Example sentences of "[det] at the age " in BNC.

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1 The Permanent Secretary himself , Maurice Holmes , came down closer to Williams than to R. S. Wood ( and nowhere near Cleary ) by ruling that there should be selection and transfer for all at the age of eleven , to schools of various types , with a review at the age of thirteen of all pupils who might have been initially misplaced .
2 Despite such professional guidance this plump middle-aged woman laughingly recalled ‘ being legless at the Village Hall dances , all at the age of thirteen .
3 By strange coincidence , two retiring Prime Ministers stayed at Chiswick House prior to their death , each at the age of fifty-seven .
4 They usually do that at the age of 14 . ’
5 That at the age of 60 he still commanded support from the government and public is shown by various events in 1800 , linked with a competition for a second chef : ( The finalists were required to rehearse a new work and direct a public performance : sufficient evidence , if needed , of the central responsibility of the post . )
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