Example sentences of "and [adv] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you look at something like raising a purchase order , what it tends to involve is combining bits of paper from different departments and only at the very end is a computer entry made — which is not a massive improvement on all-paper systems , ’ said . |
| 2 | A spokesman said the effect on borrowers will be marginal and amount to an extra £10 a month on mortgages of £30,000 and above at the typical interest rate of 8 per cent . |
| 3 | There was , for example , a downturn of 20 per cent in total enrolment of teacher trainees for secondary school and above at the National University 's Faculty of Education between 1982 and 1987 . |
| 4 | Now the bell is beginning to toll for indoor athletics at the station as , at long last , new facilities are being opened , at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow and soon at the big centre in Birmingham . |
| 5 | The lawyer looked at the will , then at Poole , and finally at the dead man on the floor . |
| 6 | And it was as she hesitated , thinking of Liam , touched as so often , and usually at the wrong moment , by the silence and sadness of him which so troubled her , wondering if a sugar stick would lighten it , that she felt herself suddenly surrounded not by the usual ebb and flow of the market day crowd but by something much more purposeful . |
| 7 | Hauser paced slowly back and forth at the far end behind his empty chair as he spoke . |
| 8 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 9 | In 1196 he retired in order to become a monk , first at Studenica and later at the Serbian monastery of Hilendar on Mount Athos , both of which religious houses had been founded by him . |
| 10 | He was educated at Brompton Grammar School and later at the Royal College of Chemistry at Oxford Street . |
| 11 | She was mainly educated at home by governesses , and at school in Southport and later at the High School for Girls , Manchester . |
| 12 | Workshops at Ellesmere Port carry out the servicing , refuelling and washing of all P&O Roadtanks vehicles based at the depot and also at the massive Shell refinery at nearby Stanlow . |
| 13 | Manchester University organise extra-mural courses at the Dominican Centre in Withington , South Manchester , and also at the Wellspring Centre in Stockport . |
| 14 | To the left of the camera , and probably at the other end of the studio to get the size ratio right , we had a black draped set for the miniaturised companion to walk in front of . |
| 15 | Secrett , aged 38 and formerly at the International Institute of Environment and Development , spent eight years with FoE in the 1980s , when he campaigned on wildlife , rain forests and the countryside . |
| 16 | Dr Douglas Greer , ex Berkeley and now at the European Computer Research Centre in Munich , said that in the early days of Unix CSRG did a lot to make the system more modern and usable . |
| 17 | The curriculum areas in which direct support teaching is most likely to be needed are those of literacy and numeracy , usually throughout the primary stage and often at the secondary stage . |
| 18 | As already mentioned , the defendant may submit a defence up to the return day and even at the pre-trial review if he or she is prepared to risk costs being awarded against him or her . |
| 19 | Her heart was hammering hard but she knew that if she breathed slowly and deeply and looked long and intently at the comforting ritual of man and beast before her , the thudding would subside . |
| 20 | They looked about them a bit hazily and then at the bleeding half-thing that had been the young boy and scuttled into a corner . |
| 21 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 22 | In the middle , humping up the roof like an ungainly pillar , stood the death of William Egan at the hands of Terry Place ; at one end , like a bearing wall , was the whole dead Pitt family , and then at the other end there sprouted , surprisingly , as a kind of ante chapel , the death of the student , Malcolm Kincaid . |
| 23 | Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him . |
| 24 | He spent like four hours or something with the attorney general and with these three other staff over there … and they spent most of the time talking about all aspects of the Iran initiative and so forth , and then at the very end Meese pulled out that April memo … and said , ‘ what about this ? ’ |
| 25 | Unlike his cousin , Alexander 's nephew , Sidney Gilchrist Thomas [ q.v. ] , with whom he was to collaborate , Percy received a complete education , first at Felsted School , and then at the Royal School of Mines ( 1868–71 ) , where he trained as a metallurgist and analytical chemist and was Murchison medallist in July 1870 . |
| 26 | Margaret Clifton taught for a time in England , and then at the British Institute School in Madrid . |
| 27 | He nodded slowly to himself , then looked up and across at the lace-curtained window , like a bird perhaps suddenly spotting the open door of its cage . |
| 28 | I followed her gaze down the long empty platform and there at the other end stood a tall figure . |
| 29 | We all deserve a rest day , and conveniently at the halfway stage is Fort William , the only town in the itinerary thus far , where refuelling and restocking can take place for the second part of the journey . |
| 30 | Chapter 3 of the Constitution on the Church , spelling out the doctrine of collegiality , was theologically and dogmatically at the very heart of Vatican II 's debate and contribution to Catholic self-understanding . |