Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] at [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Her marriage in 1137 to the heir to the French throne seemed at first to be an ideal match .
2 Some hero has at last heard our cry and painted a blue sky .
3 This dream had at last come true , for Lennie anyway , perhaps not in the way he had expected though .
4 This behaviour seems at first sight to be the opposite of that seen during wound closure .
5 But the news , later in the day , that the first of at least 10 chartered trains had at last crossed the border into Czechoslovakia revived the East Germans ' spirit of solidarity in the face of inconvenience and discomfort .
6 The entire German Army attacked at first light on 28 August .
7 ‘ It belonged to your father , ’ the old man said at last .
8 Sources close to the talks said this idea had at first been opposed by Iran and Nigeria .
9 Vologsky 's turbulent emotions broke at last .
10 Form an equation and solve it to find how much Gregory had at first .
11 Her neighbour , after helping himself well to leg of mutton as the vast dish had at last come round to him , said ( confirming her ) , ‘ Our guest of honour is a real femme du monde . ’
12 It had not been an easy concept to grasp at first , but ‘ we 're getting better at being businessmen , ’ Mr. Lockley said .
13 I spun into the spotlight with arms raised , smile flashing , galloped down the stairs , trying not to look down , across the stage , bowing like a courting duck to the boxed panel en route , along the promontory jutting out into the midst of the wildly cheering audience and , as the extravagant applause began at last to subside , heard myself say :
14 The garish shirt that caused a myotonic goat to faint at first sight may have little effect once the animal has grown used to its owner 's poor taste .
15 The International Squash Rackets Federation will introduce random drug testing at next year 's world championships .
16 The Palace had been unable to fill the outside-left berth adequately after George Clarke 's long reign had come to an end , but there was no doubt in any supporter 's minds that a worthy successor had at last been found when Bob Bigg made his Palace debut .
17 ESSEX school students of all ages now have a unique opportunity to study at first hand the integration of wildlife and landscape conservation with modern farming techniques .
18 Whilst your forthcoming weekend will naturally provide you with the ideal opportunity to discover at first hand the delights of owning your own Highland retreat , I can assure you there is absolutely no commitment .
19 A multi-tribal alliance of their own is their only chance of hanging on to power when white rule ends at last .
20 It 's just that after four long , very long , years , a little light seems at last to be discernible through the gloom .
21 To the novelist , that alteration in domestic mores seems at first sight to have had more significance than the increasing diversity of styles .
22 Curtis ' incipiently multiracial ideas seemed at first rather startling to some other members of the Round .
23 As London 's largest independent provider of community care we have seen these changes unfold at first hand .
24 The steadying claw withdrawn at last .
25 And indeed the little creature merely sighed before lying motionless , the fateful twitching stilled at last .
26 Franco 's propagandists spared no efforts to demonstrate that the international community had at last recognized the rightness of his principles , or to extol what they called the enormous political skill of the man who had foreseen the Cold War years before it became reality .
27 Professional Draw is equally at home with creative or technical illustration and the interface shows that a great deal of thought about usability has gone into it , although the sheer weight of features and refinements for precision illustration make it a complex package to master at first .
28 Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ .
29 A YEAR after the European Community 's central-bank governors produced what is known as the Delors report on economic and monetary union , the European Commission has at last written its own credo on EMU .
30 Sergeant Charles Trumper was discharged from active service on 20 February 1919 , one of the early ones : the missing toe had at last counted for something .
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