Example sentences of "[noun pl] but at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have great sympathy with the needs of village schools but at the end ofg the day we have to consider the needs of the children and I have no doubt in my mind that trying to open a school in Brockweir is simply not on for the children . |
| 2 | The retailer may be cushioned from cut-throat competition from supermarkets but at the cost of their freedom to sell or price as they wish : like small subcontractors , being tied to a dominant parent company may be the cost of insuring against business failure . |
| 3 | It is a method that is nearly always used there days but at the time it was quite a new technique , certainly for a band like The Wedding Present . |
| 4 | Looking to the longer term , the Company has outline plans for a later phase of developments which will include platform improvements and a visitors ' viewing gallery in the workshops but at the moment all efforts are focused on phase 1 . |
| 5 | There is no doubt that they have some excellent musical ideas but at the moment their efforts are a little unfocussed . |
| 6 | So for example , as demand falls in-house production takes a greater share to protect employment for regular workers but at the expense of labour in smaller suppliers . |
| 7 | There usually is a , a , a , vacant houses but at the minute it 's at a standstill . |
| 8 | Well I 'm I 'm very disappointed about that I mean we 're listening to the local community we 're reporting the local communities views but at the end of day South Milford Parish Council have in fact moderated their views . |
| 9 | In this case , do n't look at your fears but at the source of the fear — the children , the man . |
| 10 | Occasionally you can say you think they 're being stupid or have they thought about other things but at the end of the day people are answerable erm for their own decisions I feel and , if I have an opportunity I 'll tell them what I think , but er if people are n't wanting your opinion then you ca n't really give it |
| 11 | You you 're chance will come in due course sir when we 're making comments but at the moment it 's just |
| 12 | you know , we we 're obliged to put that little bit in you know , there 's year seven , year eight , year ten the there wo n't be a tick in there and so the the these levels will be whatever you 've decided they are in the way that you asses but at the end of the key stage this report will go out in Au i in September now following SATS . |
| 13 | It is because Marx and Engels look not just at the laws but at the nature of relations of production within a whole system that this fundamental and analytically fruitful difference shows up with such great prominence in their work . |
| 14 | I sit on an authority they are very tiresome at times they make mistakes at times rather like Governments My Lords but at the end of the day that surely is what democracy is all about is n't it ? |
| 15 | It is a sector where the multinationals dominated , but had to be coerced into action that produced export gains but at the price of deepening the dependence not just in the main products , but also in key component suppliers . |