Example sentences of "of [noun] [be] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In England , James Robertson ( 1953 , 1958 ) , a colleague of Bowlby 's at the Tavistock Clinic , started a campaign to persuade children 's hospital wards to admit mothers together with their children , or at least not to restrict visiting in any way ; some hospitals welcomed the idea , others resisted it , but meanwhile a Government committee was set up which in 1959 published the ‘ Platt Report ’ on the welfare of children in hospital , recommending ‘ that all hospitals where children are treated will adopt the practice of unrestricted visiting , particularly for children below school age ’ , that ‘ it is particularly valuable for the mother to be able to stay in hospital with her child during the first day or two ’ , and that ‘ children should not be admitted to hospital if it can possibly be avoided ’ . |
| 2 | Although the question whether there is any way of determining those in need of protection is at the heart of this debate , this is unlikely to be the prime determinant of professional practice . |
| 3 | The docks of Cardiff were at the centre of the coal-based prosperity of south Wales . |
| 4 | His first tour of inspection was at the Ashmolean museum . |
| 5 | Peter was now a colleague of Bernard 's at the poly . |
| 6 | The revival of industry was at the heart of Mr Lamont 's Autumn Statement . |
| 7 | It might be worth recalling Walter Benjamin 's view that there is always a verso and recto to history — each document of civilisation is at the same time a document of barbarism . |
| 8 | Maggie 's then boyfriend — and later husband — Beverley Cross , became a close friend of Ken 's at the time , too . |
| 9 | The principle of proportion is at the heart of our aesthetic awareness and close to the life principle controlling plant growth . |
| 10 | He agreed that a regrettable lack of foresight was at the root of it , but he felt that there were extenuating circumstances , and he seemed resolved to do something about it , in so far as he could . |
| 11 | Anticipating future sources of competitiveness is at the heart of successful negotiations between firms and states . |
| 12 | Investment in excess of £100,000 is at the discretion of Midland Life . |
| 13 | The concept of flexibility was at the centre of debates surrounding economic restructuring throughout the 1980s . |
| 14 | inspectors from the Department of Transport were at the scene |
| 15 | A FORMER slave who used to draw and paint on scraps of cardboard is at the centre of a multi-million pound legal battle . |
| 16 | But the real source of interplay is at the inner , formative levels of Mind and life . |
| 17 | Acts of nomination are at the same time acts of ‘ classification ’ . |
| 18 | Since the question of delay is at the root of this reference , it is necessary to examine the chronology of events in some detail . |
| 19 | David Coleridge announced that he will resign as chairman of Lloyd 's at the end of the year . |
| 20 | On July 27 David Coleridge announced that he would resign as chair of Lloyd 's at the end of 1992 . |
| 21 | A friend of Watt 's at the University introduced him to John Roebuck , an industrialist who was involved with coal mines and iron works in Scotland . |
| 22 | Unlike previous years the majority of sales were at the cheapest end of the price range , between £100 and £500 with works at the top price of £1,750 harder to shift . |
| 23 | These aspects of belief are at the very heart of the Eucharist itself . |
| 24 | The manner of his death ensured that more than the usual number of people were at the funeral . |
| 25 | If a body of liquid is at the same temperature throughout , it will remain still , unless someone comes along and stirs it up . |
| 26 | The last heard of Karl was at the end of the war when he had a job as a waiter . |
| 27 | The issue of homelessness is at the heart of the movie but Lane manages to integrate it within a storyline which could quite easily have walked out of a Charlie Chaplin film of 70 years ago . |
| 28 | I am aware that the economic situation of Italy is at the moment rather troubled , but I feel confident that piracy is not among our bad habits . |
| 29 | Like Eliot 's sharply witty version of this paradox : The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part ; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer 's art Resolving the enigma of the fever chart , the meditator in the short text exclaims : But the force of this metaphor of healing is lost , together with the lyrical cadences of alliteration , in the long version : This existentially known contrast between the body of death through which is encountered the possibility of life is at the heart of Christian mysticism itself experienced in playing the game of faith which renews the truth of the Incarnation . |
| 30 | The Conservative government 's 1988 housing reforms contained several proposals aimed at rejuvenating the private rented sector , after the years in which the promotion of home-ownership was at the forefront of housing policy . |