Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is aimed either at the external hacker of which there are far fewer than press reports suggest or at the employee who though they have legitimate access legitimate lim limited access to a computer , nevertheless go beyond that authorization , but in order for the act to be successful , in order to get a successful prosecution , the prosecution have got to show that the access was unauthorized , and in the absence of clear codes of conduct , clear on-screen messages , that can be quite tricky . |
| 2 | They say that at the moment of death the whole of one 's past life flashes before one 's eyes . |
| 3 | The data also show that at the thicket stage in coniferous plantations the ground flora is much less diverse and dense than in control sites of similar age which consist of semi-natural mixed oak ( Quercus spp. ) stands . |
| 4 | This certainly seems to be true if we consider that at the time the activity ( such as using a book ) takes place , the person concerned is certainly doing it in preference to doing anything else . |
| 5 | In practice , Rameau 's part-writing works perfectly well on period instruments , especially when we recall that at the Paris Opéra there were many more players on the outer than on the inner parts . |
| 6 | Recall that at the beginning of this piece I briefly discussed what the representational theory of the mind has got right : that thoughts are not simple responses , reactions or reverberations to environmental stimulation — contrasting this with the case of the thermostat which automatically switches on and off at pre-set temperatures . |
| 7 | I suspect that at the back of his mind there lurked a phrase from Beowulf , about those very similar monsters Grendel and his mother : no hie faeder cunnon , ‘ men know of no father for them ’ . |
| 8 | I suspect that at the moment he sees all the disadvantages and none of the advantages of committee work . |
| 9 | More money and more promotion wo n't bring him happiness and , I suspect that at the end of the day , neither will they satisfy you . |
| 10 | The memoirs were written in a very anti-communist phase of his life , and we know that at the time he received indirect assurances from the head of the Communist Party , Maurice Thorez , that no insurrection was being planned . |
| 11 | And they know about what 's happening to them , and know that at the end of the day , it does n't matter about what their behaviour is , it does n't matter about what happens to them , because nobody cares . |
| 12 | Assume that at the end of the investor 's time horizon there are two possible end states , the first in which the share price has doubled and the second in which it has halved . |
| 13 | To illustrate , suppose that at the beginning of the year a UK investor exchanges sterling for dollars to invest in US securities . |
| 14 | Note that at the back of the head an allowance of approx. ½in has been left , and this is bevelled with a smoothing plane so that when viewed from above the head will lie at an angle to the neck . |
| 15 | Note that at the level of phonology we can abstract smaller elements such as the phoneme /g/ in glad , but such segments have no formal meaning . |
| 16 | We note that at the time of going to press a restructuring of the advisory service is under consideration ( Leeds City Council 1991c ) . |
| 17 | Most Hindus whom I have met would say that they do not , for they believe that at the heart of life is Oneness — Brahman — which manifests itself in an infinite number of forms . |
| 18 | I also believe that at the conference he will use all his persuasiveness to enable the European Community to move ahead . |
| 19 | I understand that at the GATT negotiations , for example , we may eventually settle for a 30 per cent . |
| 20 | It was a sad , sorry business but many people feel that at the end of the day , the decision was the right one . |
| 21 | Have a gap there but I mean whereas at the moment it 's like that , not to that . |
| 22 | All the great religions affirm that at the heart of religion lies Mystery which nothing can adequately express : all religious forms of expression have the character of pointing towards this Mystery , and not describing it . |
| 23 | If I could just pick up the point you made Councillor , I think that at the A C C discussions , there was a great deal of cognition and understanding of the need to consult with staff side , in the run up to the beginning of formal consultations . |
| 24 | Yet I think that at the subconscious and half-conscious levels he was a heavy weight upon me of a perhaps oppressive or repressive kind . |
| 25 | I think that at the end of his life he thought that what he knew was lost for ever . |
| 26 | I think that at the moment it is not easy for ordinary people to learn to compute on most of the existing computing systems . |
| 27 | Also , a competitive equilibrium can-not exist because at the point where price equals each firm 's marginal cost , profits would increase with increasing output so each firm would wish to increase output and thereby achieve lower costs . |
| 28 | I mean I 've got my own thoughts , I have to be careful here that you know I 've got to try and pull together what you think because at the end of the day it 's it 's very important that it reflects the way we work in school , not the way I perceive I we work in in school because you 're the people at the chalk first . |
| 29 | Yet/in any event we have a firm idea about the most effective path and unreservedly recommend that at the beginning of the project one looks at the list of telephone numbers and addresses on the last page of this brochure . |
| 30 | I burst out laughing because all the costermongers in the Whitechapel Road always did whenever they heard that word , although I admit that at the time I did n't have a clue what a virgin was . |