Example sentences of "at [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overseas Groups would publicise their plans for future visitors as at present at the annual meeting in January or February of each year and perhaps circulate how those plans are developing midway through the year for peoples information . |
| 2 | The normal entry links the highest key at present on the prime data track with the address of the track . |
| 3 | And Doherty , the best Irish player at present on the professional circuit , did n't let his fans down with a comfortable 5–2 win over an out of touch Neal Foulds of England . |
| 4 | It is not therefore possible at present for the public finance economist to appeal to a generally accepted body of theory . |
| 5 | Furthermore , the national rivalries between the industrial countries — in the recent past between the Soviet Union and the US , and at present between the three centres of economic power represented by Japan , the European Community and the US — are potentially more dangerous to the wellbeing , or even the survival , of humanity . |
| 6 | If we look at what is located at present under the general heading of ‘ literature ’ we find an extraordinary variety of texts , with only very tenuous family resemblances between them . |
| 7 | Matters such as the hon. Gentleman raised can be dealt with at present under the social dimension to which the British Government subscribe and against which the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) voted . |
| 8 | The rest of their opponents are at present in the lower half of the table . |
| 9 | This of course had to be monitored and accountable a as it is at present in the Southern region where we can already see the benefits . |
| 10 | Using the Kingshams evidence and other observations , Leach has postulated an early street grid within the later defences , making Ilchester unique at present among the small towns . |
| 11 | Some , indeed , were criticised for aspects of their habitability , such as mothers ' inability to watch , from the kitchen , children at play on the open space located at the front of the houses . |
| 12 | It was perfectly understood that no outer differences between us , however great , had the slightest bearing on this shared moment of enchantment together , at play in the sunlit waters . |
| 13 | The Ecclesiastical History places the baptism of Eadwine in York at Easter in the twelfth year of his reign , which Bede , who dated Eadwine 's accession to 616 , considered to be 627 ( HE 11 , 14 ) , but if Eadwine 's accession were not in 616 but in 617 this date would need to be corrected to 628 . |
| 14 | ‘ Would you say , ’ Athelstan asked , trying to hide his distaste at the-glee in the young man 's face , ‘ that each hangman arranges the knot in his own way ? ’ |
| 15 | Yes , I was born in Lane at Lane on the eleventh November , nineteen seventeen . |
| 16 | ‘ A few days before he joined his army , King James was at prayer in the royal chapel at Linlithgow . |
| 17 | Many in the music business sneer at coverage in the regional press but Gedge has always encouraged it , especially in the Middleton paper where articles take on the role of a public letter home . |
| 18 | FERRARI-driving Viscount Portman , of Hereford , paid £1,000 at auction for the rear spoiler off Formula One champ Nigel Mansell 's car . |
| 19 | This picture of A1 2558 ‘ Tracery ’ passing Staveley South at speed on the 10.00 Marylebone-Manchester was the very first such working after this type was transferred to the GC in 1930 . |
| 20 | I took off at speed with the flimsy boards flexing and bouncing at each stride . |
| 21 | Those pants of his were around his knees when he slammed through the double doors of the brownstone , and around his ankles as he stumbled at speed up the first flight of stairs . |
| 22 | The first she knew of the assault was a motion glimpsed from the corner of her eye : a blurred form approaching her at speed through the thickening sleet . |
| 23 | Felipe de Santis sat at the wheel , his eyes dark and irritated as he approached at speed over the rough ground . |
| 24 | It is good practise to treat in-pig sows at entry to the farrowing pen , and on farms where ascariasis is prevalent young pigs should receive anthelmintic treatment at 5-6 weeks of age , and again 4 weeks later . |
| 25 | Mrs Thatcher 's reticence in the Commons contrasted with her more favourable tone toward the ERM in an interview with the Financial Times , in which she hinted at entry before the next election . |
| 26 | At half-time in the final match , when Britain was trailing Denmark in the lead , Sidney Lee , the non-playing captain , decided to pair Rixi and another member of the team , Fritzi Gordon . |
| 27 | Wycombe manager Martin O'Neill revealed last night : ‘ At half-time in the original tie , David performed some miraculous running repairs on Simon Stapleton , who was struggling with a back injury . |
| 28 | A tolerable degree of success resulted from these early attempts at administration on the European continent ; in Ireland , as we know to our cost , it was to be another story . |
| 29 | Andre had fallen in with the legendary Lafons of Meursault — Dominique Lafon was at college at the same time , and Lafon pere had become something of a mentor . |
| 30 | In earlier decades — say , from the 1950s to the 1970s — most but not all college students were secondary school-leavers — now called " traditional students ' because they arrive at college via the traditional route from school . |