Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Civil Aviation Authority light aviation test pilot Darryl Stinton rounded off the day with a highly technical look at the problems associated with the issuing of flying permits to replica vintage aircraft . |
| 2 | Darlington Arts Centre THIS was the third time this season that jazz at the Arts Centre has clashed with a jazz concert elsewhere , this time with the Stan Tracey Octet in Gateshead . |
| 3 | What happened next , was done by a child ‘ who had suffered years of subtle torture at the hands of a madman whose twisted mind helped him justify all his crimes ’ . |
| 4 | There were fears already of the likelihood of war with Germany , and the military performance in the Boer War caused new fears that Britain might face military as well as economic defeat at the hands of her chief rival . |
| 5 | On your right glance at the windows of the palace of 1493 . |
| 6 | With five volunteers from the 400-plus crowd , a 12–1 defeat at the hands of the soldiers was not a bad start . |
| 7 | A rough-hewn psychological explanation would hold that , because many second generation Caribbeans and Africans in the UK are raised in single-parent families , in almost every case the parent being the mother , the children pass into an emotional void at the ages of 13 or 14 and seek out father figures in the shape of sports coaches with whom they form compensatory attachments . |
| 8 | Kopyion sat on a chair , staring out of half-blind eyes at the screens and eating dates from a little box on his lap . |
| 9 | In May 1945 Germany faced complete defeat at the hands of the Allies . |
| 10 | This is even a problem in better documented periods , and will only be resolved , if at all , by extensive research at the sites . |
| 11 | The club then proceeded St Aldhelm 's Head and later tea was taken at Purbeck House , with a hasty glance at the treasures there . |
| 12 | For discussion of " partnership " and transfer from individual licence holder to partnership , see Singh and Kaur v. Kirkcaldy District Licensing Board , 1988 S.L.T. 286 , where it was decided that the licence was held by a partnership with a separate legal persona and that the board were not entitled to look behind that persona at the partners as individuals . |
| 13 | as if all this was n't enough , in June 1667 , England suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Dutch . |
| 14 | STEFAN EDBERG 's Wimbledon preparations were shunted off the rails last night as he crashed to a humiliating defeat at the hands of world No 83 Jamie Morgan in the Stella Artois championships at Queen 's Club . |
| 15 | Oh look you always get these people we have just witnessed the top London club suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of . |
| 16 | The following table shows the proportions of non-publishing researchers at the universities which have a major interest in Scottish geology . |
| 17 | The following table shows the proportions of non-publishing researchers at the universities which have a major interest in Scottish geology . |
| 18 | All of us use compost at this time of year and in light of current concern about peat we take a candid look at the choices now open to you . |
| 19 | Be entertained by The Kings Troupe and enjoy medieval merriment at a Medieval Banquet at The Sheriffs Lodge . |
| 20 | It is always worth taking a fresh look at the toys and apparatus which are put out daily , to decide just why they are there . |
| 21 | The Fairy Queen : a fresh look at the issues |
| 22 | After a meeting of the AIE 's board on Tuesday , Mr Barbieri spoke of the need to press forward with changes to the association 's constitution , and with a fresh look at the ways in which books are sold and promoted in Italy . |
| 23 | Strett also converted the try by Morris , who capitalised on what the pack had started for an opportunist try at the posts . |
| 24 | ‘ Political dialogue ’ is required and a dialectical interaction at the economies ' political level between research scientists , research planners , research clientele , and the legislative process is required and hoped for . |
| 25 | If antiracism is to be effective in education , it is therefore necessary to take a hard and perhaps painful look at the terms under which we have operated so far . |
| 26 | Her mother had stopped crocheting , so Jessie said , and was in the sitting-room going through a catalogue of curtain material for yet another change at the windows and had decided firmly against anything resembling Nottingham Lace ; her mind was now set on drapes with pelmets , so Jessie had whispered to her in the back shop a short while ago . |
| 27 | 2 The decision to appear should be taken only after a careful look at the benefits and disadvantages of doing so . |
| 28 | ‘ Next time you purchase electrolytic capacitors , take a careful look at the markings ! ’ . |
| 29 | To celebrate the 90th birthday of British potter Dame Lucie Rie , a major exhibition is to be opened on 30 Jan at the Crafts Council Gallery by Sir David Attenborough , a collector of her work ( 071–278 7700 ) . |
| 30 | Thus , although examining magistrates may conduct a fresh investigation and take a detached look at the police evidence , it is difficult to establish whether this takes place to any serious extent . |