Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] at [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | A study by an independent team of scientists carried out at the government 's request , has concluded that vast areas of natural habitats have been degraded , while the construction of 3,000 km of cattle fences has interfered with essential wildlife migration routes between protected areas such as the Kalahari , Okavango swamplands and northern grasslands . |
| 2 | Acceptance sampling is usually carried out at the customer 's premises and consists of examining samples of goods delivered , noting the number of reject , or unsatisfactory , items , comparing this number with an agreed acceptable quality level . |
| 3 | Permanent arrears were normally written off at a bishop 's death , so the figures give some indication of the rate at which they accumulated . |
| 4 | The awards for last year 's performances were handed out at the club 's dinner/dance . |
| 5 | ‘ In this game you need people like Simon who can be called up at a moment 's notice . ’ |
| 6 | It 's also a good idea to have a spare machine readily to hand and regularly checked so that it can be wheeled in at a moment 's notice . |
| 7 | Security was stepped up at the city 's Fiumicino international airport . |
| 8 | They have hit out at the FR 's refusal to reject a lease on the Caernarfon to Dinas Junction section of the former LMS branch to Afonwen and start work on the proposed introduction of a two-foot gauge line which would link up with the northern end of the former Welsh Highland line . |
| 9 | In the interview in the latest issue of ‘ Hot Press ’ , the DUP councillor also hit out at the Republic 's strict divorce laws . |
| 10 | The problem for Galileo was that , once suspicions were aroused , the machinery of censorship could be switched on at a moment 's notice . |
| 11 | ‘ Next year 's Eurovision could be put on at the King 's Hall . |
| 12 | A Sinn Fein member , father of six Peter Gallagher , 44 , of Toomebridge , Co Antrim , was gunned down at a builder 's yard in Belfast , on Wednesday . |