Example sentences of "[adj] at the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and all this at the worst point of the war . |
| 2 | We gained in confidence as we pressed on , until suddenly we broke through on to the cliff-top at the other side of the island . |
| 3 | In the classified columns of the same newspapers advertisements for the return of runaway apprentices testify as much to harsh treatment as they do to the restlessness of youth , resentful at the constraining nature of apprenticeship . |
| 4 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 5 | However , Ada had made it clear at the first round of talks that the commission had no power to negotiate changes , which had to be approved by referendum . |
| 6 | Both tend to be high at the northern edge of the pack ice , over continental and island shelves where turbulence brings fresh resources to the surface , and at boundaries between water masses . |
| 7 | Jackie Simmonds will be tutoring a pastel workshop on July 12 at the international Centre for Wildlife Art in Gloucestershire ( for full details see pages 10–11 ) using Schmincke 's Soft Pastels . |
| 8 | But we 've found some thin sliced bread including some at the Late Shopper in Bedale ( thin sliced long loaf 53p ) and we liked the suggestion from Margaret Gent , our retiring switchboard lady , who says she buys uncut loaves and slices them very thinly with an electric carving knife … |
| 9 | The Commercial Agricultural loans were made in 1985 at the high point of US aid when some $683,000,000 was deposited with state banks . |
| 10 | Finally , the gap between coverage of the Conservative and Labour Parties widens as the ladder of parliamentary status is ascended , being quite marked at the Prime Minister/Leader of the Opposition level ; Blumler found this a cause for some concern . |
| 11 | The ban on activities of the republican Communist Party ( CP ) , which had been lifted on Sept. 23 , was reimposed on Oct. 2 at the second vote in the Supreme Soviet . |
| 12 | A mechanical wound was produced by crushing an area of 1cm 2 at the distal end of the cotyledon of a tomato seedling at the stage of development shown in Fig. 1 a , followed immediately by crushing a similar area on the proximal side of the first wound . |
| 13 | Motivated by an 1841 paper of Boole , Cayley , who was interested at the same time in algebraic aspects of projective geometry , began seeking invariants of homogeneous forms of degree n in two and more variables . |
| 14 | I would like to suggest an alternative interview on Wednesday 8 September 1993 at the above address at 2.00 pm . |
| 15 | The tour in question is expected to begin in the summer of 1993 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington , D.C. , and then travel to Tokyo and Paris , if the Orphans Court of Montgomery County , Pennsylvania , allows the Barnes Foundation to override the indenture to benefactor Albert C. Barnes 's will that prohibits the loan of any works from the eccentric millionaire 's collection . |
| 16 | The eighth London Original Print Fair will take place from 25 to 28 February 1993 at the Royal Academy of Arts , London . |
| 17 | The May meeting will be on Wednesday 26 May 1993 at the same time in Glasgow Polytechnic . |
| 18 | A sluice gate was installed up the hill where the water that would create our power was diverted from the Meloch into the millpond , and another at the other end of the pond above the terraces at the back of Melin Cottage . |
| 19 | He scanned the empty horizon and frowned , and she quivered , suddenly afraid at the savage look in his eyes . |
| 20 | The public had been most incensed at the relative simplicity with which the Royal Mail company had been relieved of their entrusted money . |
| 21 | Lin Foh had opened his letter and stopped , staring perplexed at the blank sheet of paper that was inside it . |
| 22 | Chapter 12 on school worship will take up this point , and discuss the possibility of overcoming the unfortunate dichotomy between Christian or multi-faith at the practical point of assemblies . |
| 23 | It was supremely indifferent , but , even as it burned into her like acid , her fingers were plunging into the midnight darkness of his hair as she invited his kiss again , the tumult of his mouth on hers and in it already a necessity , wildness running in her veins , the heavy aching beat of desire unchecked at the deep core of her womanhood . |
| 24 | Proceedings initiated by Finland in July 1991 at the International Court of Justice were formally discontinued on Sept. 10 , removing what had been seen as an irritant in Nordic co-operation . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , press reports suggested that an explosion on March 10 at the principal mosque in Sana'a was the work of the Moslem Brotherhood , three of whose activists were said to have been executed summarily . |
| 26 | The agreement to form separate groups was worked out at a meeting on Feb. 10 at the presidential residence in Lany , attended also by Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel , who numbered many Liberal Club supporters among his closest associates but who had remained outside the conflict . |
| 27 | During the same period he clearly became involved in royal service , for in 1250 he acted for Henry III at the papal curia in securing the confirmation of the highly controversial election to the bishopric of Winchester of Aymer de Valence [ q.v. ] , the king 's half-brother , and then , in the next year , he was appointed the king 's proctor at the papal curia . |
| 28 | The Arab masses , indignant at the western humiliation of Saddam Hussein , were expected to rise up against their pro-western leaders . |
| 29 | These fees which are PAYABLE at the FIRST MEETING of each year cover the Four meetings held during the year and MUST be paid whether attended or not . |
| 30 | In those circumstances , under the law as I hold it , it seems to me that rent is payable at the full rate for the quarters ending September 29 and December 25 , 1945 . |