Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] at the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one particular case we find progressive assimilation of manner , when a word-initial follows a plosive or nasal at the end of a preceding word : it is very common to find that the C i becomes identical in manner to the C f but with dental place of articulation . |
| 2 | The 100 consecutive patients were all Tanner stage 1 or 2 at the time of diagnosis . |
| 3 | NSAID intake was noted as either intermittent or regular at the time of the first endoscopy only . |
| 4 | Anyone who is 71 years old or older at the date of the accident . |
| 5 | Anyone who is 71 years old or older at the date of the accident . |
| 6 | Lady Dedlock staying at the Hotel Bristol , Place Vendôme , is ‘ bored to death ’ there ( a Parisian Sunday described : people ‘ playing with children among the clipped trees and the statues in the [ Tuileries ] Palace Garden ; walking , a score abreast , in the Elysian Fields , made more Elysian by performing dogs and wooden houses ; between whiles filtering ( a few ) through the gloomy Cathedral of our Lady , to say a word or two at the base of a pillar , within flare of a rusty little gridiron full of gusty little tapers ’ ) , BH 12 . |
| 7 | As traditional Italian dances are often sung , the performers pose solemnly fur a second or two at the end of each phrase . |
| 8 | IT MAY SEEM paradoxical to describe Mrs Curdle 's gipsy caravan first , for it only stood on the green for a day or two at the end of April and beginning of May each year . |
| 9 | A day or two at the beginning , a day or two between Regions and again a day or two at the end of the visit should cover these needs . |
| 10 | The reduced number of banks participating in venture capital financing has meant a dramatic reduction in the availability of debt , and gearing levels demanded by the banks who do participate have fallen sharply from 7:1 or 8:1 at the height of the boom to 1:1 or less . |
| 11 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 12 | He would probably have been less confused or surprised at the implementation of some of his other priorities . |
| 13 | No Talmudic saying was nearer to him than that at the end of the Kiddushin : ‘ When a man faces his Maker , he will have to account for those ( God-given ) pleasures of life which he failed to enjoy , ’ and the Mezeritzer Rabbi commented , albeit a little more warily , ‘ You may reach a compromise between evil and good by enjoying legitimate bodily pleasure and serving God at the same time . ’ |
| 14 | The project has now taken the population from 18 animals to more than 300 at the end of the 1991 breeding season . |
| 15 | The population of more than 300,000 at the time of Cook 's arrival had plummeted to less than 40,000 by the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 16 | They came into the possession of my son Hilbert John Adam Verne-Smith under my uncle 's will , bypassing myself , though my son was no more than nineteen at the time of my uncle 's death . |
| 17 | Circulation , which peaked at more than 100,000 at the height of Ulster 's violence , had fallen to around 20,000 after the rival Sunday Life , owned by Thomson Regional Newspapers , started publishing a few years ago . |
| 18 | Needless to say , Mr Kilfedder , 63 , is less than happy at the intrusion of the Conservatives into his feifdom . |
| 19 | The showrooms of the House of Oliver were smaller and less grand than those at the House of Mattli but the décor was newer and fresher , pale grey drapes , ultra modern black furniture and a great deal of gleaming stainless steel . |
| 20 | Although correct at the time of going to press , the programme is subject to amendment . |
| 21 | Although the book suggests my beavers should be aggressive , alas , try as I might , I ca n't get them to be anything less than overjoyed at the prospect of more delicious fish-eggs . |
| 22 | Its bronze-gold wings were tightly wrapped around its body but the long equine head turned this way and that at the end of a remarkably prehensile neck . |
| 23 | Remembering that the elderly often become quite anxious and upset at the prospect of any change or disturbance of their normal routine , however pleasing the end-result promises to be , you will need to take anything they may regard as an ‘ upheaval ’ very slowly . |
| 24 | Apart from being slimmer and healthier at the end of the diet , you should also be quite knowledgeable on the subject of diet in general , and be your own expert on the diet that 's right for you . |
| 25 | One man who emerged from the tour with much credit was Alan Smith , the manager , who had been diplomacy personified during the political crisis and sensitive and supportive at the time of Barrington 's death . |
| 26 | Ken 's job in the library often leaves him tired and touchy at the end of a day . |
| 27 | The informants contacted during the snowball sampling procedure were aged between 18 and 32 at the time of interview . |
| 28 | He had been unemployed and depressed at the time of the theft , and had since started attending college and returned to live with his mother . |
| 29 | People and dogs came from as far away as Oxford to take part in this event which must have left them all fitter and leaner at the end of the day . |
| 30 | Secondly , it has a very chastening effect on the inspector who knows that everything he says in his report is liable to be critically examined by a review board and , if necessary , corrected for all to see — and this at the whim of those whose actions he is criticising . |