Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [det] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 2 | You would , of course , be free to break off our association at any time you chose . |
| 3 | There is also a change of rhythm at this point which contributes to the understanding of the words . |
| 4 | Mill also thinks this is a very good way of introducing female suffrage at this point which he is very much in favour of , if you had a , if you had a vote on it should if you vote if er there was a vote among the male electors about whether women should be given the vote and there was a public ballot , then it 's very unlikely they would vote against the extension of franchise because their wives and daughters would be able to see what they 've done , so he thinks that erm the only reason for having a secret ballot is that you 're rather ashamed of what you 're doing and that if you have a public ballot people will vote much more responsibly . |
| 5 | In each case , there is a period of study at another university which normally includes a short placement of work observation . |
| 6 | Now in in the bakery at that time it was one of the most progressive bakeries in the city and it must have employed at least about a hundred bakers . |
| 7 | Or Quota at any rate you know . |
| 8 | And the foreman er we used to play about , lark about , throw orange peel at each other you know , cos it were a boring job you just stand like this and you could more or less close your eyes , you know . |
| 9 | We showed how in certain areas — for example home-school links , the curriculum , and whole-school management — clear policies can be appropriate and helpful ; and how in other areas — notably classroom practice — advisory staff seemed eager to prescribe in some detail how teachers should organize their classrooms and manage their teaching , a focus for policy and action at that level which seemed rather less appropriate . |
| 10 | An expert says that without oxygen at that altitude he wo n't survive for long . |
| 11 | This will change the voltage at any porthole whose current line is affected , and the appropriate voltmeter will register the fact . |
| 12 | So if your resistance stays the same and we keep increasing the voltage at some stage you say ooh it feels tingly |
| 13 | The depth sounder and Decca Navigator in the wheelhouse were innovations and although Radar was out of the question at that time we managed very well with the Decca Navigator , often running up the Thames in quite dense fog buoy hopping through Sea Reach . |
| 14 | If bad weather prevented it from hunting at these times it would starve . |
| 15 | There can be no other climb at this standard which gives such a big-wall feel . |
| 16 | The subject has an importance in the history of war at this period which merits emphasis . |
| 17 | During the twelve years that I 've been head teacher at this school I have waited for promised improvements at the crossroads , and in particular the Lane junction . |
| 18 | Once established , however , this function is likely to have assumed an over-riding importance at those towns which were most suitably placed to exploit its potential . |
| 19 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 20 | I suppose you could access the switching of channels by means of lots of ordinary footswitches , to increase your remote control of the Quad , but with a dedicated footswitch at this price there seems little point . |
| 21 | Unfortunately as the blocks reached the wall at either side they could not ride on or off at the ends . |
| 22 | But you , you 're right that if we stick to somewhere between six hundred and seven hundred as , as a erm even a basic kind of subsistence I E you 've just got enough in just , you , you 're just not using enough food to get yourself up to two hundred , two thousand calories a day at that rate you were still being taxed on , a at a rate of almost twenty percent of your , of your income . |
| 23 | If you need more hot water at any other time , just one touch of a button will give you a tank-full of hot water at any time you need it . |
| 24 | If he meets a small kitten at this stage he may try to mount it and mate with it . |
| 25 | You could n't just pick up the phone at any time you liked . |
| 26 | Night at any rate you had fine , as we had , with a high clear moon & just a few stars lost here & there among folds of cloud . |
| 27 | Q : We paid for our holiday in Paphos , Cyprus , in January , but 36 hours before we were due to leave our tour operator , Saga Holidays , rang to tell us the Roman Hotel in Paphos was double-booked and to offer us the first week at another hotel which was , in our opinion , inferior . |
| 28 | It plays back four frames on each revolution of the disc so you can not freeze the frame at any point you choose . |
| 29 | According to him , there were some 800 men living on the island at that time which would suggest a total island population of around three thousand , approximately half living in Funchal . |
| 30 | Despite a flaring anger at this impertinence her eyes were drawn to the strong column of his throat as he swallowed . |