Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blackburn will be there or thereabouts at the end of the season , especially with the chequebook . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I think they will be there or thereabouts at the end of the season . |
| 3 | Well they did n't mind catching them that these here gamekeepers they come on more or less at the finish of the harvest over the field with the guns what was left . |
| 4 | Hermes Trismegistus emerged from Egypt more or less at the time in which Zoroaster and the Magi became respected figures among the Greeks : they will have to be considered together . |
| 5 | A lamb remains a lamb until it loses its milk teeth , more or less at the end of the year , and — if it has n't lost its life as well by then — it becomes a hogget . |
| 6 | The passage has virtually no narrative progression : indeed , it begins more or less at the end of the interview . |
| 7 | Those aged 2½years or less at the onset of hearing loss fared considerably less well than their older counterparts . |
| 8 | If teachers and the head are in the playground for five minutes or so before the bell and if parents know that they will be welcome in classrooms for ten minutes or so at the end of both morning and afternoon sessions then good routines will be established and easily maintained . |
| 9 | Heike Ruschmeyer and Jürgen Brodwolf are concerned with people approaching or already at the end of their physical existence , while Gerhard Altenbourg explores the landscape of the psyche . |
| 10 | Indeed in one of the few Scottish studies McDonald ( 1991 ) defines ‘ non-traditional ’ students as all those who are 21 or over at the time of entry to their higher education course . |
| 11 | MacDonald defines non-traditional students as those who are 21 years or over at the commencement of their degree course on the 1st of October . |
| 12 | Between the feet are the remains of a green parrot — whether immolated or not at the death of his mistress is uncertain — but it still retains its plumage ; it is a far less repulsive-looking object than the larger bi-ped . |
| 13 | This introduction to the subject enables pupils to make a more informed choice to continue studying Chemistry or not at the end of S2 . |
| 14 | We also have the latest in up-to-date technology — the TV set in the corner , which has a twin BBC-ITV facility , and , of course , a number of lights that can be turned on or off at the flick of a switch . |
| 15 | Multiple ulcers ( two or more at the time of diagnosis ) ; |
| 16 | This conclusion should not be seen to reflect callous indifference to individuals who have suffered miserably or fatally at the hands of persons committing ‘ conventional ’ crimes ; their agony is real and should never be ignored . |
| 17 | I 'd assumed she was writing in secret , as I was — pursuing a universal dirty habit that demanded solitude and a quiet place — when instead she was watching TV or out at the pub with friends : being social . |
| 18 | Before the endoscopic era , the diagnosis was rarely made before operation or even at the time of operation and recurrent haemorrhage with a fatal outcome was common . |
| 19 | Very often the vagina and part of the uterus can be separated into two parts by a fibrous partition and this may only come to light after difficulty when intercourse first takes place , or sometimes at the onset of pregnancy . |
| 20 | Ruth had been to the shops or round at the flat of some girl child never previously mentioned . |
| 21 | Er I suppose erm er the , most of the people I 've seen in the last ten years have been people either approaching retirement , planning for retirement or actually at the point of retirement and er we 've obviously looked at this course over a number of years and we try to sort of distil it down to the basics of things that we think are important er and that we think will be useful to you . |
| 22 | Provided that Ali 's analysis of Hacihasanzade 's motives is correct-and one must remember that Ali is writing nearly a century after the event it would appear that already at the beginning of the sixteenth century the career of a kasabat kadi was regarded as a dead end . |
| 23 | But when we talked about ‘ The House ’ — that was what we called it , there was never a name — we could imagine that just at the top of the stairs would be the Great Kitchen with its rows of gleaming copper pans hung up next to pheasants and hams and bunches of strange herbs — and through the kitchen window we 'd be able to see the long lawns of the garden where stone lions crouched with their heads between their paws and real peacocks screeched up at peacock shapes clipped out of hedges … |
| 24 | As the 21st century approaches , solicitors are more than ever at the forefront of commercial and community life . |
| 25 | Who would have thought that even at the beginning of this century the poet felt the need for time to stand still . |
| 26 | What those figures certainly reveal is that the real gains in investment in British business since 1979 have been sustained , so that even at the depth of this present recession investment is 40 per cent . |
| 27 | It is worth recalling that even at the height of Britain 's imperial power we rarely tried to go it alone . |
| 28 | Mr McTear managed to give most of his evidence to the commission , although even at the beginning of the proceedings his poor physical condition was apparent with his breathing laboured and his voice feeble . |
| 29 | Lacking nose-wheel steering , directional control is achieved by differential braking , but this was not difficult after a few initial experimental wiggles — although even at the end of the day I still found myself pointlessly pushing the rudder pedals on the corners . |
| 30 | I was just thinking that maybe at the beginning of the day people could , if she knows who is due she could actually write that in , and when they came she could just tick that that they 'd arrived . |