Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless the manifesto was in respect of nationalisation little more than an elaboration of the party 's one-term programme as accepted at the 1937 conference , with the addition of iron and steel , which had been included as a concession to a radical resolution proposed by Ian Mikardo at the 1944 conference and carried against the advice of the platform . |
| 2 | These might now be labelled ‘ fundamental principles ’ and it is important to bear them in mind when looking at the limitations of the legal aid scheme ( Pollock , 1975 ) : |
| 3 | Some of them have spent more terms in schools than others — which must be borne in mind when looking at the position of an individual pupil — but all those factors even out in the local authorities . |
| 4 | I see its loss as lying at the root of many current social problems . ’ |
| 5 | She knew she did not want to be an employee or to set up on her own and accepted a position as Recorder on the South-East Circuit while looking at the appointments pages in the newspapers . |
| 6 | McEwan and Sylvester ( 1984 ) describe the work as beginning at the point where words fail by creating ‘ … evocations of mood and sensation more than visual records ’ ( p. 10 ) . |
| 7 | Soviet Persian language broadcasts described the Soviet Gulf plan as aimed at the defence of the Persian Gulf countries against any foreign intervention and at securing the self-determination of the regional nations , including Iran . |
| 8 | ‘ The question as stated at the beginning of his argument by Mr. MacDermot was whether a tenant against whom a final order for possession has been made is a tenant within section 12(1) ( g ) . |
| 9 | Lawrie , 34 , of Broughton Road , Edinburgh , admitted stealing the cash while working at the Thistle Foundation 's offices in Niddrie Mains Road between June and November 1991 . |
| 10 | At its November meeting the Council failed to set a date for the next SAARC summit , originally scheduled for 1989 , after Sri Lanka formally declared its refusal , while Indian troops remained on its soil , to host the meeting as decided at the fourth summit in December 1989 in Islamabad , Pakistan [ for which see p. 36485 ] . |
| 11 | Reg Akehurst 's charge was a firm favourite for that contest and gave his backers not the slightest hint of a scare when leading at the furlong pole to score by a length-and-a-half. way off the pace makes an accurate assessment of his progress very difficult for the handicapper , but this observer is convinced there is significant improvement still to come . |
| 12 | Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him . |
| 13 | Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins . |
| 14 | The truth as observed at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday is that it would be exceedingly foolish for admirers to think of Mason as better than a developing apprentice in a punishing trade . |
| 15 | Oddly enough , at the end of the 205 hours the subjects claimed that they could go on longer , that after the fifth day things had got easier , and indeed offered to stay awake for another day if paid at the ninth day 's rate . |
| 16 | A workman was rescued by the fire brigade at the weekend when he became stuck on a hydraulic platform while working at the Seabird Hotel , The Front , Seaton Carew . |
| 17 | Double Benefits of £80 each for husband and wife when hospitalised at the same time for any reason , whilst both insured under the same policy . |
| 18 | Imagine the triangle was made into a square as shown at the side . |
| 19 | The UK Environment Secretary , John Gummer , has launched a consultation paper on how the country might move towards sustainability as envisaged at the Rio summit . |
| 20 | Please find enclosed a cheque for £250 from Nether Wyresdale Parish Council as a contribution towards the School Governors ' share of the cost of the new extension as mentioned at the recent Parish Council meeting . |
| 21 | It may again turn on the evidential issue of unsoundness as determined at the moment by the doctor . |
| 22 | Bregawn swept over the third fence from home and made his way into the straight , Pursued by Captain John ( who had lost ground when blundering at the third last ) , Wayward Lad and Silver Buck . |
| 23 | Mr Litherland , Labour MP for Manchester Central , said he had drawn attention to the security flaw after a building worker told him of his concern while working at the court building . |
| 24 | The dream ended one day when I hit a hole whilst flashing at the speed of light down Chanterlands Avenue . |
| 25 | The complication was in saying the newly minted lines at the right side of the mirror whilst arriving at the same place each time . |
| 26 | TRACE II has no choice but to start at the beginning and work rightwards , since input directed to feature detectors automatically results in activity at the phonetic and lexical levels through the hard-wired connections . |
| 27 | In all the cases analysed , make has shifted to evoke an antecedent cause , and the to infinitive almost always evokes a state as arising at the end of a process of causation ( or of coming-to-be ) . |
| 28 | The basic outline as agreed at the planning meeting was enshrined in an operational order , No. 146 , issued by MEHQ and addressed to Stirling . |
| 29 | Kelly , for example , can hardly control his incredulity when looking at the mythological world of demons . |
| 30 | You may like to check yourself when you are relaxing on your back on the floor as suggested at the end of Chapter 12 . |