Example sentences of "[verb] at that [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 There were no aircraft available for air drops at that stage of the war in the desert , which was a pity when one bears in mind that only two years later SAS parties operated in France for anything up to two months behind enemy lines , totally reliant on parachuted stores .
2 Any given rise in unemployment in the winter months , therefore , can only be shown to be significant if it can be demonstrated that the rise is over and above that which is normally expected at that time of year .
3 Speedy success was essential , since records gathered over the previous 80 years showed that at best only three weeks of rain-free weather could be expected at that time of the year .
4 I 've never really looked at that side of it , you know , so I do n't really know .
5 We knew that the radio news was not transmitted at that time of day , so we decided it was just another of his silly jokes .
6 The Ministry , the Veterinary Products Committee is now going away and they 're going to do even , even more work on it , erm , so I honestly do n't think that , that we 're going to get much more out of the Ministry until Veterinary Products Committee have come back and looked at it yet again , because the , the answer that you 'll get is that they 're already looking at that side of it .
7 We 're not looking at that point of view we 're looking at more like working together to find a solution .
8 But just look at that suite of furniture .
9 Look at that bit of paper .
10 Not that , not that I look at that sort of thing on a regular basis so
11 Among the guests are many luminaries of Parisian society who might balk at that sort of food .
12 Any ideas what what could you look at that sort of question and you think this is impossible .
13 Phoned all day , he said , you 'd better get the engineers to look at that telephone of yours .
14 Before doing so , however , it is necessary to look at that sector of the economy which , according to some , harbours the lotus eaters of post-war Britain , namely , services .
15 ‘ Send a man up to look at that part of the army , ’ Ligulf said .
16 ‘ We are conscious , ’ John Page concluded , ‘ that our costs put quite a burden on some of you , and I believe we are going to have to look at that aspect of the ‘ level playing field ’ because we know you think this unfair as not all countries are in the same position .
17 The bar chart that was the result of the survey we did you need to look at that piece of work and ask yourself a question , is this piece of work the best thing I have ever done ?
18 The Steward 's party , having cleared out the domestic quarters , arrived at that side of the keep , driving before them a crowd of servitors and general retainers , women amongst them , many only partially clad .
19 Again marketing budget at two , six , seven , the point made there again , numbered item one in the bottom third no national advertising and then two sixty eight , this is a meeting of the twenty fifth of February nineteen eighty eight , present including Mr and yourself today I send that 's Mr pointed out that so far our reaction to the recent media criticism had been totally defensive in future these actions to be defended , but then attacked in order to regain our credibility were you indeed present at that meeting of the twenty fifth of erm February ?
20 ( b ) less than the difference between the total votes of the two or more continuing candidates credited at that stage of the count with the lowest recorded total number of votes and the candidate next above such candidates " .
21 I do not think there is any difference of opinion as to its being a general rule that , where any injury is to be compensated by damages , in settling the sum of money to be given for reparation of damages you should as nearly as possible get at that sum of money which will put the party who has been injured , or who has suffered , in the same position as he would have been in if he had not sustained the wrong for which he is now getting his compensation or reparation .
22 On relating the story to Mr Bailey , the man asked whether a train service was running at that time of night .
23 His hands were careful and restrained , his mouth tender , and although only a very short while later , Cassie was to realize just how much self-control he had exerted at that moment of their first real physical contact , for those few minutes , she knew only that she was not afraid of him , nor even suspected that there was any need to be .
24 That did no good for the Smurfit price in Dublin , and maybe the nonchalance with which the group now treats the Square Mile reflects the hurt it felt at that piece of analysis .
25 I suppose that , as I myself had not started to smoke at that period of time , it was worse for me , just like garlic eaters .
26 But how does he arrive at that figure of £327 ?
27 Many of those who take Christmas jobs in retail stores are , it was suggested , married women who are explicitly seeking a short-term job to help meet the extra expenses incurred at that time of the year .
28 The road ended in a cul-de-sac after another quarter of a mile and the driver turned the car into the adjoining parking bay , almost deserted at that time of the morning .
29 ‘ Is Mrs Cliburn sitting at that end of the room ? ’
30 ‘ Better than what ? ’ she asked innocently , thinking that two could play at that game of acting as though everything were the same as it had always been .
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