Example sentences of "for the [noun sg] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any team in the race for the championship at this stage of the season sees a draw as being points lost ’ . |
| 2 | Calder Hall Training Manager who was project manager for the installation at both sites , said : ‘ These computers give the operators an opportunity to experience potential events in a realistic simulation and are capable of continuous modifications , development and expansion . ’ |
| 3 | This originated from the story of Rip Van Winkle , which was filmed for the cinema at this site many years ago . |
| 4 | The British Association for the Advancement of Science insists that it will be ‘ business as usual ’ for the press at this year 's annual meeting . |
| 5 | It subsequently emerged that one reason for his decision was that he had taken into account the fact that publicity about the complaint would be politically damaging for the Government at that time . |
| 6 | For the government at this stage took a hand in the affair . |
| 7 | The eve-of-talks optimism of the Sacu president , Geoff Daikin , was not even dented by the state-run television , which quoted him as saying that Sacu would push for the tour at all costs . |
| 8 | I do not think that it would be helpful to create an additional role for the STUCC at this stage . |
| 9 | Greenock does not seem a very inviting place for the pleasure-seeker at any time ; in rainy weather its attractions are not heightened . |
| 10 | He expects to receive a dividend at the end of the year as well as the price for the share at that time . |
| 11 | ‘ A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing relative to the subject matter of the indictment or proceeding , without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing , his attention must , before such contradictory proof can be given , be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him : provided always , that it shall be competent for the judge at any time during the trial , to require the production of the writing for his inspection , and he may thereupon make such use of it for the purpose of the trial as he may think fit . |
| 12 | Looking back , I think it was a good thing for the band at that point , ’ says Hallin . |
| 13 | The wicked mood of triumphant secret freedom which had come to her after her first performance of careful deliberate lying to Jack had , for the moment at any rate , left her . |
| 14 | He was cooking ; murder was , for the moment at any rate , not in his thoughts , the sun was at last shining in the way it should do on a seaside holiday , and there were still three more days of holiday to go . |
| 15 | It is impossible for the business at that pub to be increased to such an extent , because it is a very small house . |
| 16 | ‘ Whether you scold me or thank me , I 'll always do my best for the family at all times . |
| 17 | It ought to be possible for the teacher at this stage to spot skill weaknesses , and to introduce activities designed to remedy them — activities of which the children can see the point . |
| 18 | Leo Abse commented on the effects this legislation had on kinship ties when he recorded the support given by people in South Wales to his efforts to reform the divorce law during the 1960s : ‘ Welshmen who had endured the depression had no time for the unctuous pleas for the need at all costs to maintain the unity of family life ’ . |
| 19 | The first requirement of the system is for the librarian at each service point to estimate the desired size of his stock on the shelves for each interest category . |
| 20 | With the exception of some thrusts into the Agenais , the primary sphere of acquisitive activity for the Albret at this time was the Bordelais and Bazadais . |
| 21 | Most people are ready to go out for the evening at that time , ’ laughs Ted . |