Example sentences of "to [pos pn] [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to my contact at the Yard , the theory is that he met Puddephat by chance , and saw his opportunity . |
| 2 | Hence when I went to the Lords in 1965 I sat as a cross-bencher , although periodically , according to my attitude at the time , I was supporting one or other of the two parties and rarely took a cross-bench approach . |
| 3 | Then I return to my suite at the Albany Hotel to sit out the adrenalin hangover . |
| 4 | Weeks go by in which , though I attend to my chores at the computer , I feel mostly like the unwilling bride of the house . |
| 5 | However , I was disappointed at the reply she gave to my questions at a public open meeting held on April 7th , when I suggested that following many and varied discussions in different regions of the country , there was extreme concern in the non-action by the government in the matter of the vast difference in the value of imports from different countries , in particular Japan , as against the value of the imports they take from this country . |
| 6 | I did n't say anything about this to my parents at the time , but the sight haunted me for years . |
| 7 | With the support of the government agriculture research institute ( INIAP ) in Ecuador , I would have systematically to travel through the Amazon region of Ecuador , locating the wild cocoa and bringing back planting material to my base at the Napo Research Station . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's the key to my locker at the North Oxford Golf Club , Inspector . ’ |
| 9 | I got straight through to my brother at the number Ruth gave me , of the hospital in Carlisle . |
| 10 | I ca n't bear to let it out of my hands — I shall have to carry it with me to my appointment at the Commission … |
| 11 | The word cabin fever is a word that jumps to my mind at the moment . |
| 12 | I think I already knew then that I would not return to my job at the Polytechnic , for the security of that monthly cheque had lost all meaning . |
| 13 | I was allowed to get up and dress on the tenth day after Heather 's birth , and go to the day room of the hospital ready to go to my billet at the fortnight . |
| 14 | Theoretically it costs Christie 's from around £200 to pass a lot through the sale room , from its arrival at the front desk to its departure at the delivery room ( assuming it sold ) . |
| 15 | The line on Venus is fixed to its surface at the equator . |
| 16 | The line on Mercury is fixed to its surface at the equator . |
| 17 | The deadly weapon that will destroy the eight twelves and restore the mighty Chelonian race to its position at the top of the universal tree ! ’ |
| 18 | This part of Lochaber is invariably entered from Gairlochy by the only road leading into the interior of the district : a narrow switchback strip of tarmac alongside the twelve-mile length of Loch Arkaig to its end at the solitary croft of Strathan , encompassed by lofty heights , many of them of Munro status . |
| 19 | The main road , bearing right , continues into the spectacular Bisis valley and comes to its end at the picturesquely situated hamlet of Sisisthal . |
| 20 | Out of the contemporary turmoil of Hindu tradition Rabindranath Tagore wrote of the same mysterious sources of renewal : I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power — that the path before me was closed , that provisions were exhausted and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity . |
| 21 | But the measure of performance in dollar terms helps to confirm that BP is making progress towards its overall aim of adding value to its assets at a time when analysts generally consider the international oil industry as a whole to be under continuing pressure through uncertain trends in oil price . |
| 22 | It would be necessary to understand the particular animal 's relation to its environment at the particular time . |
| 23 | He rose , and restored his chair to its place at the neighbouring table . |
| 24 | ( 5 ) Where any property transferred under an agreement to which this section applies has passed to a third party the references to that property in subsections ( 1 ) , ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above shall be construed as references to its value at the time of its transfer under the agreement . |
| 25 | In 1944 the Labour Party , in sharp contrast to its statements at the end of the First World War , declared : ‘ It is better to have too much armed force than too little . ’ |
| 26 | Although why it should have plummeted to her feet at the mention of the unknown Joanna , she could not have said . |
| 27 | Had it not been for the critical response to her work at the time , she might now be recorded differently in our history books . |
| 28 | ‘ Kathleen was a martyr to her migraine at the time , as you know , otherwise we should have invited you to stay with us when you were discharged . |
| 29 | She then went to Cardiff to work several steam specials in the South Wales Valleys , after which she is due to return to her home at the Centre . |
| 30 | DEFENDING champion Jo Durie underlined the yawning gulf separating the pretenders to her crown at the Volkswagen National championships in Telford . |