Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouraged by his studies of A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads , by Nicholas Wood [ q.v. ] , he quickly realized the great potential future of steam locomotive traction and in 1837 he joined Charles Todd , who had been apprenticed to James Fenton of the locomotive builders Fenton , Murray & Jackson , and David Laird , a farmer and financier , in establishing Todd , Kitson & Laird at the Railway foundry in Leeds , manufacturers of machinery and locomotives . |
| 2 | That 's between Bedale and Catterick at the moment and slight delays are possible there . |
| 3 | Jan Reedijk and co-workers at the state University of Leiden in the Netherlands found that cis- DDP could bond to two guanine bases in a small chain of single stranded DNA despite an intervening cyosine base ( Journal of the American Chemical Society , vol 104 , p 2664 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , but I 'm not ! ’ began Meredith and Markby at the same time exclaimed , ‘ She is n't ! ’ so that their denials chimed in unison . |
| 5 | Mansell ca n't be in Portugal and Japan at the same time , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ( 16 ) Jack and Pauline met Richard and Liz at the station . |
| 7 | He found the Doctor , Bernice and Elaine at the end of the corridor , staring aghast at the floor in the middle of the next junction of passages . |
| 8 | Pat at London Colney Savacentre , Lucy and Sue at the New Apsley Mills , Hemel Hempstead . |
| 9 | The illustrations in the periodicals are inscribed as having been drawn by John Drayton Wyatt , who prepared many plates of Scott 's work for publication and also regularly exhibited drawings of designs by Scott and others at the Royal Academy . |
| 10 | The Free Trade Association , which will create a single market between Canada , the United States and Mexico at the end of this year , has jeopardised their refugee status . |
| 11 | Very well , but then let us go right down to the south-west corner of the United States and lock at the Moenkopi and associated formations of Arizona . |
| 12 | Suddenly I saw Biddy and Joe at the door , arm in arm . |
| 13 | Following the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC Julius Caesar 's great-nephew and heir , Octavian , became master of the Mediterranean world . |
| 14 | Mike Roberts and colleagues at the CEGB 's research laboratories now think that air pollution plays only a minor role after all ( Forestry , vol 62 , pp 179-222 ) . |
| 15 | He was seen as a supreme First Division predator , with a sequence of seven top-flight goals in just ten games in the mid-winter months as Palace pursued Arsenal and Liverpool at the top of the table ; he was also offered additional encouragement with recognition at the England B level . |
| 16 | On Dec. 3 Kuwait protested to the UN Security Council over Iraq 's refusal to participate in the work of the UN Border Demarkation Committee 's reconnaissance team , which had visited the demilitarized zone between Kuwait and Iraq at the end of November . |
| 17 | On Jan. 16 it was reported that an alliance had been struck between the PLO and Amal at the main flashpoint of the fighting at Iqlim al-Tofah . |
| 18 | Greenpeace supporters raised £2,000 to help save the whales with sponsored walks in Saltburn and Hartlepool at the weekend . |
| 19 | But it was the period between 1986 and 1989 that put Andy and Nick at the fore as the most formidable team in Europe , and probably worldwide , in recent years . |
| 20 | Karen and I on the sofa , Karen and I in the back seat of the BMW , Karen and I at the river , up the alley , down the garden , round the corner , in the pub . |
| 21 | What riled Amiss more than the rottenness of the food were the cries of appreciation from Alf and Bert at the fact that strawberry jam had been provided . |
| 22 | The Dominicans and Franciscans had houses in England and scholars at the universities there in the thirteenth century , the Augustinians in the fourteenth century . |
| 23 | Philippa Gregory Fallen Skies 26th July , £14.99 P.o.s. : Display bins and posters Author tour : south of England and appearances at the Edinburgh and Dartington Festivals Media coverage : national media interviews including radio and television |
| 24 | You should now attempt a similar process in looking at reforms proposed for primary and secondary education in England and Wales at the end of the '80s . |
| 25 | Between 1897 and 1906 , magistrate courts granted over 87,000 separation and maintenance orders in England and Wales at the rate of some 8,000 separations per year , and these became the working-class norm . |
| 26 | By a notice of appeal dated 22 July 1991 the administrators appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law in holding that the court had no jurisdiction to make any order under section 238 of the Act of 1986 against the bank ; ( 2 ) the judge should have held that the words ‘ any person ’ in section 238 meant ( in the case of a company ) any company , whether or not registered in England and Wales , or having a place of business in England and Wales , or carrying on business in England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; alternatively , that those words ( in the case of a company ) meant any company with a sufficient connection with England and Wales : and that , on the facts of the case , there was a sufficient connection ; and in either case the court accordingly had jurisdiction to entertain the originating application against the bank , and to grant leave under rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 to serve the bank in Jersey ; and ( 3 ) in construing section 238 of the Act of 1986 the judge had erred in failing ( i ) to hold that the bank , even though a Jersey company , was within the class of persons with respect to whom Parliament was to be presumed to be legislating in section 238 ; ( ii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the mischief which the section was intended to remedy , and/or to the disastrous practical consequences for all insolvencies with any international element if the operation of the section were limited to those within England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; ( iii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the legislative context of the section and related sections ; and ( iv ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the fact that the transactions dealt with by the sections necessarily had a connection with England and Wales in that they involved a disposition of the property of a person or company the subject of insolvency proceedings before the courts of England and Wales . |
| 27 | By a notice of appeal dated 22 July 1991 the administrators appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law in holding that the court had no jurisdiction to make any order under section 238 of the Act of 1986 against the bank ; ( 2 ) the judge should have held that the words ‘ any person ’ in section 238 meant ( in the case of a company ) any company , whether or not registered in England and Wales , or having a place of business in England and Wales , or carrying on business in England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; alternatively , that those words ( in the case of a company ) meant any company with a sufficient connection with England and Wales : and that , on the facts of the case , there was a sufficient connection ; and in either case the court accordingly had jurisdiction to entertain the originating application against the bank , and to grant leave under rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 to serve the bank in Jersey ; and ( 3 ) in construing section 238 of the Act of 1986 the judge had erred in failing ( i ) to hold that the bank , even though a Jersey company , was within the class of persons with respect to whom Parliament was to be presumed to be legislating in section 238 ; ( ii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the mischief which the section was intended to remedy , and/or to the disastrous practical consequences for all insolvencies with any international element if the operation of the section were limited to those within England and Wales at the time of the transaction complained of ; ( iii ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the legislative context of the section and related sections ; and ( iv ) to give any or any sufficient weight to the fact that the transactions dealt with by the sections necessarily had a connection with England and Wales in that they involved a disposition of the property of a person or company the subject of insolvency proceedings before the courts of England and Wales . |
| 28 | The contrary argument is that Hambros Jersey is outside the ambit of the section , because the apparent width of the phrase is subject to an implied limitation that the expression applies only to ( 1 ) British subjects and ( 2 ) all persons present in England and Wales at the time of the impugned transaction . |
| 29 | The same objection applies to a third possibility , namely , that the sections apply only to dealings with property , immovable or movable , situate in England and Wales at the relevant time . |
| 30 | The main issues in the by-election campaign which worked to the disadvantage of the governing Conservative Party were the community charge ( poll tax ) being introduced in England and Wales at the beginning of April [ see below ] , high interest and mortgage rates [ see also p. 37165 ] , reform of the National Health Service [ see pp. 36503 ; 37158 ] , and education reforms [ see pp. 36502 ; 37158 ] . |