Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] at [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thorne 's ‘ Sports Page ’ , which was highly commended at last year 's Woodworker Show , uses more line than grain for the cartoon effect . |
| 2 | An arrangement may be made so that you look at only one person who ‘ interprets ’ what is said , through writing or clear speech , but awareness of the ‘ feel ’ of the meeting and possible eye contact can not be easily conveyed at second hand . |
| 3 | Britain 's partners became so fed up with Margaret Thatcher 's strident opposition to economic and monetary union ( EMU ) and to political union that she was left utterly isolated at last October 's Rome summit . |
| 4 | So the newcomer need not be totally submerged at first contact with CAD systems suppliers . |
| 5 | But conversely ( as Mr. Utley did not feel able to dispute , although he did not formally concede the point ) a defendant who is legally aided at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , but who for any reason then ceases to be aided and incurs the full costs of successfully resisting an appeal to the House of Lords , is eligible to recover those costs from the board . |
| 6 | They came together when Hartland was expertly held at third slip by Botham , leaving him just two behind Colin Cowdrey 's 120 victims in the field . |
| 7 | Robinson , bowling enthusiastically and getting life out of the pitch , forced Hayhurst and Richard Harden into edging catches before being replaced by Peter Hartley , who had Neil Burns splendidly caught at second slip by Byas . |
| 8 | This is important because it is directly relevant to understanding the mechanism of a type of eruption not yet observed at first hand by any human being , but one that would make the Mt Pelee eruption pale into insignificance if an example were to occur today . |
| 9 | The Model 103/4 was officially launched at last autumn 's Penta show at Heathrow . |
| 10 | The two ‘ old lags ’ , who have read all about sex , have the most daring conversations about an experience they have never known at first hand . |