Example sentences of "a [noun sg] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The supply of wool from England to Flanders provided the main economic link between the two areas ; and it is not surprising to find a merchant financier with a base at each end of this trade . |
| 2 | In order to make the best of a case at this stage most claimants will need advice and assistance because preparing a case for appeal involves three tasks : establishing the facts of the case , understanding the applicable legal rules and integrating facts and law in a well-constructed argument which includes meeting the reasons put forward by the adjudication officer for denying the claim . |
| 3 | It is well established that the court will only exercise its power to dismiss a case at this stage in exceptional circumstances . |
| 4 | May we have a debate next week or as soon as possible to consider whether we should have a referendum at any stage and in what circumstances ? |
| 5 | He did not need a stick at this time , for he was feeling better than usual , and his skin would have passed for normal except for some roughness here and there easily attributable to the chafing of clothes or to taking too many baths in hard water without the benefit of bottled body oils sold by any chemist worth the name . |
| 6 | Independence , in so far as this entailed freedom from obligation to a politician , was thus restricted to men with independent wealth and few dependents , but for most freeholders the friendship of a politician was a necessity at some point in their lives . |
| 7 | I think if we go through and have a look at these other ones that Jenny has done and you make a decision at that point as to whether . |
| 8 | I hope that , given the work done so far to design and cost the scheme , you can have tenders to hand by then on the basis that construction would begin on site very soon after a decision at that meeting . |
| 9 | The teacher does not rush the class towards a decision at this point , but asks them to think very carefully before making up their minds . |
| 10 | It may be unconscious , but we 've made a decision at some stage about how it 's going to be . |
| 11 | Of course , it was necessary to come to a decision at some point , and to do this the system relied primarily on the acoustic probability scores attached to each labelling . |
| 12 | All the members of the Forum say they want to avoid a split at this month 's conference ; but most now reckon a split is unavoidable . |
| 13 | And when I sit here it means two things : first , that we all stop playing a part at that moment and second , that I 'd like you all to come over and sit down to discuss what we 've been doing . " |
| 14 | And now he was offered a professorship at another university . |
| 15 | All these provisions apply to listed buildings ( of which in 1985 there were 380,000 in England , 33,000 in Scotland , and 10,600 in Wales ) but the secretary of state has power to list a building at any time , and local authorities can serve a ‘ building preservation notice ’ on an unlisted building ; this has the effect of protecting the building for six months , thus giving time for considering whether or not it should be listed . |
| 16 | The defendant in a fixed date action is permitted to submit a defence at any point before the return day , but if it is outside the 14 day period he or she may have to meet any costs incurred as a result of the delay . |
| 17 | Her lips were satisfyingly full , tensed to one side as though expecting a blow at any moment . |
| 18 | We land just after one o'clock and get straight into a Jag jam-sandwich ( so a ford at both ends — ha ! ) . |
| 19 | ‘ You remember Master , she was the one you followed round like a lapdog at that Press Party last month . ’ |
| 20 | In this case flexing of the lithosphere leads to the development of a forebulge at some distance from the ice margin which experiences an increase in surface elevation . |
| 21 | All that was needed was a computer at each end of a dedicated phone line , and software to allow computer to computer communications . |
| 22 | And six out of ten of the companies that do not use PCs said they would never buy a computer at any time in the future . |
| 23 | Fortunately , as each child received a present at some stage of the proceedings , everyone went home happy . |
| 24 | Another lowland National Trail that 's worth a try at this time of year is the Wolds Way , stretching for 79 miles from Hessle Haven just west of Hull to Filey Brig in North Yorkshire . |
| 25 | There was a skirmish at this point . |
| 26 | Let's let's have a look at that race . |
| 27 | But take a look at that road . |
| 28 | Oh I tell you what he could have done for us have a look at that master that matchline thing . |
| 29 | First I 'm going down to the village to fetch old Bonnie and get her to have a look at that ankle . |
| 30 | Oh I had a look at that Sierra that had a front-ender . |