Example sentences of "[adj] at the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronni took a mouthful of her drink , suddenly dry-mouthed at the thought of that . |
| 2 | He died in 1876 at the age of 93 , and his son John took up the duties . |
| 3 | In 1895 at the beginning of his work Beiträge zur Begründung der transfiniten Mengenlehre Georg Cantor * made the following definition : By a set we understand any collection M of definite , distinct objects m of our perception or of our thought ( which will be called the elements of M ) into a whole . |
| 4 | If you leave this at the exit of ‘ San Donato ’ and turn right towards Tavernelle , after less than half a mile — along a turning on the right — you will come to the 16th century Villa Fillinelle . |
| 5 | Put this at the bottom of a deep casserole , which must not be much bigger than the piece of meat , which you should then put in with the calf 's foot on top . |
| 6 | " Scald a sufficient quantity of fruit , and pulp it through a sieve , add sugar agreeable to taste , make a thick layer of this at the bottom of your dish : mix a pint of milk , a pint of cream , and the yolks of two eggs : scald it over the fire , observing to stir it : add a small quantity of sugar , and let it get cold : then lay it over the apples or gooseberries with a spoon , and put on the whole a whip [ a syllabub ] made the day before . |
| 7 | Two swing eighth notes resemble this triplet figure : *** Sometimes you might see this at the beginning of a chart : ***** In some texts , you might find the rhythm written as *** but it 's not actually played like that . |
| 8 | Leeds possed this at the beginning of the season when Batts , Speed , Macca and Strach were on the field . |
| 9 | We see this at the birth of the church where ‘ all the believers were together ’ , ‘ all the believers were one in heart and mind … . ’ , ‘ they shared everything they had … . ’ , ‘ there were no needy persons among them … . ’ , ‘ and the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved ’ ( Acts 2:42–47 ; 4:32–35 ) . |
| 10 | Secondly , it has a very chastening effect on the inspector who knows that everything he says in his report is liable to be critically examined by a review board and , if necessary , corrected for all to see — and this at the whim of those whose actions he is criticising . |
| 11 | Heavens , if her heart beat like this at the sight of Luke 's stepmother , how would it react when she came face to face again with him ? she thought despairingly . |
| 12 | An example of this at the level of the firm was provided in Chapter 1 where , despite having similar plant and equipment in both Halewood and Saarlouis , the Ford Motor Company 's productivity in the latter plant was much higher . |
| 13 | Mehri , the FLN secretary-general , enjoyed the support of most of the party 's political bureau in rejecting the HCS as unconstitutional , but was challenged on this at the level of the FLN central committee . |
| 14 | But he does all this at the cost of suspending a due sense of the tendency there has also been for poets to see further than their noses , and to speak out , and to go to the wall for it . |
| 15 | I 'm writing this at the home of a friend in Michigan . |
| 16 | Laura Ashley bought substantial amounts of tweed from Cambrian Mill and although they paid the regular price , the company drew upon its charity budget to subsidize this at the rate of a pound per metre . |
| 17 | Gary Moore uses an idea similar to this at the end of the first verse of the track Story Of The Blues , from his ‘ After Hours ’ album . |
| 18 | are they going to ask for this at the end of the installation ? |
| 19 | If it was like this at the end of May , it was going to be insufferable by July and August . |
| 20 | We only had this at the end of the |
| 21 | Marriage is one of the elements which leads to the formation and the maintenance of the inequality between classes and it does this at the expense of women . |
| 22 | Yes , I was going to add to that slightly , and to what Judy said , in in the sense that the implication , the question I think , is a correct one , that every organisation , and N C V O would n't be immune er , than from any other , have got to actually ensure that they keep this at the front of their agenda all the time . |
| 23 | I could have told you this at the height of his reputation , just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight . |
| 24 | It 's for this reason I 've gone against my initial instinct not to blow our own trumpet on this at the risk of provoking more ‘ bad loser ’ comments from certain people ( and let me stress I do n't mean the runners-up ) communicated to me . |
| 25 | I 'm writing this at the start of the war in the Gulf . |
| 26 | Each episode had to end with a cliff-hanger and repeat this at the start of the next episode . |
| 27 | If you require delivery of your car to the airport into which you are flying , please state this at the time of booking . |
| 28 | While Barth had by no means worked through all the implications of this at the time of his controversy with Brunner , the disagreement which came into the open in 1934 can be seen in retrospect as foreshadowing the shape of his own future theology . |
| 29 | It was like this at the time of Mum 's suicide , you police just would n't leave me alone . ’ |
| 30 | X can do this at the time of giving the goods to Y or at any later stage . |