Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Changes could create a vacuum by setting up new authorities with no educational experience or tradition precisely at the time schools need maximum support for the introduction of their new management systems , ’ said the SPTC report . |
| 2 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 3 | It was some while afterwards when Rose realised that she had left the canvas bag with the maroon dress and necklace behind at the studio . |
| 4 | The Catholic miracle of transubstantiation could be performed only by an ordained priest , who then received the body and blood alone at the altar . |
| 5 | Ewan would stand and gaze wonderingly at the naked boy forming before his eyes . |
| 6 | By the time I find a room it 's too late to do anything except go out on to the balcony and gaze down at the still-warm street , the signs . |
| 7 | Ask him his priorities , and he puts education and deregulation firmly at the top . |
| 8 | Good morning Vincent , I 'm enclosing copies of faxes received this morning from New Zealand , and certainly the rate quoted is more realistic , then drop down a line and put eighteen by two point nine five pounds , oblique kilo , equals fifty three pounds , ten pence , next line documentation , twenty pounds , next line customs clearance etcetera , thirteen New Zealand dollars , I 'd say Irish pounds , three point three , O , O equals nine pounds approximately and total it up , eighty two pounds , ten pence which is approximately a third less as you see David suggests you lean heavily on Air Lingus and point out at the same time that Challenge Seeds have no intention of paying this exorbitant rate , also what is a consolidation rate ? |
| 9 | If this was not disgraceful behaviour , they also threw coins and plastic etc. at the linesman , referee and Linfield players ! |
| 10 | For British television drama , for instance , and for American television drama till the mid-fifties , a particular combination of live studio technology and a respect for theatrical naturalism placed time and space more at the service of performance than of narrative logic , seeking a continuity — rather than an interruptability — of time and space in which the actor could unfold the truth of the performance , or , more practically , in which mistakes on the studio floor could be minimized . |
| 11 | We started off about a year ago , looking at recycling that 's available in which is just basically the paper , cans and glass out at the park car park . |
| 12 | Better to eat off an orange box and get pleasure from a plant than to spend the money on a cheap and nasty table which is going to be an unsatisfactory stopgap Save money and effort right at the start by sorting out priorities — which should include enjoying the room you live in — and try not to stray too far from your original objectives . |
| 13 | Bernice could see him raise a bulky suited arm and gesture grandly at the surroundings . |
| 14 | Oystercatchers may wedge the shells into a crevice and chip away at the lip . |
| 15 | Peanut feeders with a strong fine mesh ensure that the birds must scrape and chip away at the nuts , avoiding the problem of nestlings choking on whole nuts in spring . |
| 16 | The Board appointed Mr. G. Chaplin and Miss Anne Reid , who had been assistant master and matron respectively at the Hackney Union , but it was conditional on their being married ( to one another ) by July . |
| 17 | To join a new length of pipe into an existing inspection chamber , you will have to break a hole in the wall of the chamber and chop away at the benching so that a new half channel can be laid to join up with the main channel . |
| 18 | Admiration for the quality of materials and hand craftsmanship , but horror often at the designers ' sheer lack of restraint . |