Example sentences of "at the [noun] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said , ‘ Do have a look at the price of some of the things in here , there 's even a knitting machine ’ and there for all to see was an Erka Twinbed Knitting Machine with carrying case and stand for 45 guineas , the very thing Grace Worrell had been asking about in the letter I had been reading only a few seconds before . |
| 2 | While this issue has not been expressly considered , it seems fair to assume that rather than incur the risks inherent in giving the board so wide a discretion , and relying on the usually well-founded assumption that the shareholders ' dominant purpose is to increase their individual wealth , the court , at the price of some distortion , would define the interests of the members exclusively in terms of their personal financial well-being . |
| 3 | Miss Bedwelty stood staring at the horses for some time , standing with her hand on her hips . |
| 4 | His eyes light up at the recollection of some of the challenges he has tackled that would have daunted the more faint-hearted . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're at the mercy of some pilot and God knows what state they 're in , ’ he added . |
| 6 | You do n't have to fight your way into a plastic-wrapped leg of hairy chicken , while you 're hurtled through space at the mercy of some suburban pilot with piles who thinks only of his duty frees and having it off with the stewardess . |
| 7 | Golden lads and lasses had just breakfasted on golden toast , a little blackened at the edge in some cases , spread with golden shred or golden syrup . |
| 8 | Alghero is at the heart of some of Sardinia 's most attractive coastline . |
| 9 | Alan Ingram treks into a Himalayan mountain fastness at the heart of some spectacularly beautiful scenery |
| 10 | This is followed by a look at the structure of some plants and trees and hints on composition . |
| 11 | And it had lots of tiny writing at the top in some alien alphabet . |
| 12 | I should think they 'd jump at the chance of some pocket money . ’ |
| 13 | Moderns will gasp at the size of some of the pre-war crowds . |
| 14 | This interpretation of the doctrine is silent on whether individual political action ( voting in elections etc. ) may rightly aim at the promotion of some conception of the good . |
| 15 | A ride in a hired limousine or private car to the cemetery and back , and a good drink , with a meal , at the home of some relative of the deceased . |
| 16 | Once Keith left it at the home of some guy he 'd had a one night stand with , and when he went back to get it he was so embarrassed he had sex with the guy again , which was a mistake for both of them . |
| 17 | The duo were helping launch Middlesbrough FC wallpaper at the home of some of their biggest fans . |
| 18 | Then he gazed absently at the window for some minutes , blinking . |
| 19 | Suddenly the palace was haunted by the terrible spectre of total defeat : ‘ … anguished cries could be heard throughout the darkened building such as those which a group of women would utter at the sight of some terrible phantom ’ . |
| 20 | Even the judge , summing up at the trial of some of the rioters , made it quite clear where the duties of the jury lay . |
| 21 | Given that snail longevity has to be bought at the cost of some loss in the snail 's reproductive success , the fluke genes are ‘ happy ’ to make the snail pay that cost , since they have no interest in the snail 's reproducing itself . |
| 22 | The paramount concern in our type of research is to protect those who have participated from unwelcome attention … the ethics of our relationship demanded that anonymity rule the day , even at the cost of some of the best illustrative material . ’ |
| 23 | This led to an improvement in trade and a fall in inflation , so that Germany in the late 1980s became once again a country of trade surpluses and a strong currency , at the cost of some social division . |
| 24 | From them and from a local solicitor , Thomas Watson Brown , he learned much about trade union administration and the drafting of trade union rules ; they also , he claimed , fed his ambition to lead a national seamen 's union , initially at the cost of some domestic disharmony , his wife and his mother-in-law accusing him of neglecting his own restaurant business and resenting the time he spent with his own visitors , particularly " old long-faced Brown " the lawyer . |
| 25 | This modelling framework can also be extended to include oligopoly at each level and firm by firm integration , at the cost of some complexity . |
| 26 | His conversion was at the cost of some estrangement from his parents and friends . |
| 27 | Now just to give you some numbers erm on er who gains and who loses right erm right for the world as a whole right , erm the study conducted by right nineteen eighty nine I looked at the cost of some benefits from agricultural support alright , in nineteen eighty six to nineteen eighty seven in just one year one crop year alright . |
| 28 | It 's probably no more pleasant than living at the centre of some large , dirty , crime-ridden city . |
| 29 | There is no doubt that it happens , no doubt that some child sex rings use forms of ‘ ritual ’ , no doubt that many of them produce child pornography , and no doubt that at the centre of some rings are extremely powerful men . |
| 30 | Fast-paced action adventure with you at the centre of some staggering cinematic effects . |