Example sentences of "at [noun] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The boys at Langley do n't do much talking to us just at the moment . |
| 2 | Er George , the my clients instruction is not phrased very legally , but it 's , let's go for it , so we would sir like to pursue the issue of er our contention is that the outer er northern r route as shown in the structure plan key diagram as it is at present does not meet the need for traffic relief of the A fifty nine A sixty one corridor . |
| 3 | Cheap petrol at present does not reflect the true environmental costs of global warming and the effects on the health of everyone from the atmospheric pollutants discharged by road vehicles . |
| 4 | It is our interests , rather than those of a degenerate and selfish minority , that the police should protect ; and if the law at present does not allow them to do so then the law must be changed . |
| 5 | The legislation at present does not require delegation to special schools , nursery schools or primary schools with less than 200 pupils , but each of the primary schools has to have a budget share which is managed individually . |
| 6 | Online catalogue systems at present do not offer any opportunity for a contextual or open approach to searching . |
| 7 | Secondly , most schools at present do not expect the student to spend very much of his school time in individual study except at the whim or discretion of the teacher , and the only facilities for such study are the school library ( when available ) and , for the older students in the sixth form , sometimes a sixth-form study room . |
| 8 | Said his co-boss Curbishley : ‘ I was a bit disappointed when Lennie Lawrence at Middlesbrough did n't come up with the price we 'd fixed but I 'm happy the lad is still here . |
| 9 | ‘ The fact is my friend , that the boys at headquarters do n't like this shooting a bit . |
| 10 | I wish that the church in general was not regarded by many young as ‘ boring ’ or ‘ a waste of time ’ and that some people , like myself at times do n't wish to be associated with church for fear of social credibility . |
| 11 | Hearns had looked over-the-hill in his previous fight and the pair at times did not appear to have the earnestness which fighters normally show . |
| 12 | DURING the next six weeks Scotland are pledged to find the right blend in order that their assault on the Rugby World Cup Sevens at Murrayfield does not self-destruct . |
| 13 | The Royal Commission on Legal Services supported the proposals of the Evershed Committee , with the proviso that the judge at trial or on appeal should also be able to determine eligibility in cases where the point at issue does not emerge until later . |
| 14 | I totally accept the assurances that I have received that the derogation negotiated at Maastricht does not reduce our chances of having the central bank in the City of London . |
| 15 | Coming to that realisation so soon after her panic at drowning did n't seem to worry her as much as it should have done . |
| 16 | The local garrison of French soldiers at Abéché did not intervene , the French government having adopted an attitude of neutrality in what it regarded as an " internal affair " . |
| 17 | The results showed that knowing about the theme of the passage only at recall did not improve performance . |
| 18 | Attendance at lectures does not appear to be affected by the availability of outline notes . |
| 19 | Though government data on accidents at work do not distinguish between manual and non-manual workers , they differentiate according to industries . |
| 20 | In England even when Botham was working one of his miracles people at work did not stop ; if they did not have a radio they just rang the Test score , on the works phone of course , a bit more frequently . |
| 21 | This implies that staying at home does not involve work . |
| 22 | Famine at home did not deter the Tsars from exporting grain ; Stalin took a similarly hard-nosed approach , rationed consumption at home and sold abroad for the sake of political influence and foreign exchange . |
| 23 | Mrs Brocklebank had created a little nest for herself in the basement where she put her clothes and her big black handbag , from which she was only rarely and reluctantly parted , and where she tucked away any odds and ends it was better Brock at home did not see . |
| 24 | The numbers of Indians at stations did indeed become an index of the distance the American traveller had journeyed westwards . |
| 25 | Just because he is a professor of medicine at Cambridge does not make his findings unquestionable . |
| 26 | The forecast issued at Keflavik did not mention this jet stream . |
| 27 | Classes at Unipart do n't look much like lectures at the other established Universities in Oxford . |
| 28 | A plan to go into business with Chris Blackwell at Island did not materialise ; but she did agree to operate a new company , InterDisc , under the aegis of CBS . |
| 29 | However , in spite of expert advice the new melon seedlings at Selborne did not flourish and so on 23 June 1750 , as his Kalendar recalls , Gilbert White called on Miller at Chelsea and took due note of the correct procedure . |
| 30 | Nobody suggested that the Parliament at Westminster did not have the authority to pass such legislation , perhaps out of a feeling that Britain was paying enough for the defence of America to be entitled to impose a unified industrial policy , possibly more out of a feeling that it would be hard to enforce . |