Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 27 finalists are listed below and at the time of going to press they are poised for the grand final in London . |
| 2 | Government regional and labour mobility policies have also proved their economic worth even though they have not been pursued vigorously and at the most appropriate periods . |
| 3 | Paragraph 21 exposes a gap , pointing out that an innocent acquisition followed by a dishonest decision to keep or dispose of the property was in general not larceny and that larceny by finding was committed only where at the time of the finding the finder believed that the owner could be discovered by taking reasonable steps . |
| 4 | A leaking gutter , for instance , can be repaired quickly and at a small cost , but if the leak remains unnoticed , water could seriously damage the fabric , resulting in expensive repairs for the future . ’ |
| 5 | Within another two minutes Simmons was two-thirds towards completing his hat trick after he outpaced all six defenders and side-footed the ball past goalkeeper Slack , who had been caught unawares as at the time he was trying to impress a group of young girls in the crowd by swinging on the crossbar . |
| 6 | He was detained on Saturday , 30th December , the same day that Mattiya and Otini Kambona were picked up and at the same time as the closure of Ulimwengu was announced . |
| 7 | Every day bank deposits are withdrawn and fresh deposits made so that at the end of each day liquidity for each bank will be different from that at the beginning . |
| 8 | Referring to study done outside normal college , polytechnic , university , etc , term-time or work done elsewhere than at the college itself as in extramural activities . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , quite apart from their value as a temporary measure to kick-start a move to overcome corporate cultural stereotypes , it was argued convincingly that at an operational level they worked as a performance standard on managers , making them work harder to find , encourage and develop female high-fliers . |
| 10 | The deputy judge refused probate of the 1982 document on the grounds that it had not been duly executed in that , although the amendment by section 17 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 of section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 allowed a valid signature to be made otherwise than at the foot of the will , it had not altered the requirement that the testator should have made his will before signing it ; and that , in any event , the testator had lacked testamentary capacity . |
| 11 | I heard myself say to him , though the different sections of my brain seemed to have slipped out of synch somehow , and I was aware of all sorts of different things at once , and time seemed to have slowed down and at the same time some part of my brain was racing , trying to come up with some logical explanation for what was going on that did n't involve calamity … and failing . |
| 12 | Growth in export markets has slowed down and at the same time new malting capacity has come on stream leading to a very competitive market place . |
| 13 | Early in this chapter it was pointed out that at the beginning of the century British governments adopted an approach of relief of unemployment that largely ruled out the creation of specific employment opportunities . |
| 14 | I half got up , then I looked at the hole he 'd gone down and at the paper in my hand . |
| 15 | They had n't gone far when at the side of the road they saw a small boy . |
| 16 | Many of the world 's leading doctors have been trained here and at the neighbouring Medical School of Edinburgh University . |
| 17 | All this is followed meticulously if at a respectful distance by Doolittle 's seven-piece band , written for with a sure ear for tonal balance and a strong sense of the orchestra 's role as a virtual extension of the voice , but with little willingness to let the musical idea take over the action . |
| 18 | To start the saw , the starting lock at the top of the handle has to be pressed forwards and at the same time the trigger switch is squeezed . |
| 19 | The bill , which makes it an offence to carry a knife and puts the onus on the carrier to prove he had good reason to carry the knife , will have its third reading on Friday and could now become law before summer after the Scottish Office accepted a Labour amendment that the act should come into force on the day it is passed rather than at the end of a two month period . |
| 20 | Thus , even if space is left within and at the end of each index , updating will involve the shifting and shuffling of a number of records or the use of pointers and links to the new records . |
| 21 | I was taken here but at the time I mean I was n't one of the really seriously burnt , I mean I was still conscious and I was still walking around . |
| 22 | The register may be kept at the company 's registered office or at another office of the company or at the office of professional registrars to which the company has delegated this task , but , if kept otherwise than at the company 's registered office , notice must be given to the Registrar of the place where it is kept and of any change of that place . |