at the strike 's failure , simply regarding it as " a fiasco which showed with brutal clearness how weak our young organisation still was " . |
| 8 | Equilibrium is at its lowest at the water 's surface and as pressure is exerted on the bladder its volume decreases which causes the fish to ‘ sink ’ . |
| 9 | One of Hamilton 's best games for Palace was undoubtedly the last match of 1924 at the Wednesday 's ground in Sheffield . |
| 10 | Socially , though , he and Karen , who taught part-time at a girls ' school in Headington , were both from a lower-middle-class , comp/tech background , and it may not have been only the fearsome price of property in the North Oxford heartlands which had put them off moving there . |
| 11 | Hammond was delighted at the jockey 's performance , saying : ‘ Well done Mr Duffield . |
| 12 | I believe that these instances of hardship arise as a direct consequence of a range of Government policies such as the introduction of the student loan scheme , the decision to exclude students from various social security benefits — for example , housing and unemployment benefits — the Government 's attitude towards local authority financing with particular reference to local authority discretionary educational awards , the level of access funds that educational establishments have at their disposal and the problems relating to schemes such at the Government 's career development loan scheme . |
| 13 | In 1990 it is planned to introduce a new Pullman service from Nottingham , an hourly off-peak service to both Nottingham and Sheffield and , by upgrading certain sections of the route for 110mph , a further general acceleration of all trains — unthinkable at the decade 's start . |
| 14 | In addition such clauses also normally give the seller the options of trying to alter the goods so that they are no longer infringing , buying the third party claimant out by obtaining a licence from him , or , in the last resort , taking back the goods in return for a refund of their purchase price ; all of these at the seller 's expense . |
| 15 | The Odones were left stunned when they were told in 1984 at the Children 's Hospital in Washington DC that their fun-loving , brilliant six-year-old son — he already spoke three languages — had ALD , and was under sentence of death . |
| 16 | In 1952 at the Chairman 's request , the Stockport Playing Fields Society leased nine acres of land off Castle Farm Lane to the School for 99 years at an annual rent of thirty shillings . |
| 17 | Both the report and this second report must be retrievable at a moment 's notice even after years . |
| 18 | I seen 'im look very confident at the non-striker 's end , I grant yer , but that 'as n't won too many matches as I knows of . |
| 19 | Thank you for your enquiry yesterday regarding a representative from the Social Work Department being present at the Tenants ' Association meeting on Monday 30 August 1993 at St John Vianney School . |
| 20 | First , the department has a role at the executive-director level by being present at the board 's review of the plans from the business units and by highlighting where these plans do not adequately address certain strategic issues . |
| 21 | Miss Calagarri was present at the deceased 's bedside on 18 April because she had accompanied Mr. Morgan . |
| 22 | Among the other crucial features are the complete set of photographs taken by Gauthier in January 1918 at the artist 's studio , when the Durand-Ruel inventory was drawn up . |
| 23 | The new jobs will bring total Scottish employment up to 616 at the company 's knitting , dyeing , cutting , sewing and distribution facilities . |
| 24 | The Dutch skirmishers had yielded the field , retreating to their battalions , so now the scattering of enemy Voltigeurs could kneel unmolested at the rye 's edge and fire at the waiting defenders . |
| 25 | ABSWAP deputy chairman Fabian Best ( left ) , and chairwoman Pennie Pennie : ‘ Concerned at the government 's reaction to CCETSW 's positive steps ’ |
| 26 | Rose was asking , concerned at the other 's silence , at the distress in her face . |
| 27 | All three matches attracted large crowds and those at the Queen 's Park Oval were in carnival mood throughout , delighting in the stroke-play of two Trinidadian batsmen , Lara and Simmons , who claimed the Man of the Match award on successive days . |
| 28 | Neither jet-lag nor anything going wrong has been evident at the tourists ' training , which has been comfortably the most impressive seen in Cardiff since … well , since the last time the All Blacks were there in 1980 . |
| 29 | He prayed to build on his aversion and include Ariel herself in his disgust ; it was not as difficult as before to force himself to keep his distance , because he was angry at the child 's existence , the visible emblem and consequence of their unlawful coupling , and he wanted to punish Ariel for not using her clever arts to prevent the baby coming . |
| 30 | However , the Budget was criticised by Scottish Engineering , the employers ' organisation which represents hundreds of Scottish manufacturing businesses , and the brewers , angry at the Chancellor 's decision to raise excise duty on beer . |