Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the 68 patients entered , two were retrospectively excluded from analysis : one patient had an incompletely healed ulcer at the time of entry , and the other had a substantial prepyloric ulcer associated with small duodenal erosions . |
| 2 | But whatever the motive , the Maestro and Montego are providing much needed work at a time when work is hard to come by . |
| 3 | They provide much needed colour at a time when many perennials and certainly most shrubs have finished , but without appearing overwhelmingly garish . |
| 4 | In this sense , Labour 's respect for the constitution and its willingness to collaborate with an increasingly strong State against ‘ extremism ’ of the Left as well as the Right did not save Britain from fascism : it merely helped capital at the expense of the working class . |
| 5 | In the end , de Gaulle could only secure peace at the expense of a series of humiliating concessions to the FLN — concessions which could be justified only on the grounds that they averted the yet higher costs of not making them . |
| 6 | Send in the form at any time during the year , but it only takes effect at the beginning of the next tax year , in April . |
| 7 | The difficulty was that any additional building — of squash-courts , swimming pool , or even classrooms — could by now only take place at the expense of valuable playing-field space . |
| 8 | these levels does not necessarily imply commitment at the other . |
| 9 | It is easy enough to send information at the speed of light : after all , we do exactly this when we wave at a friend or , to be more subtle , use any form of sign language . |
| 10 | Virtually nothing is known of Freeman 's early years ; he shrouded his early life in great mystery and even the details of his secondary schooling — which apparently took place at a boarding-school in north London — remained unknown to his closest relatives . |
| 11 | To continue would only mean chaos at the Cabinet meeting itself . |
| 12 | Learned professional societies , on the whole , only gave instruction at the request of the users . |
| 13 | Achieve a sixties feel by gently backcombing hair at the crown . |
| 14 | ( Visits seem only to take place at the stage of formulating proposals . ) |
| 15 | Socrates had a contempt for tragedy ; yet we hear anecdotes about him helping Euripides with his plays and only watching tragedy at the theatre if there was a new play by Euripides on . |
| 16 | This will greatly increase mortality at the end of the natural lifespan creating an almost rectangular pattern of mortality ( see Figure 3.1 ) . |
| 17 | This obviously stops collusion at the manufacturing stage being undone by price competition at the point of sale to the ultimate buyer . |
| 18 | The third man , Mark Seaton , was rescued from the river and has already given evidence at the trial of 5 companies at Bristol Crown Court . |
| 19 | Apart from evaporation ( unlikely except in an unoccupied house in hot weather ) , the main problem is that water can be ‘ siphoned ’ or sucked out of traps if the system has not been designed properly to avoid pipes running ‘ full ’ and thus causing suction at the trap . |
| 20 | Special deposits normally earn interest at a rate equivalent to the Treasury Bill rate . |
| 21 | Yeah I I usually find myself having just deposited Spike at the station at about a quarter past nine and then I 'm in town and er able to do things in town . |
| 22 | After being made redundant from his last job , he 's finally found work at a glass company in the town . |
| 23 | His homespun philosophy soon found favour at the Wine Garden , one of the newer and most welcome venues on the local folk circuit . |
| 24 | We had just finished lunch at the conference and the president of NAHBO was giving out various awards . |
| 25 | The caucus thus gave continuity at the top throughout the development of the closure plan . |
| 26 | As my darling new mother ( whom I loved ) moved radiantly about the room introducing Derek , who had just directed Equus at the Contact Theatre , to Bryan , who was a freelance journalist specializing in film , or Karen , who was a secretary at a literary agency , to Robert , who was a designer ; as she spoke of the new Dylan album and what Riverside Studios was doing , I saw she wanted to scour that suburban stigma right off her body . |
| 27 | It can be , sort of , for festive purposes , you 're just poking fun at the priest or something |
| 28 | After Marilyn , she 'd be the best dressed woman at the wedding , blonde , shapely , in the green dress Marilyn had got so superstitious about . |
| 29 | Glasgow University 's principal , Sir William Fraser , has already expressed concern at the Secretary of State 's decision and has written seeking an explanation of the ruling . |
| 30 | Mrs Singh filled them in although she had already expressed alarm at the number of notes she was going to have to write to the school . |