Example sentences of "[adv] at the [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first meeting of the Action Group is scheduled for Monday 10th May at 2pm at the NT 's property ‘ Dinas ’ , near Betws y Coed . |
| 2 | If only the population could just manage , by random drift , to get itself over the knife-edge , it could coast down the slope to the Tit for Tat side , and everyone would do much better at the banker 's ( or ‘ nature 's ’ ) expense . |
| 3 | The balance should then be forwarded direct to the hotel , though if contacted some hotels do not require full payment in advance — this is entirely at the hotel 's discretion . |
| 4 | Indeed , musicians argue amongst themselves as to preferred gauges in any one set , so the blame does not lie entirely at the manufacturers ' door . |
| 5 | ‘ What the hell , ’ the Maggot said , and he wrenched the plane round in a tight turn until we were aimed plumb at the island 's southernmost tip , then he dropped the nose ready to make one high speed and low level pass above the Cay . |
| 6 | Excellent eating out in the village — especially at the Hotel des Glaciers . |
| 7 | But because many of the muscles are not stretched in ordinary daily activities , there is a great danger of spraining or tearing , especially at the beginner 's stage . |
| 8 | They peck valiantly at the monsters ' pointed snouts , frantically paddling with their feet and beating their wings . |
| 9 | flexibility will be retained in that the Dollar Preference Shares will be redeemable only at the Company 's option , subject to the terms of issue . |
| 10 | It will secure jobs not only at the company 's plants at Warton and Samlesbury , Lancs , and Brough , Humberside , but at many sub-contractors notably Rolls-Royce at Filton , Bristol . |
| 11 | Anyone else may appear , but only at the inspector 's discretion . |
| 12 | Hoyle suggested that this field 's lines of magnetic force manage to twist themselves up every 11 years because of the Sun 's rapid rotation ( once every 34 days or so at the Sun 's equator ) . |
| 13 | By this good turn the bishop won the hearts of all , and the people began to listen more readily to his teaching , hoping to obtain heavenly blessings through the ministry of one to whom they already owed these material benefits ; Eddius Stephanus then pointed out that those ungrateful enough not to convert willingly did so at the king 's command . |
| 14 | So at the SLP 's next annual conference I put forward a resolution that talks be opened with them with a view to supporting each other in seats where one or the other of us stood a chance of winning ; and to this end arranged a meeting between Jo Grimond and the SNP leader , Billy Wolfe . |
| 15 | During these weeks Seb rarely saw Carrie , except for a few hours each Sunday when they worked on the farm ledgers together at the Hankses ' cottage , and even here they were rarely alone . |
| 16 | They had shown the cluster of dark low-roofed buildings huddled together at the road 's side , reaching far back into the hillside . |
| 17 | IT 'S hardly Princess Diana 's idea of a jolly family Christmas when the royals get together at the Queen 's Sandringham estate . |
| 18 | On the 20th of March Katherine and Beatrice dined together at the Closerie des Lilas . |
| 19 | Sheldukher smiled approvingly at the Doctor 's witticisms . |
| 20 | It simply scraps away at the rabbit 's hindquarters but a rabbit can sit out this sort of treatment for quite long periods before feeling any need to react . |
| 21 | Cynics have noted that the Northern Ireland team under the former attorney general , Sir Patrick Mayhew , is well-placed to forge friendly relations with the Ulster Unionists , should by-elections nibble away at the government 's majority . |
| 22 | Now empty , decay and neglect are slowly eating away at the building 's fabric . |
| 23 | The gillie , blind as a bat , was bashing away at the fish 's tail . |
| 24 | This meeting had taken place about two weeks ago ; two weeks of frustration and boredom rubbing away at the monkey 's sanity , its only hope to keep concentrating ; to put all its energy into finishing the task the computer had set for it ; another four , maybe five hours of programming . |
| 25 | And so although the disease fits my prescription , and although it too can be usefully linked with a skin complaint ( eczema ) which also flakes away at the body 's surface , I had to abandon asthma . |
| 26 | Although Warwick 's defection meant that the Neville connection as a whole was no longer at the king 's disposal , Warwick was not able to carry all its members with him into opposition . |
| 27 | Although Warwick 's defection meant that the Neville connection as a whole was no longer at the king 's disposal , Warwick was not able to carry all its members with him into opposition . |
| 28 | Heading the attack by the restyled and mechanically tweaked Polos is the supercharged G40 packing a 113bhp punch aimed squarely at the Peugeot 205GTi 's jaw . |
| 29 | As Bernice watched , horrified , Bishop produced a large handgun from beneath his robes and aimed it squarely at the Doctor 's head . |
| 30 | Are these pictures simply transcriptions of power , in which the hard approach is mixed with the soft , and the Church is allied with the State ( and in this case hinting as well , not just at the foreigner 's domination of the native inhabitants but also at class conflict within colonial society , since the angel is a mélange of Spanish and Inca aristocracies ) ? |