Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] at a " in BNC.

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1 were in effect suggesting that the inner psychological motivations for racism existed at a deeper level of social reality than the socially shared norms of tolerance .
2 Especially as this new bit of gossip came at a time when the idea that Walter Machin was becoming posthumously a national figure was beginning to filter through to Oswaldston consciousness .
3 A £50,000 bottle of wine arrived at a New Zealand restaurant this week — smashed .
4 This kind of move came at a time when Tetley 's , along with other arms of Allied Breweries , espoused and encouraged a culture of well-informed and caring in-house designers .
5 In America , an explicitly anti-Darwinian school of neo-Lamarckism emerged at a much earlier date , despite the initial success of Darwin 's supporters .
6 The ground swell of concern continued at a sufficient level that the issue could not be ignored .
7 During the mela a slight outbreak of cholera occurred at a small station called Manickpore on the Jubbulpore line .
8 Her career in geography began at a time when , in Britain , this field was still among the less fully organized of the sciences .
9 The decision to agree in principle came at a Labour group meeting at the start of COSLA 's annual conference .
10 A man in uniform sat at a table near by , with a young , weeping girl .
11 Throughout the nineteenth century output per person grew at a rate of 1.5 per cent per annum .
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