Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [pron] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A humiliating defeat which he suffered at the hands of Lord Peyton in the house of Lords , has concentrated John Macgregor 's mind . |
| 2 | As we have seen , it was not just the anthropology which he read at the time of composition which played its part in the great works of the early 1920s . |
| 3 | I presume that the hon. Gentleman thought it right to return to the matter in the House having notably failed to achieve the result for which he hoped by an overheated press release to the same effect which he issued at the end of last week . |
| 4 | Billy goes out shooting every day but does not get much as his only weapons are a tennis bat and empty cartridge case which he hits at the birds . |
| 5 | I come to the hurdle which I confessed at the outset I might find difficult to clear : why collect first editions anyway , since the path is so littered with obstructions , difficulties and bibliographical rubbish , and the pilgrimage is often attended with so much expense ? |
| 6 | It is likely that Alison Wilding will capture the fancy of pundits and punters , as much for her surprising omission from last year 's highly controversial short-list ( see The Art Newspaper No.12 , November 1991 , p.3 ) , as for the quality of the work which she showed at the Tate Gallery , Liverpool , and the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust , Dean Clough , Halifax , the two exhibitions which secured her nomination . |
| 7 | I 've got the first issue which I bought at the away match at the Arse earlier on . |
| 8 | Despite all this , the hopeful prophecy which we quoted at the beginning of this book has not been fulfilled . |
| 9 | If , bearing in mind the theory of society and superego development so far advanced in this book , we now turn our attention back to the analysis of modern culture outlined in the article from which I quoted so extensively in the chapter before last , we can see that the following remarks , also from that article , take on a much greater significance in the light of the point which I made at the conclusion of the last regarding the lack of a culturally determined latency period among the Australian aborigines : |
| 10 | KPMG should not be associated with an Investment Overview which we know at the time of issue to be misleading or factually incorrect . |
| 11 | There is no doubt that in The Family Reunion he was attempting that re-integration of religious and secular drama which he discussed at the time he was working on the play . |
| 12 | We must be cautious , though , in making the assumption that such words as ‘ king ’ , ‘ prophet ’ or ‘ Messiah ’ still convey to us the meaning which they had at the time and in the world of Jesus . |
| 13 | But the word ‘ plane ’ could not possibly have conveyed to our eighteenth-century ancestors the meaning which it carries at the top of this page . |
| 14 | An anxious young face disappeared from the window as their car drew up and parked under the dripping trees , but it was the Brigadier himself who appeared at the door to meet them . |
| 15 | Her Royal Highness has also highlighted the R Y A year of youth sailing which she launched at the Earls Court Boat Show . |
| 16 | He blew his inquisitive nose on a large handkerchief and produced a notebook and pencil which he pointed at the butcher . |
| 17 | I should like to think that the Colonel 's sister-in-law ( the daughter of a dean ) to whom he gave dinner at the Café Royal , the Aunt whom he entertained at the Walsingham , and the Uncle whom he nicknamed the Nabob , were really his relations and not figments of his humorous imagination . |
| 18 | It is a measure of his success in launching this new functional approach that we now take it so much for granted that we forget , and even find difficulty in appreciating , the novelty which it represented at the time . |
| 19 | An upper garment is drawn diagonally across the breasts , revealing their broad forms and falling loose below them over the tight belt which it conceals at the sides , and it hangs in a shallow curve on the left hip , a long trail on the right . |
| 20 | Among other things , this opens up the multiculturalists and antiracists to the very charge of propaganda and indoctrination which they level at the textbooks , authors and teachers they are attempting to challenge . |
| 21 | to be honest because erm it 's and that I wo n't say that there 's a criticism of this particular project which I supported at the time but I think that in future we do need to plan our projects and and there are people in the in the town that are prepared to work , perhaps need a bit of organizing , we need to think about how that might happen , but we must n't first reaction go to professional or semiprofessional help . |
| 22 | did they actually have to claim how much , I mean er you know they produced , cos all we 're saying here is they 're just taking a a nominal amount which they stipulate at the beginning of a three year period , and they 're just gon na take that . |
| 23 | The Milan court held Mr de Benedetti had profited unfairly by receiving a £20m share package in an Ambrosiano subsidiary , as well as the 2 p.c. share value in the bank which he sold at the end of his tenure . |
| 24 | From this lengthy account the balanced reciprocity which I mentioned at the beginning becomes very clear but some of you may think that the detail is excessive . |
| 25 | The second matter which I mention at the outset is this . |
| 26 | In this chapter Rob Grunsell gives a brief outline of his approach to in-service training which he developed at the schools council and published in Finding Answers to Disruption ( Grunsell 1985 ) . |
| 27 | And if so , what is the fluid which I produce at the moment of orgasm ? |
| 28 | The shape of a beak is described by the ratio of its length to its depth , and its curvature ; similarly , the position of eyes may be characterised as the angle which they subtend at the centre of the bird 's head . |
| 29 | He 's a former patient of the Wolfeson , and is cared for by his wife , a nurse who he met at the centre . |
| 30 | Generation One you burn at the stake ; Generation Two you decorate with the CBE . |