Example sentences of "[pron] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone claimed to have heard him on the radio from Darwin — but it was always someone at a third hand remove ; someone who had heard it from someone who had heard it from someone . |
| 2 | Someone at the next table echoed that in a foreign accent and Ruth turned to smile at him and raise her glass in a mutual toast . |
| 3 | That meant he carried on and when someone at the last moment dropped out , he dropped in ; it was more or less par for the course that , by the end of 1944 , a very large number of Pathfinders had notched up 70 or more sorties . |
| 4 | The autobiographical source of the novel also goes some way to explaining the method of presentation of Antoine 's character which at a personal level reflects a tension between a father and a son , and at a historical level reflects a tension between two different epochs . |
| 5 | The contracting parties shall therefore choose conversion modalities which do not cause any inflationary tendencies in the entire area of the monetary union and which at the same time increase the competitiveness of enterprises in the GDR . |
| 6 | The virtue of immediate or shortly forthcoming abolition of the trade abolitionists proclaimed as an act of justice and humanity which at the same time offered the greatest stimulus to reform of slavery on the plantations . |
| 7 | Then it breaks out over an overlap onto the characteristic smooth slabs and walls which at the same time tempt and intimidate , attract but repel . |
| 8 | Feminists need a more dynamic view of reading , one which maintains a political perspective , but which at the same time concedes that there is room for manoeuvre between text and audience . |
| 9 | This was not the first time that water had been collected in bulk , but hitherto those who indulged in the practice had generally been powerful bodies , like water or railway companies , who had acted under powers given them by legislation which at the same time made them liable for harm done by its escape . |
| 10 | Even though banks hold only very small amounts of cash , they nevertheless hold a large amount of other relatively liquid assets which act as reserves , but which at the same time earn interest . |
| 11 | There were also some devices which counterbalanced this continual splitting of family resources , such as the partnership system of the family firm , marriage between cousins , and setting up trusts to provide income for daughters and wives which at the same time allowed the trustees , who were always men , to use the trust capital for the business . |
| 12 | In consultation with colleges in 1989 , we planned the changeover to the new system over three years and three batches , providing , we hoped , a timetable which was not too rushed but which at the same time allowed centres to progress at a pace which met their candidates ' needs . |
| 13 | It will be readily appreciated how important it is to agree on a name which reflects the separate identities ( and vanities ) of the firms involved without assuming Dickensian proportions and which at the same time commands the approval of any public relations consultant who has been engaged . |
| 14 | The festival 's aim is to promote interesting activities in the countryside which at the same time encourage environmental awareness and boost the local economy . |
| 15 | It gives a good intellectual overview of the problem and a ‘ map ’ in which can be located detailed close-up studies , which at the same time do not lose sight of the general context in which they are made . |
| 16 | Both indigenous and immigrant working classes have at various times staked claims to be considered the true backbone of ‘ the nation ’ ( as against a decadent aristocracy or unpatriotic bourgeoisie for example ) through various institutions of public propriety ( churches , labour organizations , community associations ) which at the same time defend the integrity of their own traditions against negative influences in the wider society . |
| 17 | Our current model for the universe is entropy , which at the daily level translates as : things fuck up . |
| 18 | Boot will always be remembered for his share in our joint invention of the cavity magnetron which at an early stage produced pulses of radiation of many kilowatts at wavelengths of 9–10 centimetres . |
| 19 | Unlike most of my contemporaries , who at a similar age had wanted to be train drivers , I wanted to fly . |
| 20 | It is quite a lesson to find that without continuo yet with authentically detached string-style , plus ponderous accentuation , this sounds even slower than such a modern-style performer as Bernstein ( DG ) , who at a similar speed makes the melody soar . |
| 21 | is the scorer 's friend , who at a sensitive age looks |
| 22 | Indeed , their first trip to Scotland since 1981 would not have been possible without the assistance of four British-based companies trading in Eastern Europe who at the eleventh hour put up a total of £10,000 . |
| 23 | And so the last page or so is given over to French names : Corbière and Jammes and De Regnier ; Tailhade and Romains ; Vildrac , Spire and Arcos — poets who at the present day have few readers even among the French . |
| 24 | The heroine has escaped and alerted the police , who at the last minute burst in and save our hero from a fate worse than death . |
| 25 | Those international lawyers , such as Brownlie , who are sceptical about the legality of nuclear weapons use , but who at the same time take a practical view of the law and see it as closely related to what states actually do , are in something of a bind , as they do not hesitate to acknowledge . |
| 26 | The same paternalistic attitude probably emanated from some of the more indigenous landed gentry of the district , who at the same time harboured misgivings over the flood of workers into the quiet township . |
| 27 | The orchestra , extremely democratically-run and independent-minded , was bruised , strained and a little anxious about its standards after clashes with the great maestro , who at the same time had spent less and less time with it . |
| 28 | In 1800 he became assistant to the latter , who at the same time gave him a post in the Office of Works as labourer in trust at Carlton House and also employed him in connection with his work as surveyor of the ordnance ; his first recorded works — minor country-house commissions in Staffordshire , of 1803–5 — were designed in James 's office for execution by the Wyatt family building business ; and in 1805 he submitted designs for Downing College , Cambridge , after those by James had been severely criticized by Thomas Hope [ q.v. ] , perhaps in an attempt to salvage the commission for the family . |
| 29 | This will give you an auditory memory of what the language is supposed to sound like , while you at the same time keep your mind on the meaning of the sentences . |
| 30 | Could you at the same time treat the biblical texts as objects of critical scientific study and as the medium of a message from God ? |