Example sentences of "the [noun] at [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lamps lighting the desks at the nurses ' station were the brightest things in this open central space , and one of the lamps was catching Tom 's hair in its light , giving the short locks a golden glow like a halo , and bringing his commanding profile into sharp focus . |
| 2 | During this time couples may have to buy the necessary equipment , reorganise the house , hand in a resignation , visit the child at the foster-parents ' or arrange to take a direct placement immediately at delivery and room-in on the postnatal ward . |
| 3 | In the logbook at the Climbers ' Club 's May Cottage we wrote up the details and history of all climbing activity in Range West . |
| 4 | On the other hand they are criticised for making so much money in a world that pampers them , and for covering themselves in sponsors ' deals to the point that the locker-room at the Players ' Championship sometimes seems like Gasoline Alley at the Indy 500 . |
| 5 | The food at the Boys ' Day Islamic Independent Wimbledon School was unspeakable . |
| 6 | In Hunan on the night of 8 October , students marched to the provincial party headquarters to register their complaints about the handling of the elections at the Teachers ' College . |
| 7 | The last time we met he was singing the number at a Friars ' Club gala in New York and , for all the lofty intellectual disdain one feels obliged to muster at tuxedo circuit events , it was undeniably impressive to see him afterwards , the only British subject in the room , surrounded by Lauren Bacall , Lena Horne and Gwen Verdon . |
| 8 | Ms Streisand , in the same paper , claimed that the press would be happier if she spent her free time shopping , and pointed out , quite fairly , that she and the others at the correspondents ' dinner had been invited there . |
| 9 | Another way of putting it , and this may be the section 's true significance , is that the section provides the directors with a defence in the event of their making a decision that favours the employees at the shareholders ' expense . |