Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pron] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , it is an idealisation ; an engaging picture of a system of manufacture which at the beginning of the next century was still being described as " highly favourable to the paternal , filial , and fraternal happiness — and to the cultivation of good moral and civil habits — the sources of public tranquillity " . |
| 2 | The Bill would have altered the definition of rape which at the time was classified in the Italian Penal Code as a ‘ crime against morals and custom ’ , so that it became a crime of violence against the person . |
| 3 | But he does , for instance , insert a brief aria-like refrain four times in a recitative scene in Act III for Arsete , the counsellor of the enchantress Falsirena : The important point is that Mazzocchi feared the tedium of recitative , and the theory has been advanced that his score originally contained less of this element , the male alto hero 's part being –full of canzonette' which at the singer 's request were replaced with recitatives by another composer , the monodist and late madrigalist Sigismondo d'India . |
| 4 | Kursell v. Timber Operators ( 1927 C.A ) concerned the sale of timber which at the time the contract was made was still growing in a Latvian forest . |
| 5 | In an age when much more business is project-oriented when it is increasingly a case of throw it at the wall and see what sticks ( perhaps in the public sector they really wish they did n't have to be so careful with the dosh and could similarly try things out more just to see what might work ) , the role of the chief exec is to empower the team and keep informed of progress ( half a side of A4 and no hyperbole please ) . |
| 6 | … the communication in a commercial context of information which at the time is regarded by the giver and recognised by the recipient as confidential , and the nature of which has a material connection with the commercial interests of the party confiding that information , imposes on the recipient a fiduciary obligation to maintain that confidence thereafter unless the giver consents to relax it . |
| 7 | I suppose he 's got a bit of power her at the end because he makes her give the jewels back . |
| 8 | There were two female attendants on board who at the time were busy preparing beverages in the centrally situated galley . |
| 9 | His American tour kicked off on day one at the Tournament of Champions in Southern California and has taken him to the two major Pro-Ams — the Bob Hope and the Crosby ( aforementioned Pebble Beach National Pro-Am ) — a trio of Florida events — Doral , the Honda Classic and the Players ' Championship — as well as The Masters , the Colonial , the Memorial , the season-ending Nabisco Championship and a slew of less-hallowed events in between . |
| 10 | Sylvie Guillem , the exquisite prima ballerina , had been procured to dance for it ; chanteuses of international renown were to sing for it ; the Gypsy Kings would be there to serenade it at the top of their lungs . |
| 11 | ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him . |
| 12 | She is beyond time , and yet she is giving birth to time itself At the moment of birth , her baby is the very youngest member of the human race , its star of hope and its future . |
| 13 | The Greater Peterborough TEC says : ’ Within the Youth Training programme we have about 150 young people actively seeking a place for training who at the moment have not been given an offer the fundamental problem is that the unit cost on which the funds are allocated being for this programme are too low we would hope that more money will be available to meet the guarantee because again , it is not a genuine guarantee , it is a demand-led guarantee and if we are funded on the basis of historical take-up this is bound to change when the economic climate changes , as has been experienced recently . |