Example sentences of "england at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Playing against England at the Arms Park would be an experience to rival any in my athletics career , including running at the 1984 Olympic Games , ’ said Walker .
2 NORTHERN Ireland 's junior men 's squad face an exciting challenge in an end of season tour to the North of England at the weekend .
3 For example , the account of Cnut 's visit to Sherborne in Goscelin 's Life of St Wulfsige is very likely based on Sherborne tradition , as Goscelin , a monk of St Omer , came to England at the invitation of Bishop Hermann of Sherborne , probably spent time in the community there , and was writing at Hermann 's request .
4 Edward 's absence from England at the siege of Calais gave the Scots an opportunity to assist their French ally by invading the northern counties .
5 He clashed with his superior and was moved to a different section , and after a series of complaints about his behaviour he was sent back to England at the request of the ambassador at the beginning of May 1951 .
6 By way of a contrast to the more usual content found between these covers , let me take you to Georgian England at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century .
7 And , after his return to England at the beginning of the year , he was forced to catch up with all the work he had neglected .
8 In Scotland , the universities had always had strong scientific and philosophical traditions ; but in England at the beginning of the century neither of the two universities was a centre of scientific research .
9 ‘ It was incredible , it was like a bomb going off , ’ was how Pat described the opening ; just as in England at the beginning , there were days when customers had to be locked out and long queues formed .
10 From what he told me I know for a fact the IRA did n't use Mick during their bombing campaign in England at the beginning of the war . ’
11 Returning to England at the Restoration , Shaw became one of Clarendon 's chief business advisers , and held such a multiplicity of posts that Sir William Coventry [ q.v. ] described him sarcastically as ‘ a miracle of a man ’ .
12 Well , you can stay with the Brigade as Piper until we return to England at the close of the Normandy campaign . ’
13 Pakistan overwhelmed England at The Oval to take the Test series 2–1 .
14 We have already had one Christmas parcel , but that was from Hong-Kong , and arrived early because it was posted in England at the convenience of the man of the family , who flies jet airliners for Cathay Pacific .
15 Punch , in particular Bargepole 's column , is the only thing keeping me in England at the moment .
16 ‘ I also know , ’ he went on , ‘ that he 's in England at the moment .
17 He 's in England at the moment .
18 I know it could be something to do with regime er banks of course are supervised by the Bank of England at the moment and er the financial services er regime is supervised by the S I B and it could be that is the reason why it is not explicitly stated er that the accountant has to be acting in his capacity as erm as auditor .
19 James II 's surviving daughter , Anne , became Queen of England at the age of 37 , but unfortunately she was a sickly woman who lost all her seventeen children , including William , Duke of Gloucester , when eleven years of age .
20 Elfriede came to England at the age of three and stayed with the Lewis family in Newport , Monmouthshire .
21 He came to England at the age of three , when his father received a London posting .
22 I imagine that in Austria , as in England at the time , it was rather frowned upon by so-called serious musicians ?
23 In the first place , the British homosexual movement was badly organised and severely divided when Clause 28 appeared : there was no national organisation for lesbians and gays in England at the time .
24 The destination — as so often with this ship — was Honduras in Central America , quite a rich source of exports to England at the time , including the mahogany which was used for so much 19th-century furniture .
25 In a new burst of corporate energy , the choir was demolished in Anselm 's day , and replaced by a structure in proportions and plan unlike any other in England at the time .
26 It was the skull of an African servant who had been brought to England at the time of the Slave Trade .
27 Okay , so make the , what 's going on in England at the time ?
28 It is important to remember the political position of the monarchy in England at the time .
29 This was a somewhat idealised view which did not truly reflect the political reality in England at the time .
30 It may well be a ‘ parody ’ : the eight songs attributable to Bedyngham are between them supplied with no fewer than twenty-six different texts in four languages ; three remain doubtful as to their form , but two are ballades and three rondeaux , forms well known and widely practised in England at the time .
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