Example sentences of "[subord] at the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , where at the outset it has been decided ( Clause 12.01 ) to leave the goodwill of the firm out of individual account so as to allow it to enure for the benefit of the continuing practice , or where , for similar reasons , revaluations of partnership assets have been ruled out , this should be specified ( Clause 12.02 ) . |
| 2 | Although at the surface there are only flat green fields , underneath a pillar of chalk was found pushing up some 200 feet through the Tertiary , like an igneous intrusion . |
| 3 | In a sense , history is repeating itself in that the sequence of development in the past has also contained local ‘ boom ’ elements such as kelp gathering in the 19th century or the bulb growing schemes in the 1960's , both of which foundered in response to changes in external economic imperatives , although at the outset there were high hopes that unique local resources i.e. seaweed and disease-free sandy soils , would provide enduring employment opportunities . |
| 4 | The beneficiary is twice described as a legatee , although at the beginning we are told that she acquired per fideicommissum . |
| 5 | Although at the time they were made up of an apparently infinite chain of familiar days , I can think of them now only as a whole . |
| 6 | particularly erm , and one of things that I did find in Gaugin 's painting of Von Gogh was that erm , er , erm , depression really , I , I could see it there and the des desolation very much as if he was looking in on somebody who was in that position er , although at the time I do n't thing Gaugin and , er Von Gogh himself knew it |
| 7 | Although at the time he was ‘ not a great fan of industrial specialism' , his views have changed . |
| 8 | " Able-Oboe-Charlie " was the aircrew phonetics used by the early Pathfinders to identify their Commandant , although at the time he was officially a Commander of the Pathfinder Force , with the acting rank of group captain under the control of No 3 Group for day-to-day administration . |
| 9 | His shock resignation was shrouded in mystery , although at the time his reasons were given as being ‘ personal and due to family matters . ’ |
| 10 | Although at the time it was seen as no more than the correction of an anomaly , only at the Labour Party 's annual conference in 1979 was the formal position of the Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party brought into line with the de facto position by his being accorded the title of ‘ Leader of the Labour Party ’ . |
| 11 | So George , a carpenter , bought his primary school teacher wife her first ewes , although at the time she admitted ‘ not knowing one end of a sheep from the other . ’ |
| 12 | Payne has , since 1982 , been based in Leeds as general administrator ( operatic parlance for ‘ managing director ’ ) of the Opera North , although at the moment his name is being much whispered in connection with higher things in foreign places , such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York . |
| 13 | Hopefully , he will pull through although at the moment he is a perfect illustration that rugby league 's vaunted reputation for picking talent and making hard-headed business decisions is so much hot air . |
| 14 | Although at the moment it is up to you to decide what form of updating you would like to undertake , it would be useful to look at any developments in your area aimed at your special interest , and to find out from employers what they might expect from you in advance of offering you a job . |
| 15 | For umbrellas she supposed , although at the moment it was empty . |
| 16 | When the subject of education was brought up and it was pointed out that the girl had not been going to school he said that she was not learning anything at school anyway , that she was much safer here than at the school she had been to , where she had been threatened with knives in the playground and that she could learn all a wife needed to know better at home . |
| 17 | The legislation is aimed principally at those who present or direct plays rather than at the person who actually performs them ; the latter commits an offence only if without reasonable excuse he performs otherwise than in accordance with the director 's instructions . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ The general expectation in the MoD at that time was that you would get another round of discussions with Argentina at a political level , and that the real difficulties were more likely to occur in the summer than at the time they did . ’ |
| 20 | In fact there were very few guide dogs at that time and erm I 've never felt that erm it 's , I mean maybe just my erm silliness really but I , I never wanted a dog lying about all day because once at the office I stayed put as it were until it was time to go home and I could have taken the dog I suppose during the lunch hour but I preferred that time to erm to reading |
| 21 | In relays , each team tries to drink water in identical jugs from a spoon , until at the end they can lift up the jugs to drink . |
| 22 | They then have to try and unravel it and , in so doing , will find that it takes them in all sorts of different places until at the end they find a small present . |
| 23 | But the chances are , too , that if at the beginning you saw yourself as writing a crime novel and no more , then you will have spoilt the novel you eventually turned out to have produced , as well as causing in a good many of your readers a subtle feeling of disappointment . |
| 24 | If at the moment he speaks he thinks he is meeting his child in a land of real stones and tree-stumps , he is sadly mistaken ; if he realises he is not , then already a touch of grief is creeping back into consolation . |
| 25 | Such are the rigours of their adulthood ( working in bons , never eating till 11pm ) that many Hoorays remember their schooldays as the happiest time of their lives ; their schoolfriends are those they feel most at ease with , even if at the time they could n't stand them . |
| 26 | The trial judge directed the jury if at the time he collected the coins the defendant had formed the dishonest intention of keeping them for himself he was guilty of theft . |
| 27 | If at the end you feel there are points we have n't covered and I forget to invite you , would you say you would like to make a concluding statement . |
| 28 | Cllr Cooper , a buyer for Littlewoods , said : ‘ I have taken a year off work to do this and there is no point if at the end I have made no difference at all . |
| 29 | I mean I 'm quite happy up there , you know even if at the end I do n't get to end I mean I 'd like to get |
| 30 | cos at the weekend I did really well cos I got a couple done at youth club and a couple done at work I thought , yeah , I was doing really well but Monday I forgot to bring the spare batteries which was a bit divvy of me and I was gon na record it all during sewing Tuesday I went to placement |