Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pos pn] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost 17 million of South Africa 's 28 million blacks live in the homelands and their support at the ballot box is crucial whenever they are finally given the vote . |
| 2 | The family had not paid much attention to the terms of the eccentric patriarch 's last wishes , as the stipulation that all his possessions should be held in readiness for his return merely put the houses and their produce at the usual disposal of his family , while removing the problem of his personal presence and authority . |
| 3 | The author worked alongside Maxwell for many years and his career at the Daily Mirror also ended in disgrace with his sacking , soon after the publishers death . |
| 4 | Kate Spencer-Nairn has been in wheelchair for eight years since her treatment at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.In a High Court damages case against Oxfordshire Health Authority , she 's claimed that her spine was n't properly shielded during radiation treatment for Hodgkin 's Disease . |
| 5 | One woman found that when different family members were all demanding different things and her attention at the same time , ‘ something blows ’ . |
| 6 | A full turnout of altar servers assisted , young children brought up gifts and their drawing at the offertory , all the Special Ministers came first to receive Holy Communion , and after Mass people gathered to greet the Bishop and share wine and refreshments in the parish house . |
| 7 | At present there are just informal guidelines ( found at the back of your telephone directory ) which say , among other things , that sales people should state their names and their company at the beginning of the call . |
| 8 | You could relish both the pain of the children and your grief at the same time . ’ |
| 9 | Our partnership has never been aimed at a resourcing of the school in a material sense , but has focused on the educational experiences of students and their provision at the highest quality possible . |
| 10 | I mean , one 's , one 's entitled to ask I think if there is no problem , if we only have vacancies of two or three in our elderly persons homes throughout the county wh erm why on earth did the director of the social serv , did the director of social services and his deputy at the meeting on the twenty fifth of August of the social services committee , say that this was the greatest problem which was facing this council . |