Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This galloping course will suit his action and he is not badly treated at the weights on his best form . |
| 2 | This duly arrived and the five hour Test Programme has just been successfully completed at the farm strip at Weston Underwood where Midge is presently ‘ stationed ’ She has company too — her stable mate is a Tiger Moth : G-AMHF . |
| 3 | A neatly printed card , discreetly placed at the hem of the embroidery , told that the contents of the case had been donated by Jurgen Danziger , in 1933 . |
| 4 | Golden lads and lasses had just breakfasted on golden toast , a little blackened at the edge in some cases , spread with golden shred or golden syrup . |
| 5 | The eggs were clear and had a diameter of between 0.6 and 0.9mm and mostly floated at the water surface . |
| 6 | In much of this material there was little attempt to relate such antipathy and prejudice to a consistent and coherent theory of behaviour , but the assumption and arguments on which it was based can be seen as the origins of a racial nationalist ideology which was to be more rigorously formulated at a later date . |
| 7 | ‘ Zooming out ’ of what 's going on and commenting on it , without apportioning blame , may help defuse tension : ‘ Things seem to be getting a little heated at the moment . ’ |
| 8 | Stirling felt this inferred that he had loosely prattled at a cocktail party , whereas the gatherings referred to were private dinner parties . |
| 9 | There is little doubt that the coalition was returned to power mainly on Unionist votes , although this was not widely recognized at the time ; the Unionists had never won so many votes before , and it was perhaps natural to attribute their success to their new asset . |
| 10 | The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community . |
| 11 | The young man had ridden hard , and was stained and tired , and not a little frightened at the magnitude of the disaster he reported . |
| 12 | At meetings of Bank Assistants throughout the country , in the past weeks , I have not met anyone who was other than bitterly disillusioned at the outcome of our visit to the Labour Court . |
| 13 | Gorbad is badly wounded at the Battle of Grunberg , but the battle is won and the Empire army flees back to Altdorf . |
| 14 | The committee of inquiry , composed of individuals with impressive antiracist credentials — Ian Macdonald , Gus John , Reena Bhavnani , Lily Khan — delivered a strong and , for some , an astonishing condemnation of the antiracist policies apparently vigorously pursued at the school , castigating them as doctrinaire , divisive , ineffectual and counterproductive . |
| 15 | This was eventually resolved at the Luxembourg meeting , with Switzerland accepting unrestricted passage for up to 28 tonnes axle weight and 50 licences per day for 28-38 tonne trucks , and Austria agreeing to increase licences for EC lorries to 1,300,000 for 1992 , but insisting that annual ceilings thereafter should embody a progressive reduction in pollutant output . |
| 16 | The charges included his acceptance of a commission following the completion of SOMISA 's purchase , at well above market prices , of new offices which were then lavishly decorated at a time when the state company 's workforce was being dramatically reduced in preparation for its privatization in 1992 [ see p. 38527 ] . |
| 17 | And , as the Chancellor patiently explained at the beginning of his speech , the Budget deals with income , not expenditure , which is precisely why he wants to change it . |
| 18 | North Cave boasts two public houses : the White Hart on Westgate , built in 1776 , but much altered at the front , was one of the main coaching inns in the mid 19th century ; and the Black Swan on Church Street , rebuilt in 1813 , where ladies could buy bonnets and trimmings in a little shop in the small single-storied part at the far end . |
| 19 | The two smaller ‘ outlier ’ setts would have been completely destroyed by the planned construction work , and so were completely excavated , while the third was only excavated at the end to be affected by the construction . |
| 20 | Now that 's what I 'd prefer , but in every , you know the majority go against me and they want it in a as I say I I would , I think that it 'd be better placed at the top . |
| 21 | These alliances were similar to the games of dice much favoured at the time : the marriages might or might not be successful ; they might or might not have political consequences . |
| 22 | ( In the same letter Leech referred to a man who ‘ was brought into the Infirmary this morning with violent concussion of the brain occasioned by a fall from the mail coach as it was passing through Harrowden , he was much intoxicated at the time the accident happened . |
| 23 | His flat was sparsely furnished at the time . |
| 24 | He seemed greatly cheered at the prospect of my arrival and held out his glass . |
| 25 | At girls ' puberty rituals the novice , folded in a blanket , is gently placed at the roots of a slender mudyi sapling . |
| 26 | PC Barry said : ‘ The facilities available available in the village are extremely limited at the moment . |
| 27 | Jacques Delors actually was warmly received at the Trades Union Congress as ‘ frère Jacques ’ . |
| 28 | The little creature was sitting as far back in the cage as he could get , obviously frightened at the attention he was receiving . |
| 29 | These are not things much taught at the 14th-century Sorbonne . |
| 30 | Ms Davis is highly regarded at the Metropolitan Police 's forensic science laboratory . |