Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll change all that when we 're married , ’ Naylor assured her , and her heartbeats raced an erratic rhythm at just the very thought of being married to him . |
| 2 | AS so often in the past , a major sporting event is set to give Northern Ireland a morale boost at just the right time . |
| 3 | However , recent CBI figures show UK investment at below the German level ; I suspect high interest rates are a major deterrent . |
| 4 | He changed gear at precisely the wrong moment and the car bucked and complained . |
| 5 | He had been in and out of love , but never found quite the right girl at quite the right time to make him a wife . |
| 6 | A large group in the opposite corner had erupted into laughter at just the right moment , to mask the sound of her action , however , and even those who had seen and heard were simply hiding slightly shocked and curious smiles behind polite hands and pretending to go on with their talk . |
| 7 | But I was so lucky that with one exception , everything seemed to fall into place at exactly the right time . ’ |
| 8 | ( It is important when dealing with caterpillars to realise that many species rely for their survival entirely on one plant growing in the right place at exactly the right time . ) |
| 9 | He also warned that a slowdown in money supply growth this summer could threaten the recovery at just the wrong moment . |
| 10 | If you pay tax at above the basic rate , there will be some additional tax to be paid . |
| 11 | Together , Perry and Crilly committed endearing and devilish acts ; climbing to the ceiling of the asylum chapel to ring the chapel bell at precisely the wrong time , loitering upon the roof of the geriatric ward in pursuit of fat blue-winged pigeons , throwing craps in front of the Sinn Fein bookshop . |
| 12 | It gave us a lift at just the right time . |
| 13 | And normal adult volunteers , given growth hormone derived from DNA at twice the normal dose , have developed raised blood-sugar levels . |
| 14 | If we decide to be less cynical , we could suggest that God triggered a supernova at exactly the right time to draw the Magi towards the place where His son was being born . |
| 15 | Sandra and Fashion Editor Caroline Baker had lots of fun making sure the pictures were perfect — and that Alex and her furry friend looked at the camera at just the right moment ! |
| 16 | When the examiner picks up your script to look for question 5 , for example , he ought to be able to open the book at roughly the right place and find question 5 . |
| 17 | The descent spiral would bring them out from the cloud at almost the exact point where the mysterious Sakkratian doctor had been located by the Cell . |
| 18 | He is delighted to have run into form at just the right moment , leaving him in his most confident frame of mind since the days leading up to his triumphant 1990 Open at St Andrews . |
| 19 | Strachan feels Leeds are running into form at just the right time for the most daunting task of manager Howard Wilkinson 's four-year reign . |
| 20 | Robert Dunlop appears to be hitting form at just the right time and overall he is in second place for tomorrow 's Superbike races with a best speed of 118.85mph as opposed to Fogarty 's 121.65 which is the fastest lap of practice . |
| 21 | Five of the last nine fixtures of the season are against sides embroiled in the relegation struggle , and Fazackerley believes United are running into form at just the right time . |
| 22 | A little owl , pretending to be just another stone on a heap of stones ; we could so easily have missed him if he had n't swivelled his head to peer in our direction at just the right moment . |
| 23 | The fourth point is the one that requires the greatest skill because it presupposes that you apply the hook at precisely the right time . |
| 24 | He pointed out that even in the original form which it took when Cocks v. Thanet District Council was decided , section 69(1) conferred a measure of discretion on the local authority since in principle at least the local authority could choose between the three methods of discharging its duty which were set out in paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) . |
| 25 | Yet the prospects for the people who live in blighted cities are bleak unless as a bare minimum there is a recognition across the political spectrum of the specificity and the extent of racial inequity in both the UK and the USA , a reconsideration of democratic involvement at both the local state and national state levels , and an attempt made to locate urban policy within local economic strategy ; urban policy needs to be conceptually disentangled from regional policy . |
| 26 | The operator must keep the blade in contact with the stone at just the right pressure with his fingers . |
| 27 | It holds the blade at exactly the right angle to achieve optimum sharpness , and it 's this that makes the sharpener so quick and easy to use . |
| 28 | Each critic and each interview discovered and reported the uncanny fact of what had happened in the production of the film , that it was one of those once-in-a-generation happenings , bringing together the right story , the right people and the right tone at exactly the right time . |
| 29 | It was introduced to the market at just the right time , when demand for coloured sinks of complex shape that could be integrated into an overall design scheme was just beginning to emerge . |
| 30 | It used to be thought that the correct technique was to add positive pitch at just the right moment to give a survivable — if not gentle-landing . |