Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At meetings of Bank Assistants throughout the country , in the past weeks , I have not met anyone who was other than bitterly disillusioned at the outcome of our visit to the Labour Court . |
| 2 | Although not discussed at the Forum meeting , and since the local authority directors are nominated on an agreed two year cycle , it is assumed that there is no opposition to Councillors , and being appointed to complete their second year . |
| 3 | My daughter , although clearly distressed at the tragedy , preferred to stay at home with the children . |
| 4 | Hardly surprising , since one of the main components of that radicalism was opposition to the Vietnam war , and although nominally defeated at the party conference in 1967 , Wilson 's basically pro-US stand defined the party 's position in the eyes of many young radicals . |
| 5 | Just why there are more calories in the human excreta following the intake of a high-fibre diet is less than fully understood at the present stage of scientific research . |
| 6 | On two occasions he joined large dinner parties designed to raise money for particular charities and I witnessed him reduced to slumping over the table on folded arms , where he remained comatose until gently removed at the end of the meal . |
| 7 | Unless specifically agreed at the time of making your booking , we can not accept any reservation which is made conditional upon a Special Request being satisfied . |
| 8 | You know how some sports cars manage to look like they are doing about a hundred miles while still parked at the kerb ? |
| 9 | These ‘ Notes ’ , whilst ostensibly aimed at the Trotskyist Opposition ( which had officially been routed in 1927 ) were in reality directed against the ‘ super-industrialisers ’ amongst the ruling majority . |
| 10 | It enabled Eliot to look not to the detested Unitarianism of his family , but towards a deeper , wider , yet also more personal ‘ rhythm ’ present , though scarcely recognized at the time . |
| 11 | 5 In 1919 , the year after O'Keeffe and Stieglitz began living together in New York , Stieglitz wrote a brief essay , ‘ Woman in Art ’ , in which he restated his belief in the sexual dimensions of O'Keeffe 's imagery and which , though not published at the time , he apparently circulated among the members of his circle . |