Example sentences of "at the weekend [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With an airport between Cheltenham and Gloucester running a scheduled service to Southern ireland for businessmen it 's got to be a bit of a bonus , backed up by the rugby at the weekend so that does help . |
| 2 | A VINTAGE fire engine was pressed into service at the weekend so the St George Cross can again fly proudly over a village church . |
| 3 | THERE would be no better way for Manchester United to stamp their authority on a Championship race which swung their way at the weekend than to beat arch-rivals Manchester City in their 116th Football League derby at what will be a pulsating Old Trafford tonight . |
| 4 | Fox turned down a move to Hull at the weekend but Northern had to match the Humbersiders ' £140,000 offer before clinching the deal . |
| 5 | and they 've done ever so well cos they did all Cos of course we had fine whether last week , they got everything done , and then it poured at the weekend but they were n't there , and now they 're back on site the weather 's cheered up again . |
| 6 | AN international policy shift on Bosnia 's civil war buoyed the former Yugoslav republic 's rebel Serbs at the weekend but the Muslim-led government felt betrayed and vowed to fight on to recapture lost territory . |
| 7 | Long jumper Yinka Idowu from Carterton who competes for the Oxford City club won her place in the team a couple of weeks ago when she won the British title at Sheffield … she only finished third in trials at the weekend but is still regarded as one of our best young athletes … |
| 8 | Long jumper Yinka Idowu from Carterton who competes for the Oxford City club won her place in the team a couple of weeks ago when she won the British title at Sheffield … she only finished third in trials at the weekend but is still regarded as one of our best young athletes … |
| 9 | He says he was close to death at the weekend but his condition has improved a little . |
| 10 | It is understood he initially thought of going there at the weekend but was advised against it by the police . |
| 11 | Mr Kinnock hinted at the weekend that direct democracy was likely to become mandatory relatively soon . |
| 12 | Phyllis Bowman said at the weekend that the best the society could hope for would be reducing the time limit to 18 weeks . |
| 13 | The new chairman , Dr Gregor Gysi , told an emergency party congress at the weekend that the SED had made a start in ‘ breaking with Stalinism , ’ but added that there was still a long way to go in ‘ overcoming Stalinist structures ’ . |
| 14 | Mr Arias said at the weekend that the ‘ mimimum for success ’ was an agreement for an end to military operations by both sides in El Salvador . |
| 15 | The new chairman , Dr Gregor Gysi , told an emergency party congress at the weekend that the SED had made a start in ‘ breaking with Stalinism , ’ but added that there was still a long way to go in ‘ overcoming Stalinist structures ’ . |
| 16 | Mr Arias said at the weekend that the ‘ mimimum for success ’ was an agreement for an end to military operations by both sides in El Salvador . |
| 17 | Mr Todd made clear at the weekend that he thought Mr Field was a bad loser , saying he appeared to think he was God 's gift to Birkenhead . |
| 18 | With a large proportion of Italian oil imports coming from Libya , Signor Gianni de Michelis , Italian Foreign Minister , warned at the weekend that his country would react ‘ cautiously ’ to any proposal for an oil embargo , the economic sanction which would hit almost instantly at Col Gaddafi . |
| 19 | The army said at the weekend that troops had reacted to ‘ enemy provocations ’ and intervened to protect local citizens . |
| 20 | Frank Sinatra was told at the weekend that the four pasta sauces named after him are being withdrawn . |
| 21 | Her intervention — after dismissing reports at the weekend that she would be standing for the deputy leadership — will be seen as an attempt to block Mr Gould 's bid for the post . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Storehouse finance director David Simons has confirmed news leaked at the weekend that he is set to become Isosceles ' third chief executive in 15 months . |
| 23 | The strain will only be heightened by revelations at the weekend that the Home Office looked for political dirt on Mr Clinton during the US election . |
| 24 | The club 's chairman , George Marchant , said at the weekend that the Braintree District Arts Council had offered to share any financial losses with the district council for concerts in April and May this year . |
| 25 | Mr Dewar , Labour spokesman on social security , said at the weekend that Chancellor Norman Lamont 's Budget proposals to increase tax by £17 billion over the next three years would punish the nation — particularly the low paid . |
| 26 | Andrew Saxton heard at the weekend that his sport 's ruling body had cleared him of cheating . |
| 27 | The Middle East Economic Survey , a trade publication which maintains close contact with OPEC delegates , said in a special edition at the weekend that the cartel might have to cut its output ceiling by 678,000 bpd more than already planned if it wanted to raise oil prices from levels around $18 a barrel . |
| 28 | Two CDU politicians , in comments seen as trial balloons for a longer debate , argued at the weekend that Bonn 's laws should allow dual citizenship to extend full rights to foreigners living in Germany for decades . |
| 29 | She confirmed at the weekend that she is to try for election to Europe in next year 's polls in the Conservative marginal Euro-constituency of Bedfordshire South . |
| 30 | Jones , a current Wales choice , hammered a century at the weekend while Roberts unleashed 68 off 25 deliveries as well as picking up three cheap wickets . |