Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [det] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the opening attempt at such a panorama , even if well observed , can only be provisional . |
| 2 | In India , where continued hegemony was now the consideration paramount above all others in the minds of British politicians , a wholehearted attempt at such a policy , by one so well qualified to pursue it , must have seemed at least worth a try . |
| 3 | Possibly the last attempt at such a use of newspaper power — Cecil King 's 1968 ‘ Enough is Enough ’ article in the Mirror which called for Harold Wilson 's resignation as Prime Minister — resulted in the dismissal of the ‘ abuser ’ of power , Cecil King himself . |
| 4 | It is then asked that the witnesses be examined either in accordance with a given list of questions , which will have been drafted by the applicant party , or regarding certain matters summarised in the letter of request itself ; an example might be ‘ a road traffic accident believed to have taken place in the sight of the witness at such-and-such a place and time ’ . |
| 5 | Was the condition of the patient already in the ambulance so critical , so life threatening as to justify the ambulance driver going through the red traffic light at such a speed , that the victim was carried 30 yards on the bonnet ? |
| 6 | Not that she was destined to get any practice at such a mega-speed , since Downes , at least for the first half of the interview , was to enunciate his words with the slow deliberation of a stupefied zombie . |
| 7 | All could take a leaf out of the book of Grant Fox , who performances for New Zealand were the result of constant practice at all the basics . |
| 8 | Who wants to count calories and munch on a piece of dry toast at such a time ? |
| 9 | In the end , she got very bored with staring out of the window at all the greenery outside . |
| 10 | Had he seen the timer in a shop window at half the price , he would have ignored it . |
| 11 | I saw the future with the three of us lunching regularly in this horrid pub at all the seasons of the year . |
| 12 | Reg Seekings , who was with Paddy Mayne , was also dragged across the desert at such a speed that his arms and face were skinned . |
| 13 | The Comintern expressed righteous indignation at such an attack , although eighteen months later it tacitly accepted all these points . |
| 14 | This meant that on average a girl would have to obtain higher examination marks than a boy to secure a place at such a school . |
| 15 | No doubt he exaggerated ( such was his wont where his conscience was concerned ) ; yet the only news she had received from Em herself had not been happy ; and now — to learn that she had suffered a miscarriage in that desert place at such a time of year , and that she had not felt able to share the grief of it with her own affectionate sister … |
| 16 | So far as white settlement is concerned , the rapid peopling of the Canadian prairies and north country , of southern , central , and eastern Africa could not have taken place at such a speed without the railway . |
| 17 | ‘ Quite the wrong simile at such a time . |
| 18 | … before they were all sold , a quantity of the same sort came up to town at half the price , so that the rest remained on hand . |
| 19 | The perspective can be to a point at such an elevation that the projection lines appear to be parallel . |
| 20 | A sniff at all the corners to see what 's new . |
| 21 | Musicians in the Emerald Isle can now swallow their jealousy at all the music shows available to their English and Scottish counterparts , because soon there 'll be a special public music show in Dublin . |
| 22 | What justification can there be for another academic article at such a moment ? |
| 23 | Even though the gift was subject to a reservation Mr X must pay tax at half the Sched 1 rates as he has made a chargeable transfer . |
| 24 | The basic view is best expressed by Skinner himself : ‘ A person disposed to act because he has been reinforced for acting may feel the conditions of his body at such a time and call it ‘ felt purpose' ’ , but what behaviourism rejects is the causal efficacy of that feeling . ’ |
| 25 | Apple Computer Inc yesterday took the new PowerCD CD-ROM product , announced at Hannover last week , to the US market , saying that it expects to sell 1.5m of the things by the end of this year ; it also said it has shipped more than 1m copies of its QuickTime multimedia software since its launch in January 1992 , and has formed a new unit , New Media to increase market access to multimedia technologies , expand multimedia content and develop new markets for Mac technology ; the PowerCD comes with AppleDesign Powered Speakers claimed to deliver high-quality sound at half the price of similar stereo speakers . |
| 26 | It was here that the great receptions and gala balls took place , though it was not the setting for the traditional New Year 's ambassadorial reception as described by Hubner , which was that of the Throne part played by the Empress , since this was her first appearance at such a function and it thus enables us to observe her on an occasion of high formality : |
| 27 | But she never was given any money for the Flowers had credit at all the shops with which they dealt and Uncle Philip paid the bills quarterly , by cheque . |
| 28 | The great Prince Sabatini would not relish starting his day at such an hour . |
| 29 | The Taxman expressed moral outrage at such a suggestion , declared that this was not his conception of the implications of being in loco parentis , and said that he , as a parent and husband , would have no hesitation in reporting the criminal actions of his child or indeed his wife , particularly if he saw no sign of either remorse or an intention to reform . |
| 30 | Rufus , who had n't much appreciation of nature usually , nevertheless found himself gazing in something like wonderment at all the roses , yellow and pink and apricot and dark red , a hedge of white ones , a cascade of peach-red that covered a pergola . |