Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun prp] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Donleavy tried to make up for it later by arranging a champagne thank-you weekend for the Colemans at the DIA 's expense in an exclusive little Georgetown hotel , but by then they were almost too tired to enjoy it .
2 He left for the Somme at the end of December and was soon transferred to the 2nd Manchesters .
3 However , Friedman did not explicitly introduce rationality of expectations into the natural rate hypothesis , and indeed appeared to favour the use of an adaptive expectations model , at least for the US at the time he was writing .
4 Silsoe had been the lead barrister for the CEGB at the Sizewell B Inquiry of 1983–5 .
5 He worked for the KGB at the time and he knew everything because he was involved in the secret inquiry that was set up into the ‘ incident ’ , as he called it .
6 On July 16 Baker confirmed that Syria had dropped its insistence on a significant role for the UN at the conference and was prepared to settle for a UN observer .
7 The path was built to serve an observatory that functioned at the top of the Ben at the turn of the century .
8 Using data for the period 1954–74 , Khalil and Hanna ( 1984 ) have demonstrated that since the scheme was initiated the dissolved salt content of the Nile at the head of the delta has increased by 29 per cent .
9 Licensee of the Crosskeys at the Chester .
10 He was representing the former Lords of the Manor at the pageant .
11 The motion , elaborated by Chirac and Alain Juppé ( who was reappointed secretary-general of the RPR at the congress ) , was approved by 68.6 per cent of the delegates .
12 Ironically , Yahweh 's final victory came with the destruction of the Temple at the hands of the Babylonians in 587 BC .
13 New pond : Volunteers have created a pond on the banks of the Tees at The Holmes , Thornaby , in a bid to attract more wildlife to the area , in a Cleveland County Council , British Trust for Conservation Volunteers and Wildlife Trust partnership .
14 Our efforts for peace will continue , including a possible tour of the US at the end of February .
15 The banning of the CPSU at the end of August did not extend to the DPKR and , at the end of October 1991 , the DPKR held its first congress .
16 After marking by the tutor , the question and answer papers are returned to a moderator appointed by the Secretary of the NEC at the time of application who , in turn , returns them to the tutor .
17 It was Karl Franz who led the charge of the Reiksguard at the battle of Norduin against the Bretonnians , where the Emperor 's personal valour finally broke the resistance of the Bretonnian flank guard and drove them from the narrow defile which they had defiantly held throughout the battle .
18 In certain respects they resemble or recall the heads of Kota and Hongue reliquary figures from the French Congo , some of the most abstract and inventive of all African tribal sculptures , and which existed in a wide and varied selection in the collections of the Trocadero at the time of Picasso 's visit .
19 But her body was later found in the back of the Renault at the bottom of the Severn .
20 He had been promoted from general secretary to " president " of the LPRP at the party 's fifth congress the previous April [ see p. 38150 ] .
21 There were no hard-porn videos available on the activities of The Fox at the time this new offender was committing his offence , only the soft-porn reporting of the popular newspapers , which were describing the atrocities with such vivid detail as they occurred .
22 Bert Millichip of West Brom was chairman of the FA at the time .
23 The mechanical bird first came to the attention of the Bowes at the Paris Exhibition in 1867 when it was the star attraction .
24 This folded and thrusted belt probably represents the partial subduction of the western fringe of the Brazilian Shield , and the major change of the orientation of the Andes at the Amotape cross structure seems to be the result of the movement of separate basement blocks in the back-arc zone .
25 THE WEIGHING OF THE GOOSEBERRIES AT THE EGTON BRIDGE OLD GOOSEBERRY SHOW ( Page 109 )
26 He could have been the driver of the Mercedes at the Hilton Hotel , but then so could the majority of Mainz 's male population .
27 Delivery of the goods covered by the NVOCC bill is effected by presentation of the NVOCC bill to an agent of the NVOCC at the port of discharge .
28 The laconic Ernie Walker , President of the SFA at the time , urged future managers not to put Macari to any future discomfort .
29 Speculation that Hani would take over as head of the SACP at the end of the year increased following the announcement on Aug. 27 that Slovo was suffering from cancer .
30 Nonetheless a group entitled Mobilization for Animals intends to picket primate research facilities throughout the US at the end of April .
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