Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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31 You can either wait until my return or leave a message through my office at the above address .
32 Therefore the simple conflict between accumulation and unproductive consumption which appears at the micro level may be transformed into its opposite at the macro level .
33 Two more of the creatures hovered around the craft , walking over the wings and flashing their teeth at the hysterical passengers .
34 How the more distinguished men must have gnashed their teeth at the trivial basis upon which great decisions are made — but how delighted they must be today not to be branded with the title of court architect !
35 He deposited her case at the front door then strode back to his car , and she watched him go with hatred , her eyes moving over his powerful body , so lean , so tall , so impeccably dressed .
36 Leonie von Wilckens has been working in this area for over thirty years from her base at the German National Museum in Nuremberg , home of a major textile collection .
37 The NGC will open its case at the public inquiry in Northallerton on May 19 .
38 I think the government should slow down on all its activities at the present time and concentrate on getting the economy right , and everything else put on the back burner .
39 Some police make quite a tidy income ringing up their contacts at the bottom end of Fleet Street whenever they have a customer of public interest .
40 Because she knew he would be meeting her at the road alone , she had risen very early and bathed and scented herself with special care in her suite at the Continental Palace that morning .
41 He lay down to sleep , and had a vision of a grand stairway linking heaven and earth , its foot at the very spot where he was lying , and peopled with angels ascending and descending .
42 Even in the 1930s the anti-Semitism of literary figures like Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton co-existed uneasily with their revulsion at the racial policies of the new Germany .
43 Acer America Corporation , which really wants to be a player in the reconstituted ‘ minicomputer ’ market , will be busy this week shoring up its defences at the low end .
44 The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate .
45 When the autoset cam driver is placed in its holder at the left end of the ribber bed , the autoset lever will be reversed every time the carriages go into the colour changer .
46 In 1851 Hoopers of Eastington were noted for the fine display of their products at the great Exhibition .
47 Under the proposals , they will be liable to tax on the value of the dividend plus a notional , non-payable tax credit of 20% which will be set off against their liability at the single flat rate of 35%. 28 Income which discretionary trustees use to meet trust management expenses will not be liable to tax at the single flat rate of 35% but at the lower rate of 20% ( if the income is dividends ) or at the basic rate of 25% ( if it is other income ) .
48 It is a paradox that the more Ministers learn about the complex and uncertain causes and circumstances of crime , the less dogmatic they become in their opinions at the very moment when , as Whitelaw found to his cost , they are most vulnerable to censure by their own supporters .
49 Shelley felt a tug at her heart at the sudden attraction of him , the perfect body and the face that looked so much more natural and attractive out here in the warm southern wind .
50 And even if it was n't too personal , did she really want him to know that some wee devil of tenderness pulled at her heart at the grey lines of weariness etched into his face ?
51 But that very evening , back in their suite at the Grand , holding her arm roughly , he ordered her to undress .
52 The 63 made its debut at the Dutch Grand Prix , driven by John Miles , Lotus 's regular drivers Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt refusing to have anything to do with it .
53 IBM Corp made its debut at the National Association of Broadcasters Exhibition with its Ultimedia Tools Series , an integrated suite of over 60 software tools .
54 It made its debut at the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring with Jack behind the wheel , but he was forced to retire after nine laps .
55 The ‘ definitive ’ John Barnard Ferrari will make its debut at the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours in June 1993 rather than at the start of 1994 as originally scheduled .
56 Making her debut at the Royal National Theatre in February , Frances Barber stars as a hotel manageress in Richard Eyre 's revival of the Tennessee Williams classic , The Night Of The Iguana .
57 DEBORAH Warner , who stunned us with her Titus Andronicus and Electra , makes her debut at the National directing Brecht 's The Good Person of Sichuan in the Olivier .
58 Furthermore their activities at the rarefied levels of Petrograd and Moscow often had very little impact , either at the time or subsequently , on the masses and on provincial life .
59 For years souvenir-hunters had swarmed over it on summer Sundays ( and now also on Lubbock 's bank holidays ) , their hammers at the ready , and the owner , Antrobus , had Supplied an attendant to keep some order .
60 Blanche found the gesture patronising , symbolising the way she was treated by many of her superiors at the Metropolitan Police or creatures from the male world of spies .
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