Example sentences of "in [noun] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then quite suddenly he disappeared and turned up in Moscow at a news conference , claiming that he had been kidnapped by MI5 in Italy , drugged , and taken to Britain and held in captivity until he managed to escape . |
| 2 | Tim Roberts , prosecuting , said Summersgill had been involved in burglaries at a butcher 's , a shop and a show house . |
| 3 | Bunny had got himself invited to a party down in Fulham at a house rented by four air hostesses who worked for Cathay Pacific . |
| 4 | Still worse off is the man who dies in harness at an age far beyond the normal age of retirement . |
| 5 | Their concern for the Hungarian minority in Romania at a time when relations between Budapest and Bucharest were excellent frequently landed them in trouble with the authorities . |
| 6 | ‘ [ The Reaganites ] put only one legislative ball in play at a time , and they kept their eye on it all the way through . |
| 7 | In discussions at a meeting on Jan. 4 , when European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers at first feared that the Baker-Aziz meeting might not take place , Roland Dumas , the French Foreign Minister , argued for EC talks with Aziz and a proposal for " linkage " between an Iraqi withdrawal and a Middle East peace conference on wider issues . |
| 8 | This , a piece whose mellow , introverted character has led many commentators to see in it the hand of a composer approaching the end of his life , was the work with which Mozart made his last public appearance , in March at a benefit concert for a clarinettist friend . |
| 9 | He was accorded this title in March at a meeting in Islamabad of nine warring factions called by Pakistan in an attempt to bring peace to the country . |
| 10 | Administrators of the institute and some 250 cancer specialists met in groups at a retreat in Virginia between October 1971 and March 1972 , to list every conceivable way of approaching cancer research . |
| 11 | Charlie leaned forward and stared down in disbelief at a painting of the Virgin Mary and Child . |
| 12 | The USA had confirmed that an explosion had taken place in mid-September at a US test site in Nevada . |
| 13 | A range of bases are supplied from the point of manufacture to be held in stock at a satellite colour mixing unit built within the customer 's own site . |
| 14 | In 1517 David Cecil took a 21-year lease of land in Essendine at a rent of £18. 3s. 3d. ; not being the freeholder he was not mentioned in the muster , and there is no means of telling whether his global assessment of £46 at Tinwell embodied the profit of this farm which he very possibly sublet . |
| 15 | Example 44 is from ‘ Vissi d'arte ’ in Tosca at a point where the orchestra plays the melody ( small notes ) while the singer weaves a web of narration in different ways — reciting , joining the orchestral melody , forming a decorative counter-melody , etc. — all within the space of a few bars : There is great skill here , yet nobody seems to have recognized it for what it really is — the solution for preserving melodic and formal unity while at the same time using words with freedom and flexibility . |
| 16 | He might take the odd class in Geography at a pinch , but he had never given the subject any particular prominence in the school , and most boys gave it up after two years . |
| 17 | Lindsey turned away quickly , staring in confusion at a scene which was breathtakingly beautiful and which , she knew already , would stay imprinted on her mind for ever . |
| 18 | do you wan na know how much money my mum spends in Sainsburys at a time ? |
| 19 | A trip to the beautiful Moravsky caves , taking in lunch at a hunting lodge ( try sampling the wild boar ! ) and a tour of the fairytale Pernstein Castle with its museum and gallery . |
| 20 | Established birth control and resulting low fertility permitted a unique advance in marriage at a time when married women were not yet committed to the work-force . |
| 21 | One of the few occasions that United Biscuits ever took a hasty decision was when it bought a company in Spain at a time when it felt under pressure to expand into Europe . |
| 22 | Most doctors and consultants in hospitals try to make appointments for people in work at a time when they will not lose too much money . |
| 23 | The incident has angered senior party officials who are fighting to retain Conservative-held seats in Scotland at a time when the Scottish Nationalist bandwagon is gathering pace . |
| 24 | He came into the department in Orkney at a time of crisis , his remit to operate on a shoestring budget , and to repair social work 's damaged reputation . |
| 25 | That 's why it 'll be making them in Ireland at a fabrication plant in Leixlip reportedly running 6,000 8-inch wafers a week dedicated exclusively to P5 production . |
| 26 | The row went public in Athens at a press conference held by the Onassis Foundation , which runs the family shipping and financial empire . |
| 27 | None the less , I would be most reluctant to hold that the common law , though capable of development in this field in every other jurisdiction , has crystallised in England at a date long past — 1891 was Mr. Ashworth 's preferred date . |
| 28 | In the UK , as the new system of regulation is being put in place at a time of considerable liberalisation in financial markets it is difficult to separate the different factors that impinge on market efficiency . |
| 29 | That means that over the next 14 months new national vocational qualifications will be accredited and put in place at a rate of well over one a day . |
| 30 | ‘ But it is infinitely the best show in town at a time when legislation threatens press freedom and we shall do everything we can to support it through the arguments ahead . ’ |