Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately as the blocks reached the wall at either side they could not ride on or off at the ends . |
| 2 | This conclusion should not be seen to reflect callous indifference to individuals who have suffered miserably or fatally at the hands of persons committing ‘ conventional ’ crimes ; their agony is real and should never be ignored . |
| 3 | Do 20 walking jogs on the spot , raising your arms up and down at the sides . |
| 4 | Regional performance is influenced , if only at the margins , by regional policy . |
| 5 | The Urban Programme has been one policy instrument through which the government has been able , if only at the margins , to influence the position of black people in the major conurbations . |
| 6 | A cynical nihilist , Andrei expected a sticky end ( if only at the hands of his master and mistress ) and wanted to live well before it came . |
| 7 | He is just 50 and apparently at the limits of his political ambition . |
| 8 | As the island subsided the reef would grow upwards and outwards at the edges , the only places where growth is active for reasons already stated , while the dead part of the reef between the island and the front of the reef would be flooded . |
| 9 | In such circumstances , therefore , it may be prudent to include the following additional proviso : PROVIDED THAT while this Lease is vested in ( Tenant 's name ) any notice or document to be served on the Tenant shall be served at its registered office and not at the Premises The tenant may object to the amendments suggested to be made to s 196 and wish to amend or delete them . |
| 10 | Digestion occurs in approximately equal numbers at the tips of the incisors and along their lengths , 32 per cent at the tips only , 36 per cent at both the tips and along the lengths of the incisors , and 32 per cent along the lengths only and not at the tips . |
| 11 | It would be less at the equator ( perhaps half a degree ) and more at the poles perhaps six degrees ; certainly enough to melt a great deal of polar ice . |
| 12 | The medical examining committee met at the Crown & Anchor tavern up to 31 July 1809 and thereafter at the Freemasons ' tavern until at least 1821 . |
| 13 | In the course of the 1960s the boundaries of what counted as " English " began to expand as more interdisciplinary and joint programmes of study were offered , especially at the new universities and later at the polytechnics . |
| 14 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
| 15 | A. Anyone carrying out work in the Village has to sign in and out at the Wardens Lodge . |
| 16 | End your massage the same way you began by placing one hand on your partner 's head and the other at the base of the spine and then at the feet . |
| 17 | They walked around the graveyard for a short time , looking at the graves and then at the papers . |
| 18 | Let us look in more detail at the difficulties inherent for everyone in appropriate penetration and then at the problems that can arise in marriage when these are or an extreme nature . |
| 19 | He studied chemistry at Kassel Polytechnic and then at the universities of Jena and Marburg . |
| 20 | It was astonishment that anybody could have expected anything else and consequently at the paroxysms of indignation which Government and opposition , press and public , exhibited . |
| 21 | He looked long and searchingly at the Banks of Knamber that tonight were as they had been then before the moon rose , grey and pale as a sky dotted with tiny black clouds . |
| 22 | If they travelled alone or in couples , it was of course dear William who met them , carried their luggage , bought their tickets , but once at the docks , they would have to do the rest of the trip alone . |
| 23 | He continued to work hard and regularly up to his death not just at the drawing and painting he loved but also at the mechanics of his etching and the presentation of his work to the public . |
| 24 | East Anglian surveyors Bidwells have taken up the cudgels on behalf of farmers not only at the timescale for completion of claim forms for area and set-aside payments and ewe and beef premiums , but also at the fines which could result from late or incorrect returns . |
| 25 | But back at the police lecture room , the message seemed to be getting through . |