Example sentences of "[adv] [det] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not only that at the end he 's also , as well as the house he 's getting a pension as well instead of just the house . |
| 2 | But he does all this at the cost of suspending a due sense of the tendency there has also been for poets to see further than their noses , and to speak out , and to go to the wall for it . |
| 3 | They have meant that women are no longer quite so much at the mercy of their biology and may engage in sexual intercourse free from the worry of unwanted pregnancy . |
| 4 | Even compassion for a man so much at the mercy of his physical urges . |
| 5 | Certainly to respond to the gentleman who was suggesting that there 's no difference between us as adults and children , certainly there is the child in all adults erm that does respond , perhaps , in a childish way at times , but I would suggest that as adults we hopefully have gotten to a place in ourselves which we are not so much at the mercy of our immediate wishes and wants and feelings that we are able to be more measured in the way that we handle ourselves and our feelings , and therefore in a position to help our children to develop that capacity within themselves as they are growing up erm and erm I 've forgotten the other point I was going to make just following on from what Elizabeth there in the studio was saying . |
| 6 | Church planting is , I sense , so much at the heart of God for this country at this moment . |
| 7 | Finally she returned to her dorm , terrified not so much at the prospect of getting caught but because she had come back empty handed . |
| 8 | I 've certainly felt that again and again , not so much at the inadequacy of the politicians , as at my own inadequacy . |
| 9 | He wanted nothing so much at the moment as to be out of this man 's piercing sight and withering scrutiny . |
| 10 | She told him about the notes , the broken glass and spilled wine that had shaken her so much at the time . |
| 11 | And er my memories really go back to er the , probably the more pleasant things in the erm mission parties that we were invited to , the film shows in the Officers ' Mess , er going to a Glenn Miller dance erm which was held in the hangar up here erm , I do n't think we really , or I really appreciated them so much at the time as I do now . |
| 12 | Working people , especially those at the top of the range , would have to understand that they would be paying more . |
| 13 | Right , I 'm sure that er , many people will know by now , but I 'm gon na say it anyway that at the end of January , we will be on the Breakfast Call , broadcasting to you live from Sydney , to celebrate Australia Day . |
| 14 | At the same time , the reward system reflects this new approach : profit sharing , gain sharing , and performance bonuses all demonstrate that the success of the company comes from the broadest contribution of all the company 's employees , not just those at the top . |
| 15 | In the early 70s , when the Union abandoned its own paper in favour of Bacus , a newspaper aimed at all students in Bristol and not just those at the University , Nonesuch became the name of the gossip column in the University Newsletter . |
| 16 | The national park proposed for the Cairngorms , for example , covers an area of land big enough to include not only the skiing at Cairngorm , but also that at the Lecht and Glenshee as well . |
| 17 | They 're probably all at the bottom . |
| 18 | They are probably all at the bottom . |
| 19 | This was obviously not a state of affairs which could continue indefinitely and , although I knew as much at the time , I could n't will myself into sleep . |
| 20 | Human-rights groups said as much at the time , but General Benny Murdani , then head of the armed forces , claimed that the killings were the result of gang feuds . |
| 21 | You have n't got as much at the front as I have . |
| 22 | Indeed , Gregory almost admitted as much at the end of the Histories when he asked his successors in the bishopric of Tours to preserve his works intact , allowing no alteration to them , except their versification . |
| 23 | The Thatcher fiscal revolution — redistributing income to those with most — must be reversed , but in such a way as to extend an incentive-based society to all taxpayers , and particularly those at the bottom of the income pile . |
| 24 | ‘ I turned up at the party pretty much at the start , I think , around a quarter to nine . |
| 25 | He believes that this policy was easier to pursue in smaller than larger units , and where the colliery manager and senior staff ( i.e. those at the head of the local socio-economic hierarchy ) also lived in the village , albeit in superior , segregated accommodation . |
| 26 | Beyond them lies that very mysterious region , the centre of the Galaxy , about which we know very little at the moment . |
| 27 | The BBC said : ‘ Vic and Bob 's inimitable brand of humour is very much at the cutting edge of contemporary comedy and I am delighted to welcome two such original talents to BBC 2 . ’ |
| 28 | Her view that we should encourage schools to take up tennis is one that is very much at the heart of our philosophy . |
| 29 | This approach was very much at the heart of Labour 's 1983 election manifesto . |
| 30 | Concerns with the ‘ public ’ and the ‘ private ’ are very much at the heart of Anita Ronke 's sculpture/installation work . |