Example sentences of "[adj] at the [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had struck Dougal at the time that Lorton 's view of patriotism was more than old-fashioned : it was positively feudal , in that it depended on loyalty to a single person . |
| 2 | Many , if not most , good teachers are suffering from fatigue and innovation stress ; almost all teachers in state schools are profoundly resentful at the way that they and their schools have been made the scapegoats for the ills of society . |
| 3 | ‘ Dr. Briant wishes me to make clear at the outset that he is not entirely happy that this matter should have become a subject of public discussion . |
| 4 | I should make it clear at the outset that I act as a parliamentary consultant to the Professional Association of Teachers and that much of what I shall say tonight will be based on the practical experience of PAT members . |
| 5 | Mr Todd made clear at the weekend that he thought Mr Field was a bad loser , saying he appeared to think he was God 's gift to Birkenhead . |
| 6 | ‘ It was quite clear at the time that it was just being borrowed . |
| 7 | Erm I think we 're er er we 're quite clear at the moment that the correct erm interpretation of it from our point of view is as a fixed asset investment and unless something changes in the er constitution of the company , erm although it may be erm the guiding thing become profitable I think one 's got to play by the rules and the rules at the moment say it is n't one . |
| 8 | Her friends plainly felt sorry for her , a little embarrassed at the fact that she did not have a husband to contribute to the conversation , nor children , nor any of the little ups and downs of family life . |
| 9 | I could not write anything here yesterday because I was too desolate at the thought that I could hot come and talk to you . |
| 10 | They will be in line with the general recession but the market is so unstable at the moment that you have to review commercial policy almost on a monthly basis , ’ he says . |
| 11 | Everything became one long dreary goodbye as parents came to thank Cassie for all she had done for their children , and the children themselves became sad and fretful at the thought that soon Cassie would no longer be their teacher . |
| 12 | They were so relieved at the college that they let him keep his job . ’ |
| 13 | Sam was so relieved at the news that mother and child were well that the fact that he had n't won the wager was nothing to him , and when he first laid eyes on the baby all he could do was kneel down and weep for joy . |
| 14 | But many are indignant at the suggestion that age should bar them from help |
| 15 | Er and it was felt appropriate at the time that that should be indicated on the T the key diagram to be to be helpful more than nothing else . |
| 16 | He was alarmed at the possibility that this lad was from the village and that the village was rife with gossip . |
| 17 | I am delighted at the progress that the industry has made with Government assistance . |
| 18 | Finally , I am somewhat dismayed at the proposition that patients might be tempted ( or should I say bribed ? ) into taking a decision for or against generic substitution . |
| 19 | IF Baroness Thatcher is feeling just a teensy weensy bit smug at the news that the Tories are in such a mess that a high proportion of them want her back as leader , well who can blame her ? |
| 20 | Where it breaks down and you get a governing body that is split down the middle , where you get staff who tend to who might tend to go in an opposite way to the head teacher , where you get parents who are asked to make difficult decisions as with an opt out ballot , then I think that you have to look very hard at the way that that school is managed and the way that it 's going in the future , because those are the sort of issues that unless you get those right the future for the school can not be as bright as it is for one where they are working as a team . |
| 21 | I think there 's more to love than just simply romantic love erm , I 'm a volunteer campaigner with Oxfam and to me love includes love of my fellow man and fellow women throughout the world and I find it very hard at the moment that millions of people are starving in this world and I feel that I 've got to show my love by helping them |
| 22 | ‘ I am 25th in the rankings but it is so tight at the top that a few points will make a big difference . |
| 23 | I did look at the stripogram group because I was so horrified at the thought that they might do it again . |
| 24 | Tregidon said : ‘ It was obvious at the AGM that there is an us-and-them syndrome still lurking among the membership . |
| 25 | But it 's obvious at the moment that you need to be more self centred . |
| 26 | It seemed to me obvious at the time that to be a child was safer and easier than to be adult and that , specifically , to be a girl was safer and easier than to be a woman . |
| 27 | It was obvious at the time that this was not the first operation of its kind . |
| 28 | Well no , but I would n't want to be able to replace these at the prices that these cost us , unless |
| 29 | In Watt v. Rama [ 1972 ] V.R. 353 the plaintiff sued in respect of defects with which she was born which she alleged were attributable to a motor accident that rendered her mother a quadriplegic at the time that she was pregnant with the plaintiff . |
| 30 | Well I think we were very lucky at the start that were were just starting up in England and they were actually more into what we were doing than er to the extent that I think that maybe other record companies might have laughed at them and said they 've no hope of surviving but I mean they had the Furies with er Sweet Sixteen and then they had er about six hit singles from Foster and Allen and about six or seven albums and then they went down to Daniel O'Donald which became an enormous success so I think when that happened then all record companies kind of said well maybe there is something here . |