Example sentences of "at [adv] by the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the story ran on 3 November , it was picked up at once by the Western media , touching off an international scandal of such embarrassing proportions that president Reagan was forced to act . |
| 2 | The picture in her mind changed , and the glaring , venomous eyes looked out of the wasted features … to be succeeded at once by the smug face of another old woman . |
| 3 | The result , declared at 2am by the chief executive of the local council , Mr Brian Bird , was hailed by whistles , cheers and chants of ‘ Kinnock , Kinnock ! ’ |
| 4 | The principles which I have just stated had come to be broadly accepted , at the level of the Court of Appeal , at least by the early part of this century . |
| 5 | Once this alienation had set in , it was inevitable that , as in our day , the loved one should come to be regarded — at least by the conscious mind — as no more than a body to be disposed of as quickly and hygienically as possible . |
| 6 | The costs and benefits of the scheme are being looked at closely by the regional flood defence committee and the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food . |