Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I even got a job for one of my half-sisters at a place in Lunedale , but she did n't settle to the job like me and wanted to go home after a short while . |
| 2 | More importantly , the Fellowship gave me the opportunity to study a subject of my choice at a university of my choice : so ( who would not at that time ? ) |
| 3 | I spent six of the happiest years of my life at a boarding school where the regime was spartan . |
| 4 | I could probably give you the best idea by saying that I conducted most of my tests at an output rating of only 8 watts per channel and that there was sufficient volume to overwhelm a large mammal . |
| 5 | When I first announced the results of my calculations at a conference at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory near Oxford , I was greeted with general incredulity . |
| 6 | They decided to set up an exhibition showing all aspects of their hobby at a venue where thousands of people would be able to see their exhibits . |
| 7 | Seven hundred children have been having the time of their lives at a special party . |
| 8 | He listened intently as Helen Crummy , the founder of the Craigmillar Festival Society , told him that it was a group of mothers — determined to do something for their families because of their frustration at a lack of educational , cultural and employment opportunities — which had led to the start of the organisation in 1962 . |
| 9 | The use of the captions will need to be reasonably limited and , of course , the language level of their content at an appropriately low level . |
| 10 | Of these patients six underwent surgery at a median of 1.25 months ( range 0.5–7 ) from the procedure , four are awaiting surgery at a median of nine months ( range four to 14 ) , and three underwent endoscopic clearance of their ducts at a median of one month ( range 0.5–2 ) . |
| 11 | At the end of a meeting in Weimar , Germany , on Aug. 29 the German , French and Polish Foreign Ministers issued a joint declaration stressing the importance of their co-operation at an historic point in European development and committing themselves to such trilateral meetings at least once year . |
| 12 | ‘ Everyone has a record by The Drifters and I think we have all sung one of their numbers at a wedding . |
| 13 | The particles in a black hole need not have an end of their histories at a singularity . |
| 14 | But with a declining profit margin and declining return on capital ( particularly in 1985–6 ) , and with the sale by the GMPTE of its shareholding at a considerable profit , Horizon needed a new injection of resources . |
| 15 | The tomb was robbed of its treasures at an early date but the paintings survived intact until their re-discovery in 1904 by Ernesto Schiaparelli . |
| 16 | This folly was the first of its kind at a time when all things gothic suddenly became very fashionable . |
| 17 | The US will face the complaints of its neighbours at a meeting next week in Lima , Peru . |
| 18 | It is therefore possible that PYY 's ability to inhibit motility in whole animal and human models is a result of its action at a more proximal level in the gut or at a central location . |
| 19 | It is an inexorable consequence of classical physics that such an accelerating electron radiates off some of its energy at a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the electron 's circulation . |
| 20 | The conscription of manpower into the armed forces and war-related industries deprived agriculture of the strongest and most able element of its workforce at a time when the production process was still relatively unmechanized . |
| 21 | The flux density reduces to 1/e of its value at a distance |
| 22 | In Britain the Midland Railway Company announced its intention in 1872 to admit third-class passengers to all of its trains at a penny-a-mile fare and in 1874 to abolish second class and reduce all first-class fares to second-class rates . |
| 23 | Critical rejection of her poetry at an early stage denied her an audience , but also brought her freedom to write on , unfettered by that audience 's demands or limitations . |
| 24 | Now the Hey Nude picture will go on display at an exhibition of her work at a Bath gallery . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't need one , ’ Theda returned , brushing the back of her hand at a lock of hair which was blowing across her face . |
| 26 | She is claiming damages for the pain , suffering and distress of the unwanted pregnancy and the extra cost of bringing up her daughter , including the loss of her job at a DIY centre . |
| 27 | One woman writing anonymously to a women 's magazine told of her distress at a particularly dehumanizing gynaecological examination . |
| 28 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 29 | The observer was asked to move through the wood of his choice at a fixed speed , dividing the time spent into units of 10 minutes each and recording for each 10-minute period all the birds seen or heard , normally within a band of 50 yards ( 46 metres ) from the observer . |
| 30 | He spent two-thirds of his day at a school ten miles away , and the rest of the afternoon looking through the older children 's comics at Mrs Neary 's until Diane picked him up at five . |