Example sentences of "[adv] at the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is usual to make specific provision for service of such notices , eg at the last known home address of a partner , in a way that will afford evidence that it has been duly given ( eg by registered delivery , entry in the firm 's post book etc ) . |
| 2 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |
| 3 | ‘ All the fashion magazines and the women 's pages of the newspapers do straight fashion stories , ’ he 'd said , tugging thoughtfully at the little gingery beard that sprouted from his angular chin . |
| 4 | But in general , and especially at the highest creative level , words were redundant . |
| 5 | Annually at the Annual General Meeting three members of the Executive Committee shall retire and shall not become eligible for re-election within a period of one year . |
| 6 | He undid the fastener that held her bra closed and slipped it from her arms , then bent and kissed her naked breasts , biting gently at the aroused pink nubs until Caroline arched against him . |
| 7 | He was leaning against the casualty department door leering at the nurse who was dabbing gently at the three parallel scratches on Martin 's face . |
| 8 | She had tried not to stare too obviously at the slim young man who stood before her . |
| 9 | Until 30 years ago there were recognised world champions only at the eight classical fighting weights ( in bold print in the table ) . |
| 10 | This study looks only at the latter two groups . |
| 11 | The final stage of the claim , that BSL consists purely of visual images in the story-teller and that BSL functions only at the visual concrete level , however , goes beyond the information given . |
| 12 | The important point to note as a summary here , is that the algorithms suggested for solving 30 out of 36 errors , would find the correct ( i.e. intended ) word by looking only at the top ranked candidate string , which neatly solves the problem described earlier of what to choose as a starting point for possible error correction , and avoids the potentially explosive situations . |
| 13 | To achieve this , the astronomers have , for a start , worked only at the shorter infrared wavelengths — 1.2 , 1.6 , 2.2 , 3.8 and 4–8 mm — to which the atmosphere is reasonably transparent . |
| 14 | how to distinguish a statistically significant coefficient , right , rule of thumb is that the T ratio has to be greater than two with absolute value right and the figures in square brackets next to the T ratios tell us the exact level of significance , right , er of that coefficient , right , so the incoming elasticity of demand is statistically significant from zero only at the eighty five percent level , a correspondence of fifteen percent significance that incoming the price elasticity demand , highly significant , right , significance level as given by the probabil by the probability er unit in square brackets , the timing level therefore we could be very highly confident about that coefficient okay . |
| 15 | The government has long made it clear that sterling would enter the Exchange Rate Mechanism during stage one of economic and monetary union which began in July ; it has now done so at the earliest appropriate time . |
| 16 | I worked with Elvis , we did a show together at the Grand Ole Opry in 1957 . |
| 17 | Elizabeth and Helen moved into their own basement flat in an inner-city suburb in 1987. they are middle-aged and spent nearly thirty years together at the same mental handicap hospital but lived separately for the two years before the move into the community because Helen was transferred to a smaller institution . |
| 18 | Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them . |
| 19 | Mauer looked distastefully at the half-dozen overflowing bins and wondered where the man got the nerve to talk about hygienic conditions . |
| 20 | The power axe , clenched in his mailed fist , still hewed away at the same small area in front of him , but for the life of him he could n't push himself into the space it liquefied , nor could he shift the weapon to left or to right , so firmly was his arm held by the hydra . |
| 21 | And fortunately I suddenly had inspiration , just at the last possible moment . |
| 22 | Rostov reached for the flat permahide envelope which contained his orders and for a moment he brushed absently at the crisp new admiral 's stripe on his sleeve . |
| 23 | He stood up abruptly and walked across to the window , staring outside at the same nondescript view that she herself had spent over fifteen minutes staring at earlier on . |
| 24 | Jack Butler stared morosely at the large white television in his modern penthouse fiat in the centre of Leeds . |
| 25 | Publishers ' discounts are lower than the normal 35% off , and copies sold in the shops or to libraries are usually at the suggested published price . |
| 26 | And , gulping the sweet air , I gazed about me gratefully at the clean green land where I worked and made my living . |
| 27 | " Oh boy , " breathed Chuck Sherman , gazing longingly at the impenetrable green wall of tropical foliage slipping past only a few yards from the ship 's rail , " this is going to make the mountains of West Virginia seem a bit tame . |
| 28 | The depressing news for the Iron Lady who ruled Britain for 11 years is that nine out of ten can not recall the day she quit , according to research revealed yesterday at the British Psychological Society 's London conference . |
| 29 | Page had been forced into the play-off after dropping a shot at the ninth , his last hole , but edged home at the second extra hole with a par three after Maguire 's ball had landed in heavy rough at the back of the green . |
| 30 | But he remembers to throw some directly at the little black ones that are not really ducks , he ca n't remember what they 're called . |