Example sentences of "at the [adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | One of the prominent candidates and activists at the Hunan Teachers ' College was eventually arrested and sent for three years to a ‘ re-education through labour ’ camp . |
2 | A framed certificate was presented to her at the Good Companions ' meeting last week by chairman Janet Gill . |
3 | At Birlik ( Unity ) , a radical nationalist movement , they are forced to camp out at the decrepit Writers ' Union building , where rotting rubbish is piled high in the corridor . |
4 | Perhaps this is the Rev. Fred Levison 's ‘ line ’ with his customers at the religious books ' stall ? |
5 | Pictured at a presentation to Margaret Browne , who resigned recently from AIB Bank , held at the Irish Bankers ' Club on Tuesday , 16th March 1993 , l. to r. : — Ciaran Ryan , General Secretary , Margaret Browne , Dan Linehan and Andy Heffernan , President |
6 | But staff at the Young Persons ' Housing Resource Centre add that there are fewer places available to house these people . |
7 | The interviewer , who should have kept her mouth shut , interrupted to ask whether or not Hyacinth had been with him at the Young Conservatives ' Ball . |
8 | Or , at least , she had done so at the Young Conservatives ' Summer Dance in July . |
9 | Their mothers , lifting the heavy vessels onto their heads to carry them home , clicked at the young ones ' improvidence , as they splashed and squirted spray at one another by thumbing the tap 's mouth — mistakenly , or so they cried out when scolded . |
10 | She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies ' College , Ormond College , and Melbourne University , where she studied philosophy and history ( BA 1903 ) . |
11 | It was absent , however , during inter-house matches at the Islamic Boys ' School ( Day Independent Wimbledon ) . |
12 | That matter was being discussed at the chief executives ' conference that I attended in Harrogate on Thursday , and it is a matter of great importance to all those working in the ’ next steps ’ agencies . |
13 | Tim Mars reports from the front at the European clowns ' convention |
14 | Spencer 's conduct at the new Debtors ' Prison in Whitecross Street , where in 1828 he had been keeper for six years , was the subject of a Memorial from James Neild 's Thatched House Society to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London . |
15 | 1 am , Bath : As in Richmond and Barnes , there are few Labour voters left in Bath for the Liberal Democrats to squeeze and Chris Patten , clinging to a majority of only 1,412 , hopes Labour 's vote will go up at the Liberal Democrats ' expense . |
16 | Labour made a net gain of 39 seats on Thursday , chiefly because its share of the vote increased by four points , from 31 to 35 per cent , but most of this modest gain was at the Liberal Democrats ' expense , not the Tories ' . |
17 | It was at the Civil Engineers ' Hall . ’ |
18 | ‘ Tell me , sir , did you go to the lecture at the Civil Engineers ' Hall that Friday ? ’ |
19 | Ongoing counselling offered the opportunity to explore further areas ; regular reviews at the old peoples ' home are part of the necessary monitoring of the situation . |
20 | The results were announced at the local centres ' conference , and the presentations of the Trophy to the winner and prizes to the runners-up were made by the President at the conference dinner . |
21 | We 'll see you at the next coaches ' meeting . ’ |
22 | Encouraging school governors to sample a school meal with the children and inviting the contractor to send a representative to talk about the meals service at the next governors ' meeting will also lead to positive action to improve the system . |
23 | The Declaration 's organizational framework committed parties to " co-ordinate and co-operate … by holding meetings at the foreign ministers ' level " . |
24 | Their gloom was deepened by exchanges at the foreign ministers ' meeting , when Nicaragua accused Costa Rica and Honduras of conniving in support of the contras . |
25 | Their gloom was deepened by exchanges at the foreign ministers ' meeting , when Nicaragua accused Costa Rica and Honduras of conniving in support of the contras . |
26 | It was usual for the Girls to stay at the English Girls ' Club when they first arrived . |
27 | At the time when both troupes were staying together at the English Girls ' Club in Paris , although the Johns were convinced there was a rule that they should not mix , it never entered the others ' heads . |
28 | He returned to Edinburgh in 1859 , taking up an architectural post at the Royal Engineers ' Office , where he rebuilt Broughty Castle , Broughty Ferry ( 1860–1 ) . |
29 | She knows Victor to be a troublemaker , and even remembers the boy 's father 's remarks at the last parents ' evening , encouraging her to give Victor a ‘ good smack if he causes any trouble ’ . |
30 | It therefore follows that even if you are two points ahead at the 30 seconds ' bell , the opponent can still pull these back and take the final point to win . |