Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.

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1 These courses are also a preparation for work at the hardware/software interface and provide the potential for work in hardware design .
2 His brother Dmitrii had been making a good case for emancipation at the War Ministry , but his own importance , in the long run , was to be greater .
3 As for the second charge , that democracy , perhaps like British liberty in the nineteenth century , was parasitic upon empire , A.H.M. Jones points out that it continued to operate in the fourth century , after the loss of empire , and , indeed , was if anything more expensive then than before , since it was then that payment for attendance at the assembly was added to payment for other public duties .
4 You 're quite entitled to be … well , a bit off center at the moment .
5 Where issues of supervision are involved , the necessity for practice at the Bar as a qualification for office is much harder to sustain than in relation to trials and appeals involving review .
6 Robert Atkins took over responsibility for sport at the Department of the Environment , replacing Colin Moynihan .
7 It is in the contrast between holism at the non-observational level and atomism at the level of observation that Quine is revealed as a foundationalist .
8 He shot a glance for support at the accountant .
9 They should have a provisional card for Equity at the beginning of their career .
10 The work is a timely boost for morale at the hospital which is anxiously awaiting the Eastern Health Board 's review of acute services .
11 They are showing there is no substitute for experience and the only disappointment for Tranmere at the moment is the crowd , or rather lack of it .
12 A barrister who left the Inland Revenue for practice at the Bar summed up his opinion of the service in the following words : ‘ I enjoyed it , they enjoyed me , and I would always consider returning if the Bar did not prove satisfying . ’
13 Security forces in Northern Ireland are hunting a woman in black who set up a U D R soldier for murder at the garage where he worked .
14 It is a programme for victory at the next general election and one which the people will support .
15 Such policies were far too extreme for the Kremlin and in November the Red Army ruthlessly crushed Hungary 's bid for independence at the cost of thousands of lives .
16 Hailey 's chief preoccupations , then , were to find ways of keeping educated Africans ( of whose mental capacities he took , incidentally , a dim view ) from making a successful bid for power at the centre of the colonial system , and to see that there was no unconsidered rush to reform at the level of the localities .
17 The seriousness of the revolt was evidenced by the fact that Soapy Simon , an arch-appeaser who wanted above everything to be liked , had become their spokesman and had let them cram into his room and sit it out ( with a break for dinner at the Savoy , of course ) until the PM gave his answer .
18 The second Lady Deverill , having pulled her horse off Hullabaloo at the last minute , leaving herself just enough time to put him right at the ditch and hedge , did n't even bother to stop and admire her handiwork before riding on up the hill to rejoin the hunt and tell her husband that there seemed to have been a rather fearful accident .
19 Since its submission for debate at the end of May the plan , and especially the swingeing price rises it entailed , had aroused fierce opposition among politicians and the public .
20 During the ensuing correspondence attempts were made on behalf of the applicant to obtain a much larger postponement whilst he sought to obtain legal aid for representation at the interview , but the Director of the Serious Fraud Office did not agree , and on 24 June she caused a further notice to be served , identical to the first , save that the interview was now to take place on 26 June , and the ‘ person under investigation ’ was identified as the applicant alone .
21 I 've got a full security force as back-up at the hotel if I need them .
22 That 's entrance for look at the back .
23 Mrs Ormerod became ill with the bug after treatment at the centre for heart and liver disease .
24 Everywhere the unprepared Elves suffered defeat after defeat at the hands of their Chaos-worshipping kin .
25 Oxford Polytechnic 's interpretation of modular structure is analogous to a federal state , with a great deal of diversity at the subject-based periphery , and a great deal of uniformity at the administration-based centre .
26 Today 's highly competitive business world requires a great deal of capital at the lowest possible cost .
27 He added : ‘ I 'm bowling without a great deal of luck at the moment but I feel good about my game . ’
28 ‘ The new pattern introductions for Autumn 1993 created a great deal of excitement at the show , especially Hopscotch , Aquabatic , and Hyde Park in the new fine china collection , ’ said Tom .
29 Agreeing to the move , Lord Justice Glidewell said he was ‘ very conscious that there is a great deal of mistrust at the moment ’ .
30 Irene is in a great deal of pain at the moment her bad back is giving her trouble and she finds it difficult to walk .
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