Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] at [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Political dialogue ’ is required and a dialectical interaction at the economies ' political level between research scientists , research planners , research clientele , and the legislative process is required and hoped for . |
2 | I thought of Compton Mackenzie 's brave words at a Nomads ' Club dinner where I was his guest about the mystical experience of people loving their countrymen through loving their country and , by re-creating themselves , re-creating their nation . |
3 | Since SSDs withdrew from sponsorship of private places — remember those days ? — no one has exercised any professional judgement about the need for residential care at the taxpayers ' expense . |
4 | But colleagues at the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital recall unpleasant happenings at the nurses ' home which they shared with Allitt . |
5 | This he abandoned in 1852 , joining the office of Edinburgh architect John Lessels , and enrolling as a part-time student at the Trustees ' School of Design , Edinburgh , that same year , under Alexander Christie . |
6 | Mr Douglas recalled the Spartan , but nourishing life at the Friends ' School . |
7 | I lived quite a lot of my early childhood at the Thompsons ' house behind a shop on Harehills Parade . |
8 | There 's an even an air of professional jealousy at the Pinchers ' Berkshire home . |
9 | The possibility of postal misdelivery and of an administrative mishap at the suppliers ' office may be taken into account and it may be appropriate to send out reminders prior to the closing date . |
10 | ‘ Hi , ’ said the Ukrainian doorman at the Airds ' building , using the sum of the English that I had ever heard him speak , apart from ‘ God bless , ’ ‘ Cab , sir ? , ’ and ‘ You bet your ass . ’ |
11 | In her books this is to be found at its most extreme in Sara Crewe ( 1888 ) — expanded , following the stage version , as The Little Princess ( 1905 ) — a Cinderella story where a bullied little drudge at a girls ' school is restored to riches and esteem and the tyrannical headmistress humiliated . |
12 | The market for control may be seen from this perspective , therefore , as having a negative side-effect in so far as it gives shareholders an opportunity to make unfair gains at the employees ' expense . |
13 | Take a good look at the Writers ' and Artists ' Yearbook , which lists the publishers of all the books on the library shelves , plus some you may not have come across yet . |
14 | The Mellors and their two young sons became regular guests at the Garrads ' home at Frinton-on-Sea , Essex . |
15 | The prince 's remarks follow massive public anxiety over the Duchess of York 's jetsetting antics at the taxpayers ' expense . |
16 | During the five-day hearing , the jury heard Mrs Swami suffered frequent mistreatment at the princesses ' house in Bathurst Street , Bayswater , London , between 1980 and 1983 . |
17 | Rachel had n't taken a lot of notice of the young SHO — she had been more interested in her own circle of friends at the time — but he had been a frequent visitor at the Stevenses ' home and she knew her parents had liked him and had been pleased at the prospect of him becoming their son-in-law . |
18 | She picked the papers up hurriedly and put them back before anyone should see , but it seemed Mr Bradford , who was a powerful man at the Doctors ' Commons , had complained that they were out of order . |
19 | Behind Boswell 's published account of his fidgety stay at the Mackinnons ' — he felt so lethargic that he did not encourage Johnson to talk so that he would not have to write it down — lies some oddity . |
20 | Our third decision dates from 1960 and concerns an industrial dispute at a printers ' works in London . |
21 | Had they been set free any nearer they would almost certainly have found their way back for a free meal of milk and green bananas at the orang-utans ' tea party . |
22 | It 's open house at the Maxwells ' . |
23 | Mulberry-coloured curtains were fastened in strict discipline at the windows ' extremities so that the view of attractive roofs and spires was uninterrupted . |
24 | Everyone and his Long Tall Aunt Sally came to the party and got driven to their executive lunches in fancy cars at the Beatles ' expense . |
25 | Nevertheless , it must also be said that the new revenue at the monks ' disposal served to hasten the building of the new choir of the cathedral , which ( as we shall see ) was one of the major achievements of Anselm 's archiepiscopate . |
26 | Remember how important it is to register the new mortgage at the Companies ' Registry within 21 days of completion . |
27 | Or no , she thought , no — for that last , golden day at the girls ' preparatory school , which had coincided with her fifty-first birthday , that had been a joy such as she had never dared to hope for , a once-in-a-lifetime joy . |
28 | ‘ Barratt was just telling us the other night at the Goodys ' , ’ says Prue , as she pours coffee in the living-room , ‘ about how he had lunch with God the other day . ’ |
29 | Generalized panic at the Marquis ' residence — hey , but that 's something ! |
30 | Other suggestions might be ‘ The Ealing Curry House ’ , a weekly epistle from the head waiter at the Kinnocks ' local , or ‘ Voice from the Locker Room ’ , the diary of a Welsh rugger player . |