Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] at the beginning " in BNC.
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| 1 | That he has used his linguistic skills to make such a protest , where before he has been content merely with linguistic cleverness , marks an important development in his character and it leaves the reader with a distinctly more favourable impression of him at the end of the play than at the beginning . |
| 2 | And his style was much the same at the end of the campaign as at the beginning : he stayed true to himself . |
| 3 | The self-financing ratio was no higher in the later years of the period than at the beginning , though , without the pressure from the Ministry , it would no doubt have declined . |
| 4 | The survival of the nationals may seem remarkable , in view of the much greater choice of alternative media at the end of the period than at the beginning , with TV an obvious competitor for the reader 's time and the advertiser 's money . |
| 5 | ‘ British industry is far more productive , far more competitive , better managed and with better industrial relations , in a better tax climate than at the beginning of the 1980s , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY , ‘ so it is better placed to benefit from economic recovery . ’ |
| 6 | There was thus still a substantial subsidy , reducing prices below costs on domestic sales , at the end of the period as at the beginning , and the Boards showed no signs of facing up to this . |
| 7 | A woman who has at least two years ' service as at the beginning of the eleventh week prior to the expected week of confinement qualifies for maternity leave . |
| 8 | Late of the RSC and a habitue of the West End and Edinburgh Festivals , Jayne Boniface makes all too persuasive a Julie , whether in her arrogant , teasing , lustful prime and pride as at the beginning or in her subsequent grovelling , whingeing humiliation . |
| 9 | On the whole , they appear as keen at the end of a very long day as at the beginning . |
| 10 | Before we consider why processing load might be greater at the end of a clause than at the beginning , we will discuss some experiments which have been carried out on reading , from which a similar pattern has emerged . |
| 11 | By September , perhaps there is n't the same drive as at the beginning of the season , with the early competitions . |
| 12 | All 27,000 dismissed and striking workers would be permitted to return to employment in the same job and at the same grade and wage as at the beginning of the strike , provided that they returned to work in the period from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6 . |
| 13 | While ordinary motive power generally became more standardised , and again as told later in these pages the difference between locomotive-hauled and multiple-unit stock less marked , the variety still remains impressive and just as many notebooks and cameras record the passage of trains at the end as at the beginning of the eighties . |
| 14 | Nay-sayers are more likely to surface in the middle than at the beginning because now the project is more of a threat , more a challenge to their own perceived status . |
| 15 | WILLIAMS in the same position as at the beginning of Act One . ] |
| 16 | Since privatisation ( and no doubt helped by the £200 million of public investment ) the firm has expanded substantially and currently has about 1,000 more employees than at the beginning of 1990 . |