Example sentences of "at the start [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the start of the book there are false notes , those of a Hemingway war correspondent : ‘ Every knock at the door could mean the end for me . |
| 2 | At the start of every summer term for goodness knows how long , my name had appeared five times on the new lecture list . |
| 3 | He had become Director of the school at the start of that academic year . |
| 4 | At the start of my period of being harassed , I went down to my local law centre to see what help they could give me . |
| 5 | We had agreed at the start of this thing that pressing the Harwich local council for housing would probably be more trouble than it was worth : if one of their inspectors had decided to check my circumstances with the port authorities , the customs people would inevitably have found out about the way in which I had been using their cupboard ( and would have had a pink fit , probably ) . |
| 6 | At the start of the cross wind take-off apply full rudder in anticipation of the swing into wind , and then reduce it as soon as it becomes effective . |
| 7 | However , the critical few moments at the start of the launch are not always fully understood , and often there is an element of luck in getting it right . |
| 8 | Failure to try to recognise if the height is excessive at the start of the base leg |
| 9 | The result has been a noticeable increase in the number of pilots who suddenly find themselves faced with a situation far beyond their control , usually a situation that they had not even considered at the start of the flight . |
| 10 | Every year at the start of the soaring weather we have what is sometimes known as the ‘ silly season ’ . |
| 11 | For the more expensive models , a downpayment is required at the start of the scheme , but it is still possible to obtain a car with little or no downpayment with the hire charges being met entirely by the mobility allowance . |
| 12 | Moreover , a closer look at individual patients provides support for what was said about the heterogeneity of groups at the start of this section . |
| 13 | At the start of the routine , when you are in a relaxed state , you take your pulse and note the reading ( reading 1 ) . |
| 14 | This gradual build-up of reps over the first 3 sessions will reduce the amount of stiffness and soreness experienced in the muscles at the start of the programme . |
| 15 | At the start of the 1980s the British Railways business was still run by five regions : the Eastern , Western , Southern , London Midland , and Scottish . |
| 16 | As was the case with the West Coast main line , the Great Western sub-sector was also badly affected by recession , but the decline at the start of the decade was matched by a spectacular recovery which started from the second half of the 1980s . |
| 17 | But four main factors are singled out by Chris Green for the currently greatly improved outlook : the record investment currently being made , at the end of 1989 amounting to an astonishing million pounds a day ; the success of the Networker train whose carriages in 1989 were being delivered at the rate of one a day ; the enormous level of London station development both enhancing the environment ( who at the start of the 1980s would have thought of treating a terminus as a shopping precinct ? ) and producing revenue on the grand scale ; and the steady introduction of Integrated Electronic Control Centres ( discussed in detail in the signalling chapter ) . |
| 18 | As mentioned at the start of this chapter , forecasts made at the end of the 1970s now seem horribly pessimistic . |
| 19 | Nos 43119+43065 emerging from Calton Hill Tunnel at the start of the journey with the 09.35 Edinburgh-King 's Cross service on Sunday 21 June 1987 . |
| 20 | Original gravity ( OG ) is not strictly an indication of strength but is the measurement taken by excise officers at the start of the fermentation process to see how much sugar is present in the brew . |
| 21 | Bob tips in a portion of hops at the start of the boil and adds more at the end for aroma . |
| 22 | He puts 3.3 kilos in at the start of the copper boil for Best Bitter and an additional 1.5 kilos at the end . |
| 23 | The tension traverse with the skyhook on pitch 19 at the start of the second day . |
| 24 | At the start of this test we thought that we were reviewing an all-purpose saw , but in fact we discovered that the Bosch All Purpose saw , model PFZ 550 PE , is a lot more ‘ all purpose ’ than we thought . |
| 25 | At the start of a document on my printer , a typical command sequence might be : ESC/ESC[ ? 1 ; 4 ; 5 ; 81ESC[11hESC [ ? 2hESC[7IESC [ ? 0KESC[ etc |
| 26 | LABOUR 'S policy review was a symbol of the party renewing itself and becoming again a force for change , Tom Sawyer , deputy general secretary of Nupe , the public sector workers ' union , said at the start of four days of debate on the review reports . |
| 27 | Using union figures , allowances being paid at the start of this year exceeded the number originally intended by more than 3,000 . |
| 28 | At the start of his speech Mr Kinnock repeated that Labour would win ‘ with no horse-trading and no electoral pacts ’ . |
| 29 | Wherever the game is played , and the possibility of alternate years in Manchester and Sydney will be discussed in the coming weeks , one team will always go into the match having just become champions , while the other will be at the start of their first defence . |
| 30 | By contrast , another tall reputation had looked fully justified at the start of the afternoon when Nashwan 's half-brother Mukddaam , survived a stewards ' inquiry after beating 18 rivals convincingly on his racecourse debut to become favourite for the Derby at 16-1 with William Hill . |