Example sentences of "at [noun sg] the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present the non-bank financial institutions collect the greater part of the personal sector financial surplus — the ‘ surplus income ’ which individuals are unable to use to finance real accumulation due to their separation from the means of production — and channel this into financing the government 's deficit , acquiring company shares , investing in property or overseas , all under the guidance of a speculative mode of calculation . |
| 2 | At present the necessary technical background has yet to be investigated . |
| 3 | At present the preferred diagnostic procedure is emergency endoscopy . |
| 4 | At present the thrifty working man could be refused the benefit of the OAP Act , while the thriftless could receive it … |
| 5 | At present the same old names continue to back projects such as those underpinning the NI , which aims to promote the physical regeneration of Grey Street ( Newcastle 's high street ) , improve links with the 42 Japanese companies in the area , back publicity for the region and attack inner city problems . |
| 6 | At present the latest permissible time for legal abortion is 28 weeks , but by 20 weeks , the foetus is well formed , and currently doctors and gynaecologists are moving towards the idea of cutting the legal limit for termination from 28 to 24 weeks . |
| 7 | A total of £1,200 worth of prize money was at stake the biggest single amount going to Andrew Fisher for his success in the Division One section of the competition . |
| 8 | At home the new Labour Government was settling itself in . |
| 9 | Lily — she became in my mind at night the abandoned young prostitute . |
| 10 | This magnificent stag rules the herd , he 's been busy keeping at bay the 8 other stags which stick together in their own batchelor group on the fringes of the herd . |
| 11 | At length the big green truck arrived and we were bumping off to an anxious reception from Mrs. Anxious about her fragile porcelain , I should say . |
| 12 | In her loud , squeaky voice she described at length the particular occasional table that had caused her present damage ; she described her husband 's hernia ; her mother 's left kidney ; her daughter 's twins . |
| 13 | At sea the larger Chinese fleet rapidly yielded dominance to a better trained and up-to-date Japanese counterpart . |