Example sentences of "area at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Planting will give the patio area at the base of the garden more privacy |
| 2 | This mucus floods the area at the base of the tongue and the entrance to the gullet , adhering to the walls . |
| 3 | Shortly before this stage — around the tenth year but with a wide variability — the hypothalamus , a small area at the base of the brain , somehow " triggers " a small gland just below it ( the pituitary gland ) into producing two hormones which it has not previously produced . |
| 4 | Police cordoned off an area at the cemetery after an anonymous call and army bomb disposal specialists carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious package found near the grave . |
| 5 | All complained of shrieks from the area at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 6 | The reflex protects the very sensitive area at the bottom of the skull and , because it works by reflex , we can not have conscious control over it . |
| 7 | In the protected area at the bottom of the hill the wind was gentle , but further up the slope it picked up considerably to 16–17 miles an hour . |
| 8 | Headroom in the starboard after cabin is 6ft 2in ( 1.8m ) in the changing area at the head of the berth . |
| 9 | In many ways , the area at the top of the tree parallels a structure called the ‘ Spectrum of Response ’ which I described in 1985 . |
| 10 | Two evenings back Pete had found his front door open to the darkness , and the porch light on ; rain had been falling outside in a continuous silver curtain and in the sheltered area at the top of the steps , Alina 's shoes had lain discarded . |
| 11 | Councillor Brereton wrote regarding the litter and mess in the area at the top of Baberton Loan but no response has been received . |
| 12 | Several historic buildings around this area at the top of the High Street have been restored in recent years as student residences . |
| 13 | ‘ That places the very busy Finaghy area at the heart of a wide catchment sector . ’ |
| 14 | There was a significant negative relationship between the scale of manufacturing activity in an area at the beginning of the period and subsequent manufacturing growth . |
| 15 | He said that police in Moray had begun investigating the increase of ecstasy use in the area at the beginning of 1992 after parents and teachers had reported their concern . |
| 16 | The area at the centre of the blast is mainly used by insurance and shipping companies , although many well known banks and financial services corporations have offices there , including National Westminster Bank and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development . |
| 17 | During the past two years , there has been a settlement of travellers ' caravans in a parking area at the centre of Robton in Central Scotland . |
| 18 | Our favourite place as a family was on the Church Hill , a pleasant area at the edge of The Heath . |
| 19 | A more serious complication of diabetes is damage to the retina , the light-sensitive area at the back of the eye . |
| 20 | There was one small group though who went through to the store area at the back of the hut and got on with something really quietly . |
| 21 | The room was in a state of some disorder , but as yet , the little cool area at the back of Alice 's mind told her , no permanent damage had been done . |
| 22 | The fishery operates in a remote area at the tip of South America , where the southern king crab frequents the cold waters of Tierra del Fuego . |
| 23 | On 17 September 1991 , the Secretary General , Mark Tomkins represented the Association and its South African Area at the unveiling of a print of one of Gp Capt ‘ Sailor ’ Malan 's air battles during the Battle of Britain . |
| 24 | With the assertion of rebel air-supremacy in the area at the start of August , the process was completed by sea . |
| 25 | The swimming-pool area at the rear of the mellow old house was built in keeping with the house . |
| 26 | An area at the rear of a shopping parade , including supermarket Star Discount , is a dumping ground and dogs ' lavatory , they say . |
| 27 | Depending on the school , a full term 's work of ten to twelve weeks may be spent on one production project during the first term , with either a workshop or text study area at the end of the period . |
| 28 | He took the letter and the envelope out of his office and down to the abandoned area at the end of the corridor . |
| 29 | This can be held in main storage during processing and be printed out on the log or stored in a file label area at the end of the run . |
| 30 | Out of the small sitting area at the end of the corridor Gwendolen Figgis-Hewett darted like a vixen from cover . |