Example sentences of "at a school " in BNC.

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1 There were the Lucas boys with their model railway , there were a couple of evacuees with their mothers , there was a German Jewess refugee with her adopted child , there was a friend who lived with them and helped at a school and her children were in and out a lot .
2 ‘ I am a teacher of English at a school in Cologne and I gave up my job at the end of March and returned to England . ’
3 A group of white parents , each of whose children had been allocated places at a school ( Headfield ) where 83 per cent of the pupils were of Asian origin , challenged the LEA 's decisions both individually , through separate appeals ( some of which were successful ) , and subsequently through collective action .
4 Failure to comply with the SAO is a summary offence , as is failure to cause a pupil registered at a school to attend regularly ( see section 39(1) ) .
5 LEAs are empowered to take such steps as they consider are necessary to prevent the breakdown or continuing breakdown of discipline at a school , a power which the Elton Committee urges them to invoke when the situation warrants it .
6 If , for example , eligibility for a grant for education , or for council housing , or for employment in the public service , or for a place for a child at a school of first choice , were to be assessed by reference to the citizenship record of the applicant , then this would put considerable pressure on many people to perform these ‘ voluntary obligations ’ .
7 Riding at a school is likely to cost you anywhere between £5–£20 per hour .
8 Foolishly , I had not bothered to carry out any of the psychic protective techniques I had been taught as a ‘ probationer healer ’ at a school of esoteric studies .
9 Our mail gig party consisted of the Highlander who owned the dog , a woman with a very large bundle , a young man just home from his studies at a school in Germany , going to join a family party at Gairloch , and two men I would judge to be shepherds , possibly coming from Muir of Ord after selling their sheep .
10 If you are not at a school or college , write after 1 June in the year preceding entry to PO Box 67 , Cheltenham , Glos .
11 The idea came at a school council meeting and members of the fours bands , Euphoria , Affected , Jesse 's Hat Collection and Necro-Cannibal Bloodfeast , all Bohunt pupils , had been practising hard .
12 His student visa is only valid as long as he 's enrolled at a school , so we went to Clive and tried to get him expelled .
13 Presentation evening Bishop David pictured with the headmaster of St John Fisher School , Harrogate , Mr Terry Keelan , at a school prize-giving last month .
14 Some years ago a newly-qualified private pilot , trained at a school which taught mixture-rich , did a quick conversion onto a smart 300 hp six-seat retractable and took three friends overseas for the day .
15 If he was based at a school governed by the Church of England , then the Catechism would have to be recited , and some examination by a priest would be necessary .
16 I am a forty-one-year-old female teacher educated to degree standard ( chemistry/mathematics ) , presently job-sharing three days per week at a school in Birmingham .
17 The attack happened at about 8.45am at a school in Camberwell , South-east London .
18 When he had left the University of California , Santa Barbara , he had taught literature at a school in Battle Creek , Michigan .
19 A curriculum is a state document establishing the subjects which are to be studied at a school of a particular type , their distribution by grades ( years ) and the number of academic hours per week and per year given to each subject .
20 Prior to joining the CCC , Angela taught both theology and media studies at a school in northern England and worked on local BBC radio for six years .
21 If you do not like what happens at a school , you should discuss it with the headmaster , but bear in mind that teachers at a boarding school are acting much more in loco parentis than at a day school and may feel that very firm action is essential .
22 Later , after I had qualified as a teacher and got married , I began to study at the university , teaching at a school during the day .
23 At a school fete , John had brought a combination-coded padlock .
24 When fired at a school of fish , these seem to act like a shotgun , disorienting many fish at the same time .
25 Erm but I I was n't actually that surprised that the school er at a school asking to be paid for the tapes because erm they 've got to get their money from somewhere
26 ‘ When he heard that you wanted to be near Marilla , he decided to teach at a school in another village .
27 ‘ I 'm at a school in Maidbridge , ’ said Jim , ‘ I suppose I must get back there . ’
28 He spent two-thirds of his day at a school ten miles away , and the rest of the afternoon looking through the older children 's comics at Mrs Neary 's until Diane picked him up at five .
29 The first clash occurred at a school managers ' meeting the following January .
30 ‘ A similar thing has happened at a school in Norfolk and a factory in Leeds .
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