Example sentences of "[conj] [be] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SMALL point on your book review of Durham : Birth of a First-Class County : had Ralph Dellor consulted the club or been at the match , he would have noted that it was Paul Parker who took the first ball from Oxford University pace bowler Michael Jeh , and not John Glendenen . |
| 2 | Others may find the part time or flexible hours the main incentive , or be at the beginning or end of a working life . |
| 3 | The book-collector can obviously fight his corner here with examples from well-known authors and historic figures who either drew the cheques or were at the receiving end . |
| 4 | He returned it with this comment : ‘ I have never been to a Wesleyan school nor been at the bottom of my form ! ' |
| 5 | The world is changing fast and it is the ideas of CND and the peace movement that are at the forefront of change . |
| 6 | Those that are at the sharp end of developments should get immediate feedback when criticisms arise but the relaying of complaints ought not to be an exercise in apportionment of blame . |
| 7 | However , most children have two living parents and it is the rights and obligations of both parents that are at the heart of much of the current debate — particularly that surrounding divorce and the associated issues of maintenance , custody and access . |
| 8 | If you are leaving the area do not forget to pick up any clothes that are at the cleaners , or shoes , clocks , or other items that are away being mended . |
| 9 | It is often possible to effect change by apparently recommending the continuation or intensification of interactions that are at the root of family problems . |
| 10 | This shows that it is still possible to produce a useful and innovative medicine without the huge financial and technical resources that are at the disposal of the multinational corporations . |
| 11 | In a society where there is a hegemonic bourgeois culture pervading all sectors , including that of education , it is essential that the ideals of critical , open-ended analyses that are at the core of the liberal approach , are upheld . |
| 12 | We must address the social ills that are at the root of much crime ; we must take action to divert young people into more positive ways of using their time and lives ; we need the sort of common-sense and long-term commitment shown by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) and his team . |
| 13 | The contractor 's provision of float within the programme is there to cover items that are at the contractor 's own risk and in general should not be used to abate any extension of time to which the contractor may be entitled . |
| 14 | It is true that most foreign investment is for the domestic markets of host countries , and that the ‘ export processing ’ industries that are at the centre of the NIDL thesis account for only a small part of TNC foreign investment in the Third World but , as I have argued for the cases of Mexico and China ( Sklair , 1989 , forthcoming ) , the symbolic significance of export oriented development strategies is extremely important in the contemporary global system . |
| 15 | Okay , so let me start handing these out , and what I 'd like you to do is to extract the er , alpha dividers that are at the back , and then separate those out into two piles , A to L and M to Z , please . |
| 16 | Perhaps I might just take the chance to say that if there is a local group that would like to hospitality to people from developing countries that are at the Institute , we always welcome that sort of opportunity and invitation . |
| 17 | These books speak of betrayal — of betrayal of the ideals of a public library system , of the system of higher education and the education of our teachers , and , at the highest level , of gifts and endowments and the historical integrity of collections that were at the heart of the country 's literary culture . |
| 18 | Someone more thoughtful than the rest had ordered to be shut the big river gates that were at the point where the Ankh flowed out of the twin city . |
| 19 | All these uneasy feelings that were at the back of her mind from time to time . |
| 20 | mhm It 's interesting , because the two schools I 'm I 'm the governor , as all County Councillors are , of schools , and of two primary schools , and the special needs advisory teachers were the things that were at the top of the list to be saved by both my schools . |
| 21 | But I guess , one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association , rather than being at the peak of one . |
| 22 | And rather than being at the mercy of the autobiographer 's choice of what to mention , we can ask questions and open up areas of significant memory which would otherwise have been lost . |
| 23 | Despite all claims to the contrary , English , rather than being at the core of the humanities , has become " merely one subject among others . " |
| 24 | a lot of the people used to come in and they 'd be in in his hotel , boozing rather than being at the pub you know , he says it for me I got a bottle and everything there . |
| 25 | onto the thing , so you know , it was like well it 's better than being at the telly . |
| 26 | Judaism recognizes the tremendous power of women 's sexuality , and it is the acknowledgement of this power that is at the heart of many of the Jewish laws concerning women 's lives . |
| 27 | So the happiness of God — the happiness that is at the heart of the universe — is in the eternal relationship of the Father , Son and Holy Spirit . |
| 28 | Police determination to control the volume and the effect of picketing made movement around the country and demonstrations at collieries extremely difficult ; ‘ much secondary picketing was prevented from taking place , effectively or at all , by police action rather than the intervention of the civil courts , and it is this factor that is at the heart of complaints that the police broke the strike , or were used to break it ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 148 ) . |
| 29 | It is its impact on teachers and their style that is at the heart of the matter . |
| 30 | It is the ability and willingness to make this mental effort that is at the very heart of the success or failure of the human race to create a viable religion . |