Example sentences of "bear at [num] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Joseph Dewar ( 1884–1977 ) , operatic tenor and teacher in the tradition of Francesco Lamperti , was born at 16 Bowmont Place , Edinburgh , 5 April 1884 , the second child in the family of two sons and two daughters of Joseph Dewar Hislop , painter and decorator , and his wife Mary White Lunn . |
| 2 | , William Murray ( 1865–1934 ) , legal scholar , was born at 27 India Street , Edinburgh , 15 March 1865 , the eldest in the family of one son and three daughters of William Ellis Gloag ( later Lord Kincairney , q.v . ) , |
| 3 | , George Robert ( 1847–1922 ) , writer , was born at 8 Newton Terrace , Kennington , London , 2 September 1847 , the eldest of the six children of George Sims , wine merchant , cabinet manufacturer , and plate-glass factor , and his wife Louisa Amelia Ann Stevenson , who became president of the Women 's Provident League . |
| 4 | , Frank ( 1863–1936 ) , toy manufacturer , was born at 77 Copperas Hill , Liverpool , 15 May 1863 , the only son of the three children of John Hornby , provisions dealer , and his wife Martha Thomlinson . |
| 5 | , Lawrenceson Fitzroy ( 1881–1975 ) , scholar , was born at 235 Cowley Road , Oxford , 9 August 1881 , the youngest of the seven children of Harry Powell ( 1830–1886 ) , a trumpeter who was wounded in the charge of the Light Brigade of 1854 and who published his Recollections in 1876 , and his wife Anne Budd of Oxford . |
| 6 | , Ethel ( 1863–1918 ) , botanist , was born at 45 Regent 's Park Road , London , 28 October 1863 , the third daughter in the family of three daughters and three sons of Henry Sargant , barrister and conveyancer of Lincoln 's Inn , and his wife Catherine Emma , daughter of Samuel Beale , MP for Derby . |
| 7 | , Hugh ( 1891–1954 ) , consulting chemical engineer , was born at 34 Dunning Road , Middlesbrough , 28 July 1891 , the only child of Hugh Griffiths , blast-furnace manager , and his wife Emma Jane Watson . |
| 8 | , Sir Neill ( 1869–1953 ) , major-general , was born at 79 Lancaster Gate , Paddington , London , 8 October 1869 , the second son and second child in the family of five sons and two daughters of Colonel Edward Donald Malcolm , CB , Royal Engineers , of Portallach , and his wife Isabella Wyld , daughter of John Brown . |
| 9 | Benjamin James , the couple 's eldest child , was born at 5 Liverpool Street , Walworth — in the parish of St Mary Newington , then in Surrey . |
| 10 | , Catherine Alice ( 1855–1945 ) , geologist and educationist , was born at 13 Camden Terrace , Camden New Town , 24 April 1855 , the daughter of ( Daniel ) Francis Raisin , pannier-man at the Inner Temple , and his wife Sarah Catherine Woodgate . |
| 11 | , Elizabeth Eleanor ( 1829–1862 ) , painter , was born at 7 Charles Street , Hatton Gardens , Holborn , 25 July 1829 , the third of eight children of Charles Siddall , ironmonger , and his wife Elizabeth Eleanor Evans . |
| 12 | , Bertha Jane ( 1846–1927 ) , promoter of women 's higher education , was born at 3 New Street , Charing Cross , London , 20 January 1846 , the youngest of three daughters and third of four children of Robert Bentley Todd , FRS [ q.v. ] , professor of physiology at King 's College , London , and a supporter of nursing education , and his wife Elizabeth Hart . |
| 13 | , Ivor Bertie ( 1890–1937 ) , composer and poet , was born at 3 Queen Street , Gloucester , 28 August 1890 , the elder son and second in the family of two boys and two girls of David Gurney , proprietor of a small tailoring business , and his wife Florence , daughter of William Lugg , house decorator . |
| 14 | , William Arthur Smith ( 1854–1924 ) , metalwork designer , was born at 6 Sussex Square , Paddington , London , 17 October 1854 , the eldest in the family of four sons and two daughters of William Benson ( 1816–1887 ) , who had been called to the bar , and his wife Elizabeth Soulsby , daughter of Thomas Smith of Colebrook Park , Tonbridge . |
| 15 | , Maurice William ( 1895–1956 ) , cricketer , was born at 28 Warleigh Road , Preston , Brighton , 30 May 1895 , the eldest in the family of three sons and seven daughters of Frederick William Tate , professional cricketer , and his wife Gertrude Beach of Preston , Brighton . |
| 16 | , Joseph ( 1837–1911 ) , surgeon , was born at 22 St Andrews Square , Edinburgh , 2 December 1837 , the eldest child of Benjamin Bell [ q.v . ] , |
| 17 | , Joseph Edwin ( 1868–1949 ) , hatter and microscopist , was born at 321 Bridge Road , Pimlico , London , 7 December 1868 , the son of Walter Barnard , hatter of London , and his wife Elizabeth Phillips Jacob . |
| 18 | , Kenneth ( 1911–1941 ) , cricketer , was born at 141 Wallwood Road , Leytonstone , Essex , 8 July 1911 , the younger son ( there were no daughters ) of Sydney Heath Farnes , brewer 's clerk , and his wife Florence Susanna Georgiana Shipston , both of Leytonstone . |
| 19 | , Eva Marian ( 1886–1949 ) , social reformer and feminist , was born at 23 Oxford Square , London , 13 April 1886 , the second child and elder daughter in the family of two daughters and two sons of ( Sir ) Meyer Adam Spielman , stockbroker ( later inspector of Home Office schools ) , and his wife Gertrude , daughter of George Raphael , banker . |