Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment it is the ultimate loser who pays the costs even if he or she happens to have won at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 2 | The entire German Army attacked at first light on 28 August . |
| 3 | Director of public relations , Linda Moore says : ‘ Rates are pegged at last year 's prices for most holidays , with special interests up slightly , but not as a result of the Directive . |
| 4 | Now they 're going to be pegged at last year 's level . |
| 5 | Although many years later Braque recalled how strong an impression tribal art made on him , it is hard to see any direct reflection of this in the paintings executed at the time when Picasso was reacting so positively to tribal sculpture ; even in a painting like the Nu any influence from tribal art seems to have come at second hand , through Picasso 's Demoiselles . |
| 6 | Two balls later Kapil Dev had Jones caught behind , and next ball Waugh was adjudged caught at second slip , the ball perhaps eluding bat and touching only pad . |
| 7 | Robinson , bowling enthusiastically and getting life out of the pitch , forced Hayhurst and Richard Harden into edging catches before being replaced by Peter Hartley , who had Neil Burns splendidly caught at second slip by Byas . |
| 8 | This year the grant has been frozen at last year 's level , with no uprating for inflation . |
| 9 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 10 | I 'm not saying the defence was crap , just not as good as it might have looked at first glance . |
| 11 | Third party claims were considered at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 12 | It was upheld at last year 's meeting in Noordwijk [ see ED no. 37/38 ] . |
| 13 | The FAO 's new estimate of 15.4 million hectares a year is down from the 16.9 million hectare estimate presented at last year 's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , but well above the 11.4 million hectare estimate of 1980 . |
| 14 | Work presented at last summer 's high-energy physics conference in Paris gave an upper limit of 2.25 x 10 31 years for a proton decaying into a positron and a . |
| 15 | ABOVE Simon Stern The Pan Book of Famous Quotations , cover illustration , commissioned by Jim Stanton , and exhibited at last year 's AOI Images show . |
| 16 | Yet in all save one of the cases decided at first instance , the court has held that the surety covenant does not touch and concern the land … |
| 17 | The branch is still reeling from the losses suffered at last year 's polls . |
| 18 | As far as the police part of the Bill is concerned , the er Government er under considerable pressure from erm er er members on their own side er as well as from these benches , have made the er very welcome concession that the chairman of a police authority shall no longer be appointed er by the Secretary of State , by the Home Secretary , but elected from among the members of the police authority er they have also made provision that the er er er i in response to the er criticisms that were made at second reading that the size of the p of a police authority shall no longer be limited to er sixteen members but could er by er order of the Secretary of State be extended to er twenty er er er twenty-four members . |
| 19 | The announcement that Mr Hunt , as current Employment Secretary , would take over responsibility for women 's affairs was made at last week 's Tory Women 's Conference and sparked outrage from Labour MPs and women 's lobby groups . |
| 20 | Er , I should also re , remind you so my brief informs me , of the no smoking rule , which was adopted at last year 's er , A G M , and which means there 's no smoking er , in this room at any rate , and certainly not during the meeting . |
| 21 | ‘ I have seen at first hand her effect on people young and old . |
| 22 | When you 've lived around men like that for as long as I have , when you 've seen at first hand what they 're capable of , then you can come here and tell me how to handle my affairs . |
| 23 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 24 | The majority of EC governments support Mr Delors in using the impulse of the moves to democracy in Eastern Europe , and the overwhelming backing for EMU shown at last weekend 's Strasbourg summit , to secure a bigger role for the parliament . |
| 25 | Also shown is the latest in a continuing project ( shown at last year 's Documenta ) which consists of the making of blank , all-over wash drawings in the precise measurements of all of Edouard Manet 's documented paintings ( he 's up to No. 160 out of a total of 556 ) . |
| 26 | In New York , where he will exhibit with new dealer , Jay Gorney , in the autumn , he has attracted much attention for his ‘ Restraints ’ and ‘ Workbenches ’ which were shown at last year 's Whitney Biennial . |
| 27 | Hatje 's partner edition cantz issues a number of appraisals and retrospective catalogues of works shown at last summer 's Documenta IX . |
| 28 | An arrangement may be made so that you look at only one person who ‘ interprets ’ what is said , through writing or clear speech , but awareness of the ‘ feel ’ of the meeting and possible eye contact can not be easily conveyed at second hand . |
| 29 | They are contrasted with secondary sources , which are data got at second hand ; i.e. sets of data culled from other people 's original data . |
| 30 | Thorne 's ‘ Sports Page ’ , which was highly commended at last year 's Woodworker Show , uses more line than grain for the cartoon effect . |