Example sentences of "at [adv] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many , the highlight of the pilgrimage was attending the Angelus and receiving the blessing of the Holy Father at only his second Sunday audience at Castel Gandolfo since his illness . |
| 2 | Many scientists saw at once its far-reaching implications and a whole spate of major papers were published in 1967 and 1968 , which quite suddenly added up together to make a completely new way of looking at the Earth 's main working parts : Plate Tectonics . |
| 3 | After a walk through the old town , the visitor will turn into the Laurenzenvorstadt , and note at once its noble sweep , with its avenue of classic design and proportions . |
| 4 | ‘ Each at once her choppy finger laying |
| 5 | ‘ each at once her choppy finger laying |
| 6 | She was still golden , and silken , and goddess-like , and had welcomed John and Astorre and himself with a kind of free , self-possessed amusement that had seemed to make them at once her long-established friends . |
| 7 | At once her own drama was engulfed in the tumult of Hyacinth 's entry into a woman 's estate . |
| 8 | Having seen him , she found it impossible to drag her eyes away from him , and her pulse seemed to be racing at twice its normal rate , making a complete nonsense of her breathing control . |
| 9 | As well as pursuing these formal curriculum studies , students are required to develop the practical musical skills with which they enter the course , and to receive regular lessons in at least their principal instrument . |
| 10 | With Britain 's long history of civic integration of all but the most marginal social classes ( or at least their male members ) , there was — so some have claimed — less of the cultural marginality affecting significant social groups from which fascism could draw strength ; by extension , there was supposedly more of a commitment to the rules of the ‘ democratic game ’ . |
| 11 | All his probing to the roots of religion had discovered simply the bankruptcy of those roots , or at least their apparent irrelevance to the job of finding a meaning in modern life . |
| 12 | What research and evidence there is appears to suggest that at school level at least their educational achievements are higher than those of Afro-Caribbean boys , and that they exhibit a greater tenacity in the pursuit of educational qualifications than white girls . |
| 13 | Had he confined his attentions to the Austrian provinces and Bohemia the story might have been very different ; but the nationalism of the Hungarians ( or at least their ruling class ) and the ingrained particularist conservatism of the Netherlands provinces , above all Brabant , proved too much for him . |
| 14 | ‘ The old woman 's garden was convenient , or at least her fertile cabbage patch . |
| 15 | At least her horrible outfit fitted her , and though it was far from being a party dress , let alone the dress of her dreams , it was reasonable , unlike Eve 's . |
| 16 | In procedural terms , therefore , the life sentence involves a transfer of function : normally it is the judge who determines the sentence ( or at least its upper limit , since earlier release on parole may be possible ) , whereas a life sentence entrusts that function to the executive , who must first ascertain the opinions of the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge . |
| 17 | Its legislative powers were far more limited , although on paper at least its budgetary powers , with it jointly forming the budgetary authority with the Council of Ministers , appeared rather more substantial . |
| 18 | However , when we want to emphasize the ability of unc to put charges into motion , it seems preferable to accord to it its full title , or at least its popular abbreviation in the form of e.m.f . |
| 19 | Table 10.1 summarizes some of the changes in women 's work , or at least its statistical visibility , over the twentieth century . |
| 20 | Or at least its mounted divisions did for , as usual , it had left its slow foot , the majority inevitably , far behind , speed being so important for Berwick . |
| 21 | All turns , therefore , upon restoring the output of the house-building industry as soon as possible to at least its pre-war productivity . |
| 22 | Here at least my disparate educations converged . |
| 23 | At least my 2 strikers scored in FFL ( go Stein/Fowler ) . |
| 24 | The improvement of the quality of work performed by criminal justice personnel through improved training has been much talked about and advocated since at least my own days as a trainee assistant governor almost thirty years ago , and probably well before that . |
| 25 | Before moving into AIDS research , John was one of a British team working on mouse antibodies that did recognise the enemy — or at least my particular enemy , low-grade follicular lymphoma . |
| 26 | You get used to wash erm , at least your own scum out of erm , |
| 27 | ‘ Your father is a worried man and he is looking to you to make a good marriage , that way at least your own future will be secure . ’ |
| 28 | At least our sexual behaviour ( as defined by who , we need to ask ) has been classified as low risk — though this appears to have been interpreted by every corner of society as no risk . |
| 29 | Politics and showbusiness have collided head on during the election campaign with one of the country 's leading Conservatives coming face to face with himself … or at least his Spitting Image . |
| 30 | Unlike some of those friends , however , he did not attempt to force the pace and in this case at least his native caution was justified . |