Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] at [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the first three Edwards when the government was located in York in order to conduct the war against the Scots — or to evade political constraints at Westminster — the archbishop of York 's household became an important source of royal clerks , especially during Melton 's tenure of the see ( 1316–40 ) ; these Yorkshire clerks dominated the chancery of Edward II and were also influential in the exchequer and wardrobe . |
| 2 | [ That this House is dismayed at the failure of Her Majesty 's Customs and Excise to provide adequate services at Cardiff-Wales Airport ; considers it to be an absolute dereliction of duty to fail to provide continuous customs monitoring of international flights into the airport ; notes that travellers are advised to ring the Customs Office at Barry Maritime Docks in the event of their having anything to declare ; and , given the potential danger of terrorist activity , drug smuggling and other illegal activities , demands the immediate restoration of a full customs service forthwith . ] |
| 3 | Staff was about to be reduced and , taking into account the new accommodation provided at Stantonbury , Ramsbottom thought there was no need to provide additional cottages at Wolverton . |
| 4 | They are unlikely to find easy pickings at Hillsborough , Wednesday having just won at Forest and with King and Sheridan making their first home appearances . |
| 5 | Using the example of Cartwright at the Oxford Delegacy , Shearman sought to establish similar arrangements at Cambridge because : |
| 6 | Taking over the isolation hospitals did not appeal , and the clerk of the council said that , in the event of the council 's not being able to find sufficient beds at Ampthill and Biggleswade for non-sick patients , it would be necessary to have a lien on the accommodation at Bedford and Luton institutions when they were taken over by the Regional Board . |
| 7 | The move by a sub-committee of the council 's highways committee follows public concern over plans by British Rail to replace manned barriers at Chitts Hill , Lexden , and Church Street , Kelvedon , with automatic barriers covering only half the carriageway . |
| 8 | Mr Major was in the city to open new buildings at Oriel College and he also went on an impromtu walkabout , meeting people in the city centre . |
| 9 | Despite the fact that Nicholas does more charity work than most young players and in spite of his regular visits to see sick children at Great Ormond Street Hospital , the image died hard . |
| 10 | From time to time we emerge from the factory to buy raw materials at Safeway or Mothercare , and in the end my daily discipline only echoes the great Baconian System when I purchase a frozen chicken . |
| 11 | Arthur went to the Kings Road one hot afternoon to buy some sausages at Sainsbury 's . |
| 12 | While British Rail says it ca n't afford to help disabled travellers at Leominster , it has come up with the cash to improve a commuter line that 's been plagued with delays and breakdowns . |
| 13 | Scottish Nuclear New 's network of local correspondence has been expanded to cover various departments at Peel Park . |
| 14 | Work has started on a £5.3 million project for Netherhall Educational Association to demolish existing premises at Netherhall Gardens and build a school building , two accommodation blocks and a conference centre . |
| 15 | Learning to draw Islamic patterns at Eid , or Rangoli patterns at Diwali can not be considered to be mathematics unless the mathematical ideas embedded in the patterns are fully explored — considering rotation , reflection and translation can turn this investigation into one where the place of mathematics in different cultures is clear rather than leaving one feeling that examples of important geometric ideas are somehow ‘ outside ’ the real world of mathematics . |
| 16 | He wanted to do Natural Sciences at Cambridge , worked terribly hard and got in . |
| 17 | We were originally going to do two shows at Knebworth , but we had to cancel one because they figured it would be too hard — we could n't get the trucks there on time and get the show going when they wanted to do it . |
| 18 | On one occasion in the early 1880s she was persuaded to address male students at Edinburgh University medical school . |
| 19 | Plans to build three bungalows at Village Farm , Trimdon , have been refused . |
| 20 | Job horse Jo N Jack failed to land any touches at Beverley yesterday , finishing way out of the money behind No Comebacks . |
| 21 | Video is being used to build up a library of training films to keep new employees at Thatcher Tubes in Washington Court House , Ohio , USA , informed about process techniques . |
| 22 | Under the controversial agreement , Constantine was allowed to keep royal residences at Tatoi , near Athens and Mon Repos on the island of Corfu as well as a forest estate in Polydendri in central Greece . |
| 23 | ‘ I had to score eight points at Bradford to make my trip financially successful . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ They tried everything to unnerve him but he remained so cool , ’ said Mr Kinnear , who took great pride in the fact that Wimbledon , now safe from relegation , are the first side to score three times at Anfield this season . |
| 25 | And , soon , in this great new age of student protest , the National Guard — in a repetition of the horrific violence ordered by Chicago 's Mayor Richard Daley only a few months before — used bayonets and tear gas to disperse anti-war demonstrators at Kent County University , Ohio ( in May 1970 ) . |
| 26 | Haslemere 's new road running section have had a very successful start and are keen to welcome new members at Woolmer Hill Sports Ground on Tuesdays at 7 p.m . |
| 27 | In the second year of the war , he was asked to deliver some lectures at Bangor — the University College , North Wales — and he chose as his theme Milton 's Paradise Lost . |
| 28 | The Republic will be satisfied with a win by any margin although the statisticians eagerly point out that Ireland need four goals to complete 100 goals at Lansdowne Road and five for a century in the World Cup . |
| 29 | AT&T is going to throw a party to end all parties at Uniforum next month . |
| 30 | However , previous attempts to change those procedures at Lloyd 's have usually presented more problems than privatising the water authorities . |