Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last twenty years the importance of migration has been reinforced by the decline in rates of natural increase ; now that births and deaths are almost in balance , migration is the crucial determinant of whether population grows or contracts even at the national level . |
| 2 | ‘ Changes could create a vacuum by setting up new authorities with no educational experience or tradition precisely at the time schools need maximum support for the introduction of their new management systems , ’ said the SPTC report . |
| 3 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 4 | It was some while afterwards when Rose realised that she had left the canvas bag with the maroon dress and necklace behind at the studio . |
| 5 | The Catholic miracle of transubstantiation could be performed only by an ordained priest , who then received the body and blood alone at the altar . |
| 6 | Ewan would stand and gaze wonderingly at the naked boy forming before his eyes . |
| 7 | Ask him his priorities , and he puts education and deregulation firmly at the top . |
| 8 | Newly elected Welsh Secretary John Redwood MP addressed CIOB members and guests recently at the 14th Duke of Edinburgh Lecture . |
| 9 | Arrangements for the ceremony at St Columbus Church of Scotland and celebrations afterwards at The Grand Hotel were made easier because Paul 's brother , William , lives on the island . |
| 10 | I think we are providing a good service here and we 're meeting the needs of people erm we are providing a service on Thursday , Friday , Saturday and Sunday now at the times which are identified by officers as the crucial times when people actually need the service . |
| 11 | For two neighbouring points on the ( p , T ) diagram this means Expanding by Taylor 's theorem about and using the first equality gives where are changes in v and S respectively at the transition . |
| 12 | If this was not disgraceful behaviour , they also threw coins and plastic etc. at the linesman , referee and Linfield players ! |
| 13 | I 'd like to put forward the argument that it was by trying to accomodate Cuntona , Wallace and Chappie together at the start of last season that made us a soft touch away from home . |
| 14 | QCs Desmond Boal and Robert McCartney are representing the council and objectors respectively at the hearing , which is expected to end tomorrow afternoon . |
| 15 | Robert Saxton 's has just been recorded , William Mathias 's was given its premiere in Manchester in January , and those by Dominic Muldowney and Robin Holloway in Liverpool and Manchester respectively at the end of last month . |
| 16 | For British television drama , for instance , and for American television drama till the mid-fifties , a particular combination of live studio technology and a respect for theatrical naturalism placed time and space more at the service of performance than of narrative logic , seeking a continuity — rather than an interruptability — of time and space in which the actor could unfold the truth of the performance , or , more practically , in which mistakes on the studio floor could be minimized . |
| 17 | Better to eat off an orange box and get pleasure from a plant than to spend the money on a cheap and nasty table which is going to be an unsatisfactory stopgap Save money and effort right at the start by sorting out priorities — which should include enjoying the room you live in — and try not to stray too far from your original objectives . |
| 18 | Bernice could see him raise a bulky suited arm and gesture grandly at the surroundings . |
| 19 | 16–11- That he would contribute £50 and proposed that services should be held at Keills and Ballygrant alternately at the usual hours of public worship on the Sabbath . |
| 20 | Oystercatchers may wedge the shells into a crevice and chip away at the lip . |
| 21 | Peanut feeders with a strong fine mesh ensure that the birds must scrape and chip away at the nuts , avoiding the problem of nestlings choking on whole nuts in spring . |
| 22 | The Board appointed Mr. G. Chaplin and Miss Anne Reid , who had been assistant master and matron respectively at the Hackney Union , but it was conditional on their being married ( to one another ) by July . |
| 23 | The Soviet Union ‘ reformed ’ its currency by simply cancelling its 50-rouble and 100-rouble banknotes ( worth $2.50 and $5 apiece at the street exchange-rate ) . |
| 24 | Mr Arnold commented : ‘ He 's sharp , a good fielder and mover , and bowls well at the end in one-days . ’ |
| 25 | To join a new length of pipe into an existing inspection chamber , you will have to break a hole in the wall of the chamber and chop away at the benching so that a new half channel can be laid to join up with the main channel . |
| 26 | Although it is desirable to rotate horse paddocks and to have cows grazing them too , it is not always successful having horses and cows together at the same time . |
| 27 | Admiration for the quality of materials and hand craftsmanship , but horror often at the designers ' sheer lack of restraint . |