Example sentences of "and at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children in rags ran along beside them ; festoons of washing hung from windows ; piles of garbage buzzed with flies , and at every other doorway some blind or leprous beggar held out a hand for alms . |
| 2 | If the house was above the road , it came from it , and cross 'd the way to run to another ; if the house was below us , it cross 'd us from some other distant house above it , and at every considerable house was a manufactory or work-house , and as they could not do their business without water , the little streams were so parted and guided by gutters and pipes , and by turning and dividing the streams , that none of those houses were without a river , if I may call it so , running into and through their work-houses . |
| 3 | The general consensus between the leaders of the Conservative and Labour parties made easy the initial reckless imposition of ‘ direct rule ’ from Westminster and at every subsequent stage has provided the basis for a bipartisan policy under which the party in opposition has supported the measures taken in Ulster by the one in office . |
| 4 | The owners of the woods were bound to present their woodwards to the Justice of the Forest on their appointment , and at every subsequent Forest Eyre , to take an oath to perform their duties faithfully . |
| 5 | I do not arrive at this conclusion lightly , but through years of painstaking research and at no small cost to my health . |
| 6 | With this scenario in mind , Janssen Chimica will provide exactly the quantity required and at no extra charge for special packaging . |
| 7 | Although in theory we do not know how it would have turned out if that had been the only option available to Mr. Thorpe , we know that the principles are clearly set out in the health service management documents and at a political level by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State . |
| 8 | We worked in a special class and at a cracking pace — with a man called Harris , who had none of the contemporary difficulties about aims and objectives . |
| 9 | As we noted above , taxing interest at source and at a composite rate has positive attractions for personal savers but it is not attractive to commercial depositors who , because of their varying tax positions prefer payment gross . |
| 10 | and at a certain time everything stopped . |
| 11 | Strategic and instrumental rationality achieves economic growth and at a certain point , for Habermas the point of modernization , the new mode of knowledge challenges the traditional form of legitimation of power . |
| 12 | The new sociology of culture can be seen as the convergence , and at a certain point the transformation , of two clear tendencies : one within general social thought and then specifically sociology ; the other within cultural history and analysis . |
| 13 | For example , in order to realize their inward potentialities , men project upon the world a belief in God , a belief in divine commands , and at a certain point in history no doubt this was progressive , this was a way in which people could see what Russell calls their potentialities . |
| 14 | When Tallis rode up this narrow track she sent stones tumbling to the glittering water below her , and at a certain height she stopped to listen to the sound , recognizing it from a time in childhood , from a time when she had summoned images of another world , and Harry had called to her for help . |
| 15 | You only have to mention the word ‘ bottom ’ and at a certain age they fall about with the giggles . |
| 16 | Trinidad was represented at the summit by Sahadeo Basdeo , Minister of External Affairs and International Trade , and at a pre-summit meeting on July 30 the assembled heads of government issued a statement in which they expressed their " unequivocal condemnation " of the coup attempt . |
| 17 | They also argue that , although industries and offices usually pay to have their waste collected , households rarely do so ( except , invisibly and at a flat rate , through local taxes ) . |
| 18 | They can be kept with Goldfish , and at a similar pH ( ideally 7.8–8.1 ) , but because of their unusual breeding habits , many people prefer to use a separate tank . |
| 19 | In my day and at a good school , it was easy , as you moved up from class to class , to miss out totally on some period of English history — the only history that was taught . |
| 20 | The Centre is also estimating a small macro-model of the British Economy , and at a wider level studying the problem of international economic cooperation designed to raise employment . |
| 21 | Starting at about 4,000ft , the Vimy rapidly lost height , Jack fighting to hold the joystick , they came out of the mist about 50ft above the water and at a dangerous angle . |
| 22 | Compared with the older production system , this new process , in which workers owned no machinery but were paid wages , was able to produce more and at a cheaper price . |
| 23 | Taylor was educated at home and at a private day-school , and as apprentice to his father . |
| 24 | The route also crosses the western limb of the basin forming the Midlothian Coalfield , and consequently the strata dips steeply eastwards in the west and at a shallower angle in the east . |
| 25 | A leaking gutter , for instance , can be repaired quickly and at a small cost , but if the leak remains unnoticed , water could seriously damage the fabric , resulting in expensive repairs for the future . ’ |
| 26 | Smoothly , without a pause and at a nice speed , Matilda began to read : |
| 27 | Leigh argues that the wear arises more on the corner of the headplate because they were worn pointing downwards , and at a slight angle so that one corner was lower down . |
| 28 | The computer systems at the Grid Control Centre are supported by standby facilities on site and at a remote location . |
| 29 | The enclosure of open fields into the smaller fields that form our familiar world today , and the reclamation of the wild lands , had been going on intermittently and at a varying pace in every century . |
| 30 | We continue to help in the meantime , and at a diplomatic level , we are working extremely hard to have Security Council resolutions 706 and 712 implemented . |