Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [art] [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A glance at the percentages of synonyms shows that even when the file is only 20 per cent packed , almost 10 per cent of the file will be stored as synonyms . |
| 2 | In a short study it is impossible to deal in depth with the vastly complex web of politics that surrounded Barbarossa ; a glance at the list of popes shows just how complex the situation was ; hardly had any pope become established and negotiations opened , than another was taking his place . |
| 3 | A glance at the list of institutions discarding books will show that the largest single category is teacher-training colleges , which have been subjected to more than their fair share of amalgamations and closures in recent years . |
| 4 | They evolved rapidly and spread widely , and with a little experience a glance at an assemblage of graptolites on a shale surface can be used to determine the approximate age of deposition of the rock . |
| 5 | Grief at the death of parents can take many forms . |
| 6 | The industrial action by the University and College lecturers union NATFHE caused some disruption at a number of colleges of higher education and Liverpool 's new university , John Moores . |
| 7 | League leaders Hibs have to pick themselves up from their League Cup final defeat at the hands of Rangers when they meet Hearts in the Edinburgh derby at Easter Road tomorrow . |
| 8 | League leaders Hibs have to pick themselves up from their League Cup final defeat at the hands of Rangers when they meet Hearts in the Edinburgh derby at Easter Road tomorrow . |
| 9 | The Community Council is planning to improve the corner with the seat at the bottom of Fishers Brae . |
| 10 | The head of the CPRS had a seat at the table of ministers and ministerial committees , which is a very significant thing . |
| 11 | Harry 's own half-formed suspicions tended to focus on him because Clare Mallender had been seen mooning over his photograph at the Skein of Geese two weeks before her death . |
| 12 | A dissenting shareholder should lodge his opposition at the meeting of shareholders and should also appear at the hearing of the petition . |
| 13 | Does the Prime Minister accept responsibility for the chaos and confusion at the heart of Governments over the Poll Tax ? |
| 14 | She glanced in dismayed confusion at the array of winches , then up at him in desperate appeal . |
| 15 | The elderly Chas Varley was peering in some confusion at an arc of screens which pulsed with read-outs and rippling waveforms . |
| 16 | Gary Corbett , who 's 19 , and from Nailsworth in Gloucestershire , was taken to Bristol Crown Court under escort , where he denied the murder of nine month old Danielle Simpkins , the daughter of his girlfriend at a block of flats at Nailsworth on March 20 last year . |
| 17 | Last August he was playing on scaffolding at a block of flats near his home when he fell 20 feet to the ground . |
| 18 | They appointed Cromwell their advocate at the commission of sewers in Huntingdon , and he ensured that a clause concerning the commandeering of common land was included in the catalogue of complaints known as the Grand Remonstrance presented to the king in 1641 . |
| 19 | Public funding is being withdrawn from research and development which is of direct benefit to growers — like the evaluation of different varieties in the National Fruit Trials at Brogdale — but the Government will still be paying for a substantial amount of horticultural research at a number of centres spread across the country . |
| 20 | Stemming from his view of the role of the individual , Wiener has some telling comments to make about patents and about the nonsense of leaving scientific research at the mercy of markets and the profit motive . |
| 21 | Prince Michael , 50 , gave the interview at the time of revelations over the state of Charles and Diana 's marriage . |
| 22 | It 's a very depressing conclusion that elected people , Cabinet , Prime Minister , can not prevail against an ancient British institution at the centre of events in Whitehall … |
| 23 | It was called off within twenty-four hours after extensive rioting at a number of men–s prisons . |
| 24 | Despite all the things that happen to us , such as religious conversion , dreams , accidents , bereavement , psychological shock — all those things that pull us out of everyday reality — we tend to slip back to a belief that there is a bedrock of common sense and sensibility at the heart of things . |
| 25 | ‘ But people intent on stealing from the public purse at the expense of others in need will be actively pursued to stamp out this type of theft . ’ |
| 26 | Domestic resources are not equally shared either , which suggests that men benefit from the division of domestic labour at the expense of women . |
| 27 | Is n't it true , for example , that after their humiliation at the Bay of Pigs — an ideal mixture of cock-up and conspiracy — certain American and Cuban extremists began to think very ill of JFK ? |
| 28 | The initiative foundered , probably largely because Kennedy found it politically unacceptable to be seen to be making any deal with the Cubans after Washington 's humiliation at the Bay of pigs . |
| 29 | This caution is reinforced by a second reason , which in practical terms may be of paramount importance , the fear of being the object of a legal action at the suit of parents , guardians , or relatives , who might allege that the patient was neglected , and would urge that the patient 's refusal should not have been relied upon . |
| 30 | To begin with , the level on which conflict occurs can be based on actions taken by individuals , action taken by work groups , and action at the level of workers ' organisation , namely the trade union . |