Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of some side-swipes at the theories of Raymond Federman , Barth 's own fictional practice is not necessarily at odds with that of the latter . |
| 2 | By 1985 the average had dropped but the spread was narrower , with a few exceptions at the extremes ( the Manchester Evening News with 300,000 and the Darlington Evening Echo with 12,000 ) . |
| 3 | Some customers at the shows ask the strangest questions . |
| 4 | Bands usually look better if a few needles at the edges are knitted in stocking stitch which will roll and give a neat firm edge . |
| 5 | Managers were encouraged by corporate head office to eradicate such excesses at the work-outs , not to refer them to committees or put them through the proper channels . |
| 6 | For most Germans it was bewildering that they should suffer such losses at the hands of a country that had not existed for over 100 years . |
| 7 | What sense can we make of support for these parties at the polls ? |
| 8 | ERS-1 is expected to return the first quantitive data on these processes at the poles . |
| 9 | The scales are certainly atomic , so we are entitled to regard these charges at the surfaces as having spread out in two dimensions only . |
| 10 | All of these trims at the margins which I would suggest , detract from the quality of life of people in this city , something that we regret , but something which can and has been enforced upon us . |
| 11 | I have myself spent many hours at the police station compiling an accurate photo-fit of the stand and , through my many contacts in the local underworld , supplied them with the names of many undesirables known to deal in second-hand wood . |
| 12 | I do n't think they teach those tricks at the seminaries any more . ’ |
| 13 | As for those defeats at the hands of Botham and Sidcombe I would rate both , in footballing terms , as nightmares . |
| 14 | Since black people in the southern states have suffered more injustices at the hands of the law they tend to be less likely to hand out death sentences . |
| 15 | It 's those men at the docks . |
| 16 | There were more shutters at the windows of the building , only one of which was open . |
| 17 | And though the notion of the ‘ common good ’ went through several transformations at the hands of the New Liberals , it continued , in Hobhouse 's words , to require ‘ a readiness to forgo personal advantage for the general gain , a recognition of mutual dependence ’ . |
| 18 | Do you , have you had much contact erm with , with anyone who , with erm any parents at the flats that ha have been bringing up kids there ? |
| 19 | 5.14.1 any act omission or negligence of the Tenant or any persons at the Premises expressly or impliedly with the Tenant 's authority [ and under the Tenant 's control ] or |
| 20 | He concedes that it is not possible , within the compass available , to give ‘ a representative sample ’ of what all psychology is about , and readers will share his own frustrations at the omissions . |
| 21 | Were there ever any strikes at the docks ? |
| 22 | In the week leading up to the Fayre the committee spends most days at the Sports ground doing the million and one last minute jobs and testing the games . |
| 23 | Other agreements signed by most participants at the meetings included ( i ) reducing armed forces of the former Soviet Union ; ( ii ) reducing chemical weapons in accordance with international agreements ; ( iii ) creating a single air space , a single information space and , in principle , a CIS television and radio company ; ( iv ) social provision for servicemen ; and ( v ) agreement on border troops . |
| 24 | Most confessions at the police holding centres have been signed during the first two days of custody . |