Example sentences of "but at the [noun sg] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 2 | There usually is a , a , a , vacant houses but at the minute it 's at a standstill . |
| 3 | But at the price it was on offer I could not refuse . |
| 4 | Dzerzhinsky stressed that local authorities should collaborate with them , but at the centre he was adamant that they should take no part in transport decisions that had any , political implications . |
| 5 | But at the conference it was for the first time agreed to allow the constituency parties to elect their own separate representatives to the National Executive , and this at once led to the appearance in this category of Sir Stafford Cripps , Professor Harold Laski and D. N. Pritt — all advocates of close collaboration with the Communist Party , and Pritt indistinguishable from an actual card-carrying member . |
| 6 | Time will tell but at the moment we are quite hopeful that this lovely sword will now be established within the European hobby and grace fishkeepers ' tanks for years to come . |
| 7 | ‘ If the situation does not ease we would take advice nearer to the date from the Foreign Office about the tour , but at the moment we are not in the business of calling it off unilaterally . ’ |
| 8 | But at the moment we 're stabbing in |
| 9 | inflation is the biggest economic problem and what problem it causes and it says discuss the fact that erm with inflation now being around four to five per cent it is now a , it is now being cured , discuss that sort of thing , you say yes it has , but at the moment we 're still suffering the effects because we are in , we 've got high interest rates , we , and in order for us to have really beaten it , we could have low interest rates and low employment and low inflation , but we 're still in the middle of it |
| 10 | These reactions may fade over time , but at the moment they are still quite a strong influence in Zimbabwean society . |
| 11 | It can be no bigger than A4 , and it must n't project more than 3 inches , but at the moment they are pouring into Rosie Headers house , and we 've had stuff from Japan and America already , and also from artists in the community , but anybody can enter for Mail Art , so if anybody 's interested in a Mail Art sheet , I can get one for you , but those exhibitions are going up in Freud 's , which is our sort of Festival Centre for the two and a half weeks during the Festival . |
| 12 | But at the moment they 're starting to dominate the game . |
| 13 | But at the moment they 're on fire Leicester are on fire at the moment . |
| 14 | The time taken to complete one revolution of the Earth is decreasing over aeons of time but at the moment it is , give or take the odd second , 24 hours ; this defines the solar day . |
| 15 | But at the moment it is essential that we work on what we bring with us when we enter these conflict situations . |
| 16 | It was a happy house , a house in the sun , but at the moment it is standing forlorn and empty because he is dead . |
| 17 | He added : ‘ That is the only way we can clear the town of the problem but at the moment it is a bit of an uphill battle . ’ |
| 18 | They are interested in what new machinery is available , certainly , but at the moment it 's a case of window-shopping rather than parting with hard cash . |
| 19 | Some believe that Flash RAM will replace hard disks in years to come , but at the moment it 's far too expensive . |
| 20 | But at the moment it 's also one of the only ways I can steer the bike , especially in faster corners . |
| 21 | You you 're chance will come in due course sir when we 're making comments but at the moment it 's just |
| 22 | But at the moment it 's not really a great problem , because the lads here go and see the prostitutes , report them for summons , and we do Well in my time here certainly , i it 's been reduced considerably to what it was . |
| 23 | I must say that the way the discussion has gone this morning , is n I would say , slightly disappointing because there is some attempt to make a positive contribution , but at the moment it 's not necessarily pointing us quite in the direction which we would hope to go . |
| 24 | They 're obviously going into a difficult area and if it breaks out into open conflict , there will be slight risk , but at the moment it 's fairly routine for us . |
| 25 | It 'll be be much more straightforward when they 've got the whole thing on the computer but at the moment it 's a transitional phase . |
| 26 | and they sort of met and how they did n't hit I do n't know but at the moment it 's , well get the car back today it 's er been away being done , cos somebody smashed into him |
| 27 | His mother would have disapproved , he knew , but at the moment it was the warmest , cosiest room in the house . |
| 28 | Maxim had a tie with him , but at the moment it was in his pocket . |
| 29 | if it starts getting milky then I change it but at the moment there 's only one little fish see ? |
| 30 | But at the moment there are no suitable vacancies . |