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

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1 His lips sucked eagerly at the golden liquid .
2 The Ivel Machine Knitters Club hold their meetings on the second Thursday of every month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at The Labour Hall , .
3 With difficulty I raised my gaze to her face , staring dazedly at the soft abundance of her mouth , the petal-perfect skin , the powerful femaleness that radiated from her eyes .
4 Mait shrank into his chair on Henri 's verandah , staring out gloomily at the glittering expanse of lake below .
5 Even if he aims for a gross profit 5–10% less than a competitor , Mendoros believes , overheads are such that he should come out better at the net level .
6 It is difficult to see how unrepresented claimants who fare so badly in tribunals of first instance could expect to fare better at the appellate level ; indeed representation has increased considerably over the past few years .
7 The day which ended terribly at the presidential palace started badly at the same venue .
8 I made during my year a number of lasting friendships , some of which have actually turned into professional assistance in different parts of the country , and the fact that people genuinely enjoy meeting each other is shown by the annual reunions which take place , entirely at the personal expense of the individuals , which demonstrate the bond of friendship which our Institute can bring about .
9 He stood scowling out , fat fingers scratching idly at the blue stubble on his chin .
10 The poster has been displayed on Underground stations throughout London as part of the ‘ Art on the Underground ’ series , and on hand to help Adrian put up the first poster , naturally at The Oval station , was veteran commentator and director of The Cricketer , Brian Johnston ( both pictured left ) .
11 Rare animals found included the Great Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis , another snail which is apparently at the northern limit of its range in Britain , and a freshwater limpet Acroloxus lacustris .
12 She waddled cautiously across the living-room , glaring imperiously but ineffectively at the slopping water glasses .
13 Perhaps it is in this context that Evangelicals and Catholics have to look afresh at the troublesome problem of speaking of the sacrament as a ‘ sacrifice ’ .
14 Dong looked doubtfully at the inadequate grave .
15 I looked doubtfully at the rickety structure of planks and corrugated iron .
16 Jack looked doubtfully at the waxen face of his stepfather .
17 Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale .
18 His nephew , John de Grandisson ( 1292–1369 ) , became bishop of Exeter in 1327 and before his election had continued the family 's role in diplomacy , especially at the papal court .
19 The engineer may request , especially at the tender stage , full details of the proposed resources and the contractor' pricing notes .
20 ‘ As far as the second submission is concerned , I am not able to accept , especially at the interlocutory stage , the extreme view of medical autonomy advanced by the local health authority and the Official Solicitor .
21 Government should review the present low standard of internal audit within all levels of public sector administration , especially at the central government level .
22 This evidence is surprisingly extensive , especially at the western end of the site , though more excavation is essential to clarify its distribution .
23 Jaurès worked for reconciliation — especially at the international level — and discouraged conflict .
24 Researchers , especially at the Gerontological Research Center in Bedford , Massachusetts , are at work exploring another property of centrophenoxine that is causing excitement generally among gerontologists .
25 And at the same time , and slightly in contradiction to that , I found it increasing erm , er , perception and indication of dissatisfaction with the way in which the joint er , collaborative structures were actually working , if I may say , especially at the top level in terms of the political erm erm , so I say to you colleagues , that you are required as er , by statute to , to have in place collaborative structures , er , under a statute that goes back to the nineteen seventies , and I should also say to you that up and down the country that authorities like your own are at this stage doing what you 're doing , and that is reviewing the effectiveness of the operation of those structures , and probably coming to much the same conclusions .
26 The program designer needs to be in communication with the curriculum designer , especially at the very beginning of the development .
27 The classes certainly do not mirror what you see on the British ballet stage , especially at the Royal Ballet .
28 However , the ‘ cross-boundary flow ’ adjustment has far-reaching implications for health care planning , in particular for equity and priorities , especially at the sub-regional level .
29 I mean they , people er , the hairdresser 's for instance , they seemed to be there for evermore at the far end , towards I mean er , er , and then there was half way along on the other side and
30 Twenty years earlier , R. A. Butler had shared the same fate , recalling the ‘ blood curdling demands ’ made annually at the Conservative Party Conference for the restoration of corporal punishment which had ‘ quite clouded ’ his time as Chairman of the Party .
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