Example sentences of "[adv] at the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which the military superiority of Germany forced upon the young Soviet State at the end of the year , revealed the limits of its power : ‘ The past keeps fast hold of us , ’ Lenin observed gloomily at the 8th Party Congress , ‘ grasps us with a thousand tentacles , and does not allow us to take a single forward step , or compels us to take these steps badly . ’ |
| 2 | The political pilgrim should not stumble through backstreets and alleys with only glimpses of his goal , then suddenly at the last moment find all revealed ; rather he should approach it in awe , aware of its enormous size from a great distance . |
| 3 | When calculating the mutual inductance we assumed that the magnetic field due to I1 appears instantaneously at the second ring . |
| 4 | You will make a report to me daily at the first hour of night . |
| 5 | Perhaps at the last moment an angel will appear . |
| 6 | Later on , perhaps at the next election , there might be an opportunity for me to get into Parliament . |
| 7 | Peter Dutton , Corporate Recruitment Manager at Procter & Gamble 's UK head office in Newcastle , wrote : ‘ We do not use Headhunters at all , because we have a policy of recruiting only at the first level of management ( usually graduates direct from university ) and filling all more senior management positions by promotion from within . ’ |
| 8 | The strong relationship between syntactic category and coverage exists only at the first level of information . |
| 9 | The repeating shape of the accompaniment in quavers is designed to recur only at the first beat of the seventh bar . |
| 10 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 11 | Kiro Gligorov of the Macedonian LC was elected President of the republic only at the second attempt on Jan. 27 after VMRO-DPMNE deputies had failed to back him ( he was sole candidate ) in a first ballot on Jan. 19 , thereby depriving him of the necessary two-thirds majority . |
| 12 | Certain ‘ representatives of the Afghan people ’ would be admitted only at the second stage of the conference and they would need to accept the decisions of the conference . |
| 13 | The simple end-product arrives only at the fifth attempt . |
| 14 | Only at the last minute , by forced marches , would it suddenly make for the Channel coast . |
| 15 | A second date was set for last Monday , when Mr Connelly was again told of the cancellation only at the last minute . |
| 16 | Only at the last minute , at the station , did she seem sad again . |
| 17 | He had been on the point of hiding in the kiosk : only at the last moment had he dived beneath it . |
| 18 | It was only at the last moment that the real or unreal nature of an escape project was finally determined . |
| 19 | There were many cases where Bloomsbury House was involved not at all , or only at the last moment when it was generally too late to offer any constructive help . |
| 20 | Only at the last moment , when he 'd been recognized in turn , did Zen realize that it was Daniele Miletti . |
| 21 | ‘ Four faults , ’ crackled the public address system as the little bright-bay mare failed to tuck her hind feet up quite high enough at the last bar of the treble . |
| 22 | So at the first encore , Katell played two surprise cards but if one — a searing performance of Jacques Brel 's ‘ Me Pas ’ with guest pianist , The Man Seezer — worked , the other — a shapeless version of Ian Dury 's ‘ Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick ’ — flopped . |
| 23 | When it comes to that though there will be people from other green parties who who 'll be looking for accommodation so at the last minute we can |
| 24 | He did so at the last moment when the Unionists agreed not to oppose Henderson . |
| 25 | The band had been thrown together at the last moment ; and none of the musicians looked or sounded as if he was enjoying the experience . |
| 26 | Self-delusion could easily once again cloud the judgment of the shadow cabinet and Labour could go it alone at the next election , perhaps with the same misplaced confidence in a ‘ safety first ’ stance that will deliver success if the dangers inherent in new initiatives are avoided and new ideas anathemised . |
| 27 | They righted the boat , however , and got away at the second attempt . |
| 28 | Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble . |
| 29 | They are boring , grey-coloured , hamster-like devices that scurry away at the first sound of our Michelin Interroutes ; I suppose I would leg it too if some mad giant was riding his bike over my roof . |
| 30 | His scams and cons , however , are not always abortive and the profit he makes is not always snatched away at the last minute . |