Example sentences of "at a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , however , many people are absolutely riveted by what is happening , or could happen , in this country at a such a crucial moment in world history . |
| 2 | Your turn er and they have erm they do hedge this is I mean our policy is broadly to hedge er o on a twelve month rolling forecast forward er to what extent and what timing is a function of judgment and it is true that the erm er Doulton receivables for ninety three are seventy percent hedged already at a little above the current spot rate . |
| 3 | The French Atomic Energy Commission has reawakened concerns over plutonium contamination at a former nuclear dump near Paris , by admitting that radioactivity at the site is more widespread than previously thought . |
| 4 | They say the centre , to be based at a former young offenders institution , will treat refugees as criminals . |
| 5 | The clinic is situated between Katesbridge and Castlewellan , at a former farmhouse on the Closkelt Road , in an idyllic location overlooking the Mournes . |
| 6 | A BLAZE at a former bus depot is being treated as arson . |
| 7 | Police and fire chiefs are investigating the cause of blaze at a former school at the old Linton School in Linton , near Grassington . |
| 8 | Firefighters tackling a serious blaze at a former children 's home in Kennelwood Avenue , Northwood , Kirkby , were pelted with broken bricks and stones . |
| 9 | Secondly , if England 's minders were fit to work at a half decent night club , how come their client was left rolling in the gutter early in the game ? |
| 10 | 685 , where , as a result of there being no quorum at a half yearly meeting of a licensing court , the meeting could not be adjourned under the existing legislation and the Court of Session had to intervene by virtue of its nobile officium in order to prevent the expiry of certificates due for renewal at the meeting . |
| 11 | At a few selected points , the particles crash together head-on , generating energy of an intensity matched only by the first moments of the explosion physicists believe created the universe . |
| 12 | This was a currency reform , by which 50- and 100-rouble banknotes stopped , at a few hours ' notice , being legal tender . |
| 13 | Our discussion this time will restrict itself much more to the two chosen passages , and will need only to take a brief look at a few details of the narratives leading up to them , and at the stories that immediately follow them . |
| 14 | Similarly , the clock on the front of the American Bulletin of Atomic Scientists stood at a few minutes to midnight , but the American government did not heed it . |
| 15 | To get a better idea of all the options you take a look at a few good catalogues , such as tat from Bressingham Gardens , Diss , Norfolk IP22 2AB . |
| 16 | This was a difficulty which Mrs Thatcher , though far more able , intelligent and industrious than Kinnock , failed except at a few critical moments , to surmount . |
| 17 | In the Tertiary period , weathering produced a deep regolith ( Fitzpatrick , 1963 ) , the remnants of which exist in the Outer Hebrides at a few sites protected from severe glacial erosion ( Glentworth , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | Let's leave that problem , though , and look at a few of the more important kinds of places in which eruptions occur , relative to a preexisting volcano . |
| 19 | Finally there may be a role for either haemodialysis or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis , and cadaveric renal transplantation must not be forgotten , although assessment for such treatment can only be undertaken at a few specialist centres . |
| 20 | The list of honorary and corresponding members included gentlemen living in 30 English counties , and at a few places in Scotland and Wales . |
| 21 | The first machines looked at a few dozen positions a second ; the more recent , 1200–1500 a second . |
| 22 | Elephant and large antelope bones have been found at a few African hominid sites , dated at nearly two million years . |
| 23 | This technology allows us to produce particle beams with enormous power ( up to a million amps at a few million volts ) but very short duration , typically one ten-millionth of a second . |
| 24 | The most practical source of such radiation has been synchrotron radiation , which is of limited spectral purity and is available only at a few facilities . |
| 25 | Judith Bailey 's firm , clear beat led perhaps to an unduly deliberate tempo and heaviness of phrasing in the first movement of Beethoven 's Emperor Concerto and narrowly missed coinciding with the soloist at a few important junctions . |
| 26 | Firstly , look at a few maps of zodiacs already published to get a feeling for them . |
| 27 | I peered at a few of them , identifying Filmer and Daffodil 's Laurentide Ice as a light grey colt with brittle-looking bones , the Lorrimores ' Voting Right as an unremarkable bay , and the Youngs ' Sparrowgrass as a bright chestnut with a white star and sock . |
| 28 | Only in towns and at a few other places could trains going in opposite directions pass . |
| 29 | The cyclists carried a letter of introduction from Bishop Brewer which helped them secure accommodation at a few churches along the way , including the Cathedrals at Assisi and Chartres . |
| 30 | Julie Godwin , pictured above with Sophie at a few months old , was raped and killed with her holiday pal Elizabeth Over as the pair sunbathed on a beach in South Africa . |