Example sentences of "[pron] at [art] [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Praetextatus of Rouen was tried at Paris in 577 , and Gregory himself at a gathering of bishops at the royal palace of Berny-Rivière in 580 : both these last trials were held under the aegis of Chilperic I. A year later the flight of Mummolus was discussed at Lyons . |
| 2 | In this time it became clear that the military and state security forces were not all solidly behind the coup , especially in the face of popular resistance , with Russian Federation ( RSFSR ) President Boris Yeltsin setting himself at the head of protesters apparently willing to fight for the new freedoms brought about by the reforms of perestroika . |
| 3 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 4 | Few Tories were quite as extreme as the Earl of Rochester , who at the renewal of hostilities in 1702 argued for a strictly limited naval war as the best way to check the power of France , and most recognised the need for some form of combined operations . |
| 5 | His American tour kicked off on day one at the Tournament of Champions in Southern California and has taken him to the two major Pro-Ams — the Bob Hope and the Crosby ( aforementioned Pebble Beach National Pro-Am ) — a trio of Florida events — Doral , the Honda Classic and the Players ' Championship — as well as The Masters , the Colonial , the Memorial , the season-ending Nabisco Championship and a slew of less-hallowed events in between . |
| 6 | It follows that any strategy to protect them and to ensure their future must include all these aspects , rather than attempt to protect one at the expense of others . |
| 7 | Chen took a deep breath then looked about him at the banks of monitors that filled every wall of the huge , hexagonal room , impressed despite himself . |
| 8 | His lean and powerful body was relaxed in the black suit , long legs crossed towards her , chest turned towards her , and he was watching her with narrowed eyes , obviously rearranging his thoughts about her at a rate of knots . |
| 9 | Outside , she stood and looked about her at the maze of buildings . |
| 10 | The existence of the requirement of standing indicates that the law 's primary concern is not , as such , to control government activity but rather to control it at the suit of persons affected by it in a particular way . |
| 11 | Liberty , that is , to be like the bus boy from Ohio , liberty to realise any dream , be it at the expense of others , which , in this land-of-the-free , it inevitably has to be . |
| 12 | Individuals were given the opportunity to achieve much for themselves but too often they did it at the expense of others . |
| 13 | As his life-experience , including suffering , becomes integrated so he can put it at the disposal of others , explicitly and implicitly . |
| 14 | By April 1924 the head of every firm involved had received from Buckingham Palace a signed letter in Queen Mary 's own hand describing the Dolls ' House as ‘ the most perfect present that anyone could receive ’ , and an invitation to visit it at the Palace of Arts . |
| 15 | Stephen Bayley , former director of the Design Museum , will chair a debate , taking questions from the floor ( many pre-wrapped ) and flinging them at a panel of designers , architects , patrons and critics , among them Peter Palumbo , chairman of the Arts Council , and Mies van der Rohe buff . |
| 16 | Referring to the third stage of negotiations between Israel and its neighbours , he warned that if the Arab negotiators continued to raise the question of the occupied territories " placing them at the centre of discussions … we shall know that their intentions are not directed towards peace " . |
| 17 | Secondly , as the weights are derived from analysis of individuals there is a serious problem of applying them at the level of wards or districts where the information is readily available only in aggregate . |
| 18 | Thus if my main concern is to have a vast stock of personal possessions and control over the lives of others , I can doubtless only have them at the expense of others . |
| 19 | Our business is to ensure that what we are doing now is done properly , not to take on board new activities and try and finance them at the expense of groups which are already suffering very poor , or at least inadequate services . |
| 20 | Elspeth is prepared ( her schedule permitting ) to drop guests at the start and collect them at the end of walks . |
| 21 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |