Example sentences of "[pron] at [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they may have their own reasons for that and it may be difficult for them to send someone at this precise moment , but I do n't think that they 're necessarily geared up to dealing with the sorts of things that you want them to deal with . |
| 2 | The Semai ethic of sharing mandates that aid be given when it is needed ( with the expectation , to be sure , that it will be reciprocated by someone at some later date when the giver is in need ) , but any accounting or direct reciprocation is unacceptable . |
| 3 | People would imagine that a type conference would be an extremely dull affair , but in fact it was like , barely able to control himself at any one time . |
| 4 | ‘ as if he only happens to be with us by accident and could just as easily be amusing himself at some other job elsewhere . ’ |
| 5 | The metal foil was there for use in the manufacture of goods of a common type which at all material times were needed for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 6 | Which at this particular time is , is much more |
| 7 | Moreover , Mary had a matter of her own to digest which at any other time would have been sufficient preoccupation . |
| 8 | Average tax revenue went up from 34 p.c. of national income in 1979 to 40 p.c. in 1982 but this was necessary to eliminate public sector borrowing , which at some 6 p.c. of national income was an implicit ( deferred ) tax rate . |
| 9 | Fonda examined the premise and eventually saw that they were making a much broader statement about the American Dream and the state of the nation itself at that precise moment in time . |
| 10 | GE scours the world for companies which are better than GE itself at some specific aspect of business and then asks to pick their brains . |
| 11 | Take particular care that you insert a modification record with a issue number larger than 00.00Z ( the alpha character on the end of the issue number , the Development Code is mandatory ) , and that you then update the package 's pointer to itself so that it now selects itself at this new issue number . |
| 12 | The voice was that of Woil the buzzard who at that same moment was having the door of his cage opened by one of the Men with food . |
| 13 | The question presented itself at yesterday 's Foyle 's lunch in Mayfair , when the distinguished scientist Sir Rudolf Peierls took an early siesta during an interesting speech by Lord Zuckerman , whose new book we were celebrating , and who at that very moment looked down the top table and described Peierls , rightly , as ‘ one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists ever ’ . |
| 14 | It was so useful to have been on the road myself and to have experienced cold-calling , setting up new accounts , or merchandising accounts that did n't want to see you at that particular moment . |
| 15 | To confront you at that particular moment was deplorable . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ While I might have had difficulty believing you at that particular moment two years ago , it was two years ago . |
| 17 | I mean er does it bother you at all that well I mean are most of the men managers ? |
| 18 | Well no when we started when the strike started in the mill , I told then , you know y I do n't know what you are going to do with us , I said , but the way you are carrying on now you are going to bring trouble into this quarry , cos these lads are n't going to give in to you at all that quick , what you 're trying to do , make them work for thirty pound a week less , so you better think it over now , I said , before it gets any worse . |
| 19 | Remember that you are always in control , and if there is anything which makes you at all anxious , all you have to do is open your eyes and it is all over . |
| 20 | Can I ask you , are you at all nervous about what 's happening in the Gulf in the sense I mean should we actually be there doing what we 're doing erm as part of the Allied Force , does that make you nervous ? |
| 21 | ‘ But we hardly see you at all these days . |
| 22 | JE : Joan , were you at all reluctant to take on this major role so late in your career ? |
| 23 | if I was recording you at this precise moment ? |
| 24 | My thoughts are with you at this painful time , Kelly . |
| 25 | ‘ Why I 'm even bothering to have a conversation with you at this unearthly hour is beyond me ! ’ |
| 26 | Did the union act for you at this particular time then ? |
| 27 | Radcliffe is not a wise choice of companion for you at this particular point in your family crisis . |
| 28 | They do n't want to know you at any other time … but most of them are n't like that here . |
| 29 | Many of the training difficulties encountered with dogs in later life can be traced back to allowing them to exert a subtle dominance over you at any early stage , while they are puppies . |
| 30 | One thing you can be sure of is that the panel will know the words of these characters very well ( they will probably be able to prompt you at any given moment should you ‘ dry ’ ) but each and every time the lines are spoken by a new voice they are different in their texture , humour , drama and music . |