Example sentences of "[adv] at the [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone was chuckling nostalgically at the thought of the Magistrate , who was very likely dead by now . |
| 2 | Actually , she opened with Mozart 's scena Misera , dove son which tested her somewhat at the top of the stave , but there followed arias from Manon , Don Pasquale and La Forza del Destino which she gave with commanding conviction , variety and characterisation . |
| 3 | Dynastic concord and family harmony were , however , bought somewhat at the expense of the two princes ' subjects . |
| 4 | This way no valuable ground is lost to windward at the end of the turn and it ‘ shuts the door ’ on any one trying to make a furtive inside rounding . |
| 5 | According to Presswatch , Scottish companies fared better at the hands of the London press than their English counterparts , with an average score of 198 among the 27 companies monitored . |
| 6 | The choice of food and the way to spend the waking hours are entirely at the discretion of the volunteer . |
| 7 | This is entirely at the discretion of the minister . |
| 8 | The contents of the Church of Scotland ceremony and where it is to be held is entirely at the discretion of the minister . |
| 9 | Whether this is through the study , viewing or performance of whole plays or of selected poems or scenes should be entirely at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 10 | Table 1 may be used anywhere in the schedules , entirely at the discretion of the classifier . |
| 11 | Salary payments under the terms of this scheme will be made entirely at the discretion of the Company . |
| 12 | 1.1 Any order sent to the Seller by the Purchaser shall be accepted entirely at the discretion of the Seller , and , if so accepted , will only be accepted upon these conditions ( hereafter referred to as the " Conditions " ) and by means of the Seller 's standard order acknowledgement form . |
| 13 | Even her brothers were kind , though embarrassed and Clara , as she sat there picking endlessly at the fringe of the tablecloth , had a vision of some other world where violent emotion could be a thing of beauty , where even tears could be admitted and not ignored , where good taste in tomb stones consisted not in cheap restrained economy of design , fabric , and word , but of marble angels wildly grieving . |
| 14 | Ushered in at last , passing through a spotless surgery agleam with modern equipment , and offered seats in an equally efficient-looking office , Sophie 's heart jerked suddenly at the sight of the man who was holding out his hand . |
| 15 | Keeping the noisy engine as muted as possible , Yanto negotiated the dirt path until it terminated suddenly at the base of the sea wall . |
| 16 | there it was , suddenly at the end of the road , Monkey Island . |
| 17 | Suddenly at the height of the battle this purple and now orange mushroom bursts across the entire screen , devouring both armies in its path . |
| 18 | One important group lay within an enclosure at Springhead , apparently at the heart of the town itself . |
| 19 | Odile Harrington , a South African convicted and imprisoned as a spy in Zimbabwe in 1987 [ p. 35629 ] , was released and returned to South Africa on Nov. 2 , apparently at the request of the ANC , and was greeted by de Klerk on her arrival . |
| 20 | saw , which er , is obvious a machine , they even had band saws apparently at the end of the last century , cabinet makers band saws oh I 've never seen , all I 've ever seen is the big ones for mills you know the logs , these ones for er , obviously for timber erm |
| 21 | Some opponents of the regime expressed scepticism at the proposed reforms and the adoption of liberalism , apparently at the expense of the long-held official ideology of " Mobutism " under which the President embodied the party and the state . |
| 22 | Er but I mean basically at the end of the day , I mean you have to think about to what extent you can increase your sales . |
| 23 | Friends have often remarked on this and wondered afresh at the wizardry of the Welsh . |
| 24 | Especially at the beginning of the game . |
| 25 | Of course , in England we were used to er especially at the beginning of the war , we had tea in the afternoon of course , and er when we got there it was dinner at night , with you know , meat and vegetables every night , that sort of thing , so it was quite a surprise . |
| 26 | A far larger number of sets were in use than licence figures would suggest , but during and especially at the outset of the campaign for independence the number of newspaper readers exceeded that of radio listeners . |
| 27 | He says that ‘ surgery rather than an aspirin ’ was required , especially at the top of the company . |
| 28 | Once the loan agreement is signed the donor may have a much more precise view of these conditions than the recipient , especially at the level of the line staff who are actually supposed to manage the project . |
| 29 | At the same time there has been extensive sliding , especially at the front of the nappes . |
| 30 | For much of the time these small market towns may well have appeared sleepy to travellers who were familiar with the hustle and bustle of the big cities , but every week on market day and more especially at the time of the annual fairs they were transformed by an influx of visitors . |