Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are eight places to visit and at each stop there 's a game to play , a puzzle to solve or an exercise to carry out . |
| 2 | It is now difficult to imagine that at this time virtually all the academic departments were based in the Trent Building |
| 3 | We asked after Pop and were glad to hear that at that time he was still well . |
| 4 | It is safe to conclude that at any stage of this planet 's history the world of bacteria has been overwhelmingly conditioned by the state of the biosphere . |
| 5 | One set of interviews , with the literary editors of national newspapers , was carried out using half a dozen ‘ topic headings ’ simply to ensure that at each interview I covered the ground I had decided beforehand was important for my purpose . |
| 6 | Does the Minister also accept that , in considering agriculture , it is crucial to bear in mind the responsibility of all involved in the food chain , from production to consumption , to ensure that at all times consumers get good , healthy , pure products at the best possible price ? |
| 7 | In selecting a new class of options the clearing house attempts to ensure that at all times contracts may be exercised without any undue influence on the share market itself . |
| 8 | 5.20 Keyholders To ensure that at all times the Landlord has [ and the local Police force has ] written notice of the name home address and home telephone number of at least [ 2 ] key holder[s] of the Premises While this is not necessarily objectionable it is a provision that is easily overlooked and imposes an obligation on the tenant which may not be appropriate in the circumstances . |
| 9 | A system exists to ensure that at any time , day or night , the consultant 's wishes are followed . |
| 10 | We need to recognize that at some level , the processes of computer-aided historical research which involve the application of expert or subject-specific knowledge — are explicable in generic terms that can be made accessible to non-specialists . |
| 11 | It was last to start and at this rate , will probably be last to finish . |
| 12 | Erm so Russia decides to intervene and at this point erm is especially concern of Britain . |
| 13 | It would be reasonable to suppose that at this latitude the islands would be frozen in for most — if not all — of the year , and so they would , were it not for the Gulf Stream . |
| 14 | The Libyan polity was one of the more rapidly changing , the more uncertain ones in the world : to argue that at any moment each Libyan had a coherent world view and that his actions were ( within a reasonable tolerance ) consistent with it , would be exceptionally blinkered . |
| 15 | However , Airey ran a brilliant campaign-I was in a good position to judge because at that time Margaret had the little box of an office immediately opposite mine in the Shadow Cabinet corridor at the Commons , and this became Airey 's headquarters . |
| 16 | Now on the seventeenth of September Mr met Peter on the defendant 's firm er for the first time at his office , where they had er a general discussion about the business and about what needed to be done in order to secure it and er the plaintiffs at that stage told Peter that there should be er no problems over finance as he understood the bank were willing to assist and at that stage he wanted to move as quickly as possible to exchange contracts on the business erm , for two reasons . |
| 17 | But I have to say that at that time I still did n't know , I had a good idea , that it was n't the man we were looking for but therefore he was still arrested and he was arrested on sus well for harbouring an escapee . |
| 18 | I would like to say that at this point everything changed : I stopped dieting , bingeing , fasting and taking laxatives and being obsessed with food . |
| 19 | Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it . |
| 20 | This is not to say that at some point such studies may not eventually facilitate or enter into explanations of a traditional theoretical kind , but this is not their point . |
| 21 | I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme . |
| 22 | I have to admit that at this stage I was still wondering if this was just one of those gimmicky fashions that organizations , educational as well as industrial , go through occasionally . |
| 23 | Angrily she opened her mouth to protest but at that moment the door opened and David appeared . |