Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his distaste went deeper than irritation at an unwelcome complication to his inquiry , at the bizarre intrusion of irrationality into a job so firmly rooted in the search for evidence which would stand up in court , documented , demonstrable , real . |
| 2 | so that day at erm , it was two weeks ' time that day erm tt , think is on er Robocop |
| 3 | Hard solders join by interdiffusion at high temperatures with the metals being bonded , so that composition at the join will be somewhere between that of the solder and that of the object . |
| 4 | Even so , I was throwing in a certain amount of text in an attempt to build an entire justification for the picture , so that exhibition at the Tate was a display of areas of interest rather than paintings . |
| 5 | One view of marine erosion would regard it as active only in the early stages of cliff development ( A to C in Fig. 8.12 ) , while at later stages the energy of the waves is dissipated on the increasingly wide rock platform so that erosion at the base of the cliff becomes ineffective , a fact attested by the degradation of the cliff by agents of subaerial weathering ( D and E in Fig. 8.12 ) . |
| 6 | So whereas aid at present is vital , cos there 's people starving to actually put the situation right i it 's not a question of aid at all , not a question of relief . |
| 7 | Is power disguised as stemming from the organisation rather than management at Burger King ? |
| 8 | In addition , since it is probable that alcohol produces liver damage by a number of different mechanisms , any explanation for a genetic predisposition to cirrhosis is likely to involve several genes , rather than variation at a single locus . |
| 9 | On the other , a research report commissioned by the Lord Chancellor 's Department was critical of the quality of service provided by duty solicitors , with a high proportion relying on telephoned advice rather than attendance at the police station . |
| 10 | Like others , we saw postprandial gall bladder filling rather than contraction at 45 minutes and four hours after injection . |
| 11 | The word fundamentalism is unfortunately used by the Western press as the ‘ thought represented by mediaeval Islam ’ — rather than Islam at its source or in its pristine form . |
| 12 | Scientific correspondents of the UK press expressed surprise rather than incredulity at the Argentine claims . |
| 13 | The call " for a 20 per cent reduction in emissions by 2005 , rather than stabilisation at 1990 levels in 2000 , to which the EC is committed " forms part of a list of 55 environmental measures which the group is calling for the community to implement . |
| 14 | BAIRD 'S SANDPIPER Calidris bairdii Buff head and breast , wings longer than tail at rest . |
| 15 | Some of these types who went in for murder as a professional thing would probably take you to the cleaners as soon as look at you . |
| 16 | That 's the sort as 'll turn thee over to the Cap n as soon as look at thee … never mind his soft words . ’ |
| 17 | Mention a ouija board at Confession and it would be three Hail Marys and an extra Mass from Father O'Flaherty , soon as look at you it would . |
| 18 | " They 'll rape you as soon as look at you , " she had said . |
| 19 | He 'd have thrown him out as soon as look at him . |
| 20 | She , who had never made more than toast at a schoolroom fire , became an enthusiastic , if variable , cook . |
| 21 | In the view of private and public critics of the Wilberforce sons there was more than filiopietism at issue in their charge that Clarkson claimed leadership in the cause when their father was entitled to it ; they suggested Clarkson had been to all intents and purposes a paid agent of the Abolition Committee . |
| 22 | AS Stephen Hendry bent over the table to line up another shot there was more than victory at stake — he was literally taking his life in his hands . |
| 23 | Or trying to save the soul of some evil little sod who would slit your throat as quickly as look at you ! ’ |
| 24 | Poidevin , covering the tour as a TV commentator , pulls on a Wallaby jersey again in tomorrow 's game against Wales Students past and present at Bridgend . |
| 25 | Miss Fergusson , umbrella aloft and pistol at her belt led the way with the certain tread of the righteous ; Miss Logan , dangling her bag of lemons , struggled to keep up as the terrain grew more precipitous ; their Kurdish guide , weighed down with baggage , brought up the rear . |
| 26 | Diabetes may not be one of the high profile diseases , but we continue in Darlington to feel like a poor relation as far as treatment at our hospital is concerned . |
| 27 | The most complex occurs where policy implementation depends upon co-operation between separate autonomous organizations , and particularly where responsibility at the periphery is ( a ) delegated to several organizations with separate territories and ( b ) dependent upon co-ordinated action between two or more local organizations . |
| 28 | People abandoned hope that things would get better , fearing simply that change at the top would mean change at the bottom — for the worse . |
| 29 | As well as work at the national level , the programme also involves detailed research on the economy of one Indian village , Balanpur . |
| 30 | Best distinction from Buzzard is double broad dark bar near base of tail , which Buzzard lacks , as well as bar at tip . |