Example sentences of "[adj] [that] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made it clear that at that point a judgement would be taken as to whether the draft treaty was acceptable or not . |
| 2 | It seems clear that at certain times some political and social regimes are more ‘ repressive ’ , both ideologically and physically ( as in the case of Nazi Germany ) than others . |
| 3 | But is does seem clear that at various times the Levellers did allow that in practice not all men would be enfranchised by their proposals . |
| 4 | Gandhi indeed could count on the British conscience for his personal safety , but he could never count on it for political concessions — and it is clear that at some level he understood this . |
| 5 | It seems clear that at some point during this period Wilson determined to precipitate a showdown with the shipowners . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's no worse than driving in mist , ’ I said , to comfort him , though in fact it was hard to see the road ; I was afraid that at any moment the car would go bumping off it , into the surrounding desert . |
| 7 | She looked beyond him into the darkness afraid that at any moment Craig would return . |
| 8 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 9 | The Arabic , for example , is ambiguous in respect of whether it is the copy or the itself that Yusuf Bali — who held the kadilik of Bursa for a time in the 840s-wrote ; and , on the evidence of the signature alone , it seems entirely possible that at some point , perhaps during his kadilik , he made a copy of the which Molla Husrev subsequently attested to be a true copy . |
| 10 | Indeed it is quite possible that at this pH range there is a mixture of gastric acid and duodenal alkaline juices which may be damaging ( with toxic synergism ) to the oesophageal mucosa , but this can not be assessed using the parameter of pH . |
| 11 | Instead , she turned it on so low that at first Tug could not make out anything except a faint crackling and hissing . |
| 12 | ‘ I am sorry that at some stage you will find yourself having to meet this additional burden . ’ |
| 13 | Thus ( 61 ) will be true , on this account , just in case there is some reference time ( say , another event ) prior to CT , such that at that reference time , ( 62 ) would have been true ( while ( 62 ) is in turn true , just in case ( 63 ) would have been true at some point prior to the CT of ( 62 ) ) : ( 6z ) John had seen Mary ( 62 ) John saw Mary ( 63 ) John sees Mary But such M-tenses do not match up simply with L-tenses , for L-tenses nearly always encode additional aspectual and modal features too ( see Comrie , 1976a ; Lyons , 1977a : 703ff , 809ff ) . |
| 14 | Dominating Nefta is another extraordinary feature , so incongruous that at first sight it might well be a mirage . |
| 15 | It was fortunate that at that moment the handle of her basket , insecurely mended , should suddenly give way , scattering the contents over the pavement — a library book , some oranges , and a rather shamefully adolescent bag of liquorice all-sorts . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was fortunate that at that time he discovered girls , and a year later met the Dawsons , who always seemed to have time to stop and gossip with him . |
| 17 | She was rather glad that at that moment the waiter brought them their porcheddu . |
| 18 | It was unfortunate that at this period he was going through a protracted quarrel-by-letter with her and was generally grumpy and morose , especially if he had recently received one of her periodic letters informing him that it was ALL OFF ! |
| 19 | And I have pointed out in my papers that you must bear in mind perhaps that er quite a number of Rich er quite a number of the districts in North Yorkshire are of county scale in their sheer size and that therefore it is not inappropriate that at that level that the policies would be refined . |
| 20 | In the case of a firm manufacturing industrial goods , it is likely that at this stage , if not earlier , samples of the new product will be sent to the customer for testing and approval . |
| 21 | Since , in 1850 , the one bastion of that order which had escaped major trouble in 1848 was the Russian Empire , it was likely that at some point France would throw down the gauntlet to the tsar . |
| 22 | It is likely that at some stage the dog will run off some distance away . |
| 23 | However a set of terms arrives in a particular document , it is likely that at some stage it was prepared by someone with some degree of legal knowledge . |
| 24 | This is so obvious that at first sight it might seem superfluous to state it . |
| 25 | It is your responsibility to make sure that at that time , the specified terminal is connected and not logged in — Offline will not allocate a terminal to itself if it is already allocated to another VAX process . |
| 26 | Although it is repeatedly said that at common law a man must keep his fire ‘ at his peril , ’ research shows that we can not be sure that at any period in the history of the common law a man was absolutely liable for the escape of his fire . |
| 27 | What 's the point of loading the reel with an unbranded twist that ‘ looked right ’ , when you can be sure that at some time or other the varying tensions on this material are going to produce lively snarls and inevitably weaken it , so that a line break happens just when you least want it . |
| 28 | She was sure that at some point she 'd given someone the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing . |
| 29 | You will be doing everyone a service by making sure that at these times a copy of your prospectus is at hand . |
| 30 | However , the Court of Appeal decided in Burton v Islington Health Authority [ 1992 ] 3 WLR 617 that at common law a child en ventre sa mρere and unborn at the time of the defendant 's negligence has a cause of action for injuries caused by that negligence . |