Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strange fact that the 1693 playbook leaves out the whole of the first 1692 scene ( the scene with the Duke , Egeus and the Lovers ) can only be accounted for , I believe , as a printing-house convenience , since it makes room for the inclusion at the end of Act I of the new episode of the Drunken Poets . |
| 2 | I tipped Arsenal for the championship at the start of the season and that 's the measure of respect I have for them because they are so resolute . |
| 3 | In the arts it has become over the last century not the exception but almost the rule for the innovator at the crucial time of forming his style to find something in another culture from which he can learn , an influence not superficial , as in eighteenth century chinoiserie , but radical ( the Impressionists and the Japanese woodcut , Debussy and the Javanese gamelan , Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese architecture , the Imagists and Japanese and Chinese poetry , the Cubists and African sculpture , Henry Moore and the Mexican Chac Mool , Brecht and Chinese theatre , Artaud and Balinese dance ) . |
| 4 | Several local objections state that the planning applications for the dwelling at the northern end of the site and the Council implied that they would they would reconsider applications which site . |
| 5 | ‘ The fact that he took the 100m individual , when I could n't attempt the hat-trick because I failed to qualify for the event at the US trials through illness , is bound to increase interest when we get it together . |
| 6 | You had to , we worked for the castronery at the back . |
| 7 | The 33-year-old Czech-born American will almost certainly make straight for the turf at the Direct Line Insurance championships in Beckenham after being bundled out of Roland Garros by unheralded French qualifier Stephane Huet . |
| 8 | Suffolk are expecting a crowd of around 5,000 — the largest in the county 's history — for the tie at the Victory Ground , Bury St Edmunds , on Tuesday , June 22 . |
| 9 | Late last night Mellor did his duty as a backbencher by voting for the Government at the end of the economy debate . |
| 10 | Whitlock had wanted to remain on duty for the banquet at the United Nations that evening but Kolchinsky had told him to call it a day . |
| 11 | The sports clubs , the intra-mural sections and the Department of Physical Education present their programmes for the year at the Annual Sports Fair , held at the beginning of October . |
| 12 | It took her a week to make , that dress , she 'd made it specially for the dance at the police cadets ’ college , and then she 'd been so shy she 'd spent most of the evening in the Ladies . |
| 13 | It was for the Queen at the Palace of Holyroodhouse . |
| 14 | T : two things to establish for the writer at the beginning of the story one the situation what is the situation * at the beginning of the story * anybody what 's the situation Douglas * have you read the story Douglas S : no sir T : ah that wo n't help then will it who 's read the story what is the situation at the beginning SS : ( laughter ) T : £ is it Michael S : Carl T : what 's the situation at the beginning simple detail situation what where what is the story about at the beginning * have you read it S : no sir T : right who 's read it * Sarah ( Walsh 1987 : 82 ) |
| 15 | Tom passed them by without a glance , heading for the door at the very end of the corridor . |
| 16 | INTERVIEWING CHILDREN Journalists should not interview a child in the absence , or without the consent , of a parent or other adult who is responsible for the child at the time . |
| 17 | Those entitled to notice of the application are : ( a ) any person caring for the child at the time the proceedings are commenced ; ( b ) every person whom the applicant believes to be a parent without parental responsibility , ie an unmarried father without the benefit of a parental responsibility agreement or order ; ( c ) every person whom the applicant believes to be a party to pending relevant proceedings in respect of the same child ; ( d ) any local authority providing accommodation for the child ; ( e ) where proceedings are brought in respect of a child alleged to be staying in a certified refuge , the person providing the refuge . |
| 18 | Where parents are not actually caring for the child at the time of the application the court must consider whether they would be likely to offer a reasonable standard of care if the child were returned to them . |
| 19 | He then summed up the situation in brusque style for the policeman at the other end . |
| 20 | The only protection for the petitioner at the papal court is the Purse . |
| 21 | Clearly at the state of the talks with the T & G , we still have a long long way to go to reach this new goal and there 's a strong rumour that there has been discussions between Sir John Edmunds and Lord Bill Morris the name of the new union already and I think an apt title for the union at the moment would be Yugoslavia because we 're in ethnic groups , we are sections , we 've got the boiler makers who are still claiming things they lost ten years ago when they merged . |
| 22 | Er can the Minister in fact , I mean following that question , can the Minister say in fact how many teachers are teaching religious education in private schools are not in fact quali qualified for the subject at the moment . |
| 23 | Meanwhile Today wo n't comment because of legal proceedings … they add Neither the editor nor the managing editor of Today were working for the newspaper at the time of the original article on April 25th 1989 . |
| 24 | Colchester Borough Council 's planning committee decided to delegate the decision on the application for the church at The Centre on the town 's Greenstead estate to the director of planning and development , John Hutton , provided the applicants submitted new drawings showing more brickwork features and better windows , otherwise it would make the decision at a later meeting . |
| 25 | Although Dmitrii Miliutin 's predecessor as War Minister , General Sukhozanet , had been considered an unimaginative choice for the position at the time of his appointment in 1856 , he had instigated or been obliged to accept " Literally hundreds of changes " in the conduct of military affairs . |
| 26 | The credit for the laughter at the dinner table could be said to be shared between Henry and Frank Conway . |
| 27 | Whilst remembering the old days I was surprised to hear that ran in the family as his wife 's father had worked for the Company at the turn of the century . |
| 28 | We were riding back to Stratford in the spring of 1613 and stopped for the night at the Crown Inn in Oxford . |
| 29 | Through the Sound of Grunay , ever threading through a procession of rock islets and on to the northernmost island of Unst , where we tied up for the night at the little pier in Baltasound . |
| 30 | Finally that evening the engine pulled into Maidstone where they disembarked , and were put up for the night at the local barracks of the Royal West Kents . |