Example sentences of "but at the [noun sg] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There usually is a , a , a , vacant houses but at the minute it 's at a standstill . |
| 2 | But at the price it was on offer I could not refuse . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But at the moment it is essential that we work on what we bring with us when we enter these conflict situations . |
| 6 | It was a happy house , a house in the sun , but at the moment it is standing forlorn and empty because he is dead . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Some believe that Flash RAM will replace hard disks in years to come , but at the moment it 's far too expensive . |
| 10 | But at the moment it 's also one of the only ways I can steer the bike , especially in faster corners . |
| 11 | You you 're chance will come in due course sir when we 're making comments but at the moment it 's just |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | His mother would have disapproved , he knew , but at the moment it was the warmest , cosiest room in the house . |
| 18 | Maxim had a tie with him , but at the moment it was in his pocket . |
| 19 | They was robbed , but at the whistle it was 2-all . |
| 20 | Er but at the festival it is an appropriate moment . |
| 21 | But at the time it 's really , really serious . |
| 22 | It was very short-lived but at the time it was a bit of a shock . |
| 23 | It is a method that is nearly always used there days but at the time it was quite a new technique , certainly for a band like The Wedding Present . |
| 24 | Adds the source : ‘ Slash and his mates laughed about the incident afterwards , but at the time it was terrifying . |
| 25 | But at the time it was thought that the record had yielded up its secrets in sufficient quantities to allow confident assertions to be made about the character of the evolutionary mechanism . |
| 26 | This Invectiva in Girardum Engolismensem Episcopum has been excoriated by modern readers as calumnious and anti-Semitic , but at the time it was promulgated by such church dignitaries as Bernard of Clairvaux , Peter the Venerable , and Haimeric , papal chancellor under Honorius II . |
| 27 | And then after I had my daughter I was going to go back in there but at the time it was just like a junior 's position , |
| 28 | That 's true now , but at the time it was questionable . |
| 29 | It 's laughable but at the time it was n't laughable but when you think back , this man that I was put on with , he was acting guard foreman . |
| 30 | I 've , yeah I know , but it 's just some days you , I know , I see what you mean , talking about that , but at the end it is for your children anyway , cos you know , that money should be for your children and if you have worked and you put the money away for them anyway , you 've paid your taxes and things . |