Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are gods , but they too are only material combinations of atoms , and our own consciousness ceases at death on the disintegration of our material bodies . |
| 2 | If mind itself has a social origin — if , that is , it arises through the process of communication — and if thinking consists at bottom in the manipulation of generalized attitudes taken over from the social group as a whole , then there can be no question of the social determination , in some sense , of knowledge and thought . |
| 3 | It is no part of the function of this chapter to dilate at length upon the rules ( so far as they exist ) or the functions of heraldry since its rise in the second quarter of the twelfth century , but a few general remarks will not be out of place . |
| 4 | Such was the enthusiasm generated by the initial successes with the organochlorine insecticides like DDT , BHC and dieldrin that most of the malarious nations of the world , excepting those in tropical Africa , gladly joined in the eradication programme that the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) began in the late 1950s ; a programme aimed at eradication of the disease rather than the mosquitoes that carried it . |
| 5 | The arguments in favour of the provision of an outer bypass for Edinburgh , designed to a high standard , are so overwhelming that Lothian Regional Council is maintaining a continuing construction programme aimed at completion of the entire bypass by 1990 . |
| 6 | The injury whilst en ventre sa mère was but an evidentiary incident in the causation of damage suffered at birth by the fault of the defendant . |
| 7 | The injury whilst en ventre sa mère was but an evidentiary incident in the causation of damage suffered at birth by the fault of the defendant . |
| 8 | What was a young , unmarried girl doing at night on the Prince 's dayabeeyah , we wonder ? |
| 9 | Tickets for the event , to be held at the George Hotel , Piercebridge , cost £10 , which includes a knife-and-fork buffet lunch served at noon in the Pavilion with a glass of wine followed by coffee . |
| 10 | Donna Haber , from ASTMS who is also a member of an OECD expert group looking at safety in the biotechnology industry , says that the key to safety in biotechnology is planning in advance . |
| 11 | Here the M family continued the socialising process begun at home with the children by Mrs W and a family friend after their father was imprisoned . |
| 12 | Cove lost at home for the first time in 13 games , going down 3–1 to Epsom & Ewell . |
| 13 | As a result , the period begins at midnight on the named date , and expires at midnight of the last day in the period . |
| 14 | I 'm a 27 year old male on kidney dialysis and am looking for a computer to use at home with the long-term objective of working in computer programming . |
| 15 | Why would the inclusion of money deposited at call with the discount houses in any of the definitions be a case of ‘ double counting ? |
| 16 | She raked round their rubbish heaps at night ; she stole from them — peats from the stacks outside their huts , oats gleaned at night from the fields where they drove her away by day , once a half-grown lamb with a broken leg , that she killed with her knife and carried furtively back to the hut , praying they 'd think an eagle or fox had taken it . |
| 17 | With infra-red dichroism , if the transition moment vector lies at angle to the chain axis and the chain axis lies at angle to the fibre symmetry axis , then the ratio where are the optical densities of the electric vector of the polarized infra-red wave . |
| 18 | The train steamed at speed through the night and at 04.00 halted briefly at Hanover where , on the platform , waited the portly figure of General von Hindenburg , who had been brought out of retirement to become Commander-in-Chief . |
| 19 | The original metre is lost , of course , and with it the lovely lilting pauses at mid-line in the hexameter , and the " rest " at the end of the trimeter ; but still the English quatrain scheme answers generally ( there is one exception ) to the patterning of the Horatian strophe into distich and answering distich . |
| 20 | Statistical Method : The 1975 base figure for each of the ten artists in the index is the average price of the central 80% of paintings by that artist sold at auction during the 1973/74 , 1974/75 and 1975/76 auction seasons , as reported in Art Sales Index published by Richard Hislop . |
| 21 | Concern remained at loss of the substantive power to determine the content of specific legislation . |
| 22 | The motivation to achieve at school in the face of what are the deflecting influences of at least some school teachers in some cases takes the form of a challenge . |
| 23 | The street looked much the same — a cul-de-sac , with a brick wall at the far end , closing the road ; and above the wall , towering above the slate-roofed houses , a ship rode at anchor in the Jubilee Dock , its masts and funnels silhouetted against the sky . |
| 24 | This fear is often out of proportion to reality — the glass of sherry consumed at bedtime throughout the pregnancy is more likely to produce important long-term adverse effects . |
| 25 | Where he had been a child , when the fox came at night around the barricaded chicken houses then the old bugger always scented the chicken house sides , left his stirik , boasted that he had been there . |
| 26 | Equally , a failure to tip could cause any recommendation the conglomerate makes to be without an adequate basis in view of all information known at law by the firm about the issuer . |
| 27 | An employer feels at ease with the application of these standards to the education process , and can advise on the methodology . |
| 28 | Meiosis begins at puberty in the male , and is an integral part of spermatogenesis , a process which begins with a series of mitotic divisions in the spermatogonia . |
| 29 | It was always my opinion that a strong squadron kept at sea to the westward and a squadron of smaller ships in the North Seas were the only secure guardians to these His Majesty 's kingdoms against invasions . |
| 30 | ‘ I tremble at crossing swords with you , ’ said Robert Bossu in the sweetest and most reasonable of voices , his high shoulder leaned at ease against the panelled wall at his back , ‘ but I must observe that she did not allow it to succeed . |