Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headmaster of a school at the centre of allegations into sex abuse is to take early retirement on medical grounds . |
| 2 | He knew himself to be a magical dropout , so it did n't bother him that the mere appearance of a hero at the city gates was enough to cause retorts to explode and demons to materialise all through the Magical Quarter . |
| 3 | The number of hotel-based leisure complexes that do not take into consideration the operation of a facility at the same time as its aesthetics are plain for all to see . |
| 4 | ‘ With the help of a clerk at the builders ’ merchants he stole eight hundred pounds from his uncle . |
| 5 | Arrangements are under way for the hosting of a lunch at the 1992 Autumn meeting in Dublin . |
| 6 | The boiling point of a liquid at the new standard pressure ( 100 kPa ) would then be referred to as the " baric boiling point " or " b.b.n . " . |
| 7 | In Scaramouche the main character , intent on avenging the death of a friend at the hands of an unscrupulous marquis , joins a band of travelling players and becomes involved in the French revolution . |
| 8 | For the inexperienced debtor the arrival of a bailiff at the front door could be a harrowing experience , said the National Consumer Council . |
| 9 | So the good Lord 's timely intervention in the form of a burglar at the back door of Steve Sustad 's North London address the night before D-Day might spell bad news for some insurance company , but I sure was n't complaining . |
| 10 | Just as she , Fru Møller , was adjusting to the need for a doctor and the possibility of a corpse at The Tamarisks , the same Miss Danziger did the rounds of the tables apologising for the shock and upset she had caused . |
| 11 | There is visible evidence in Kidderminster yard of the installation of a turntable at the end near the footbridge which divides the yard from the station . |
| 12 | Drawings can often give views of the site that are difficult or impossible to achieve with a physical reconstruction , such as aerial or cutaway views , showing both the interior and exterior of a building at the same time . |
| 13 | His shirt was n't clean and he had the beginnings of a pimple at the corner of his mouth and another about to burst above the knot of his cravat . |
| 14 | Anyway , there 's a bit of a lull at the moment before I start helping out with the encyclopedic dictionary . |
| 15 | More of a knock at the back door than a storming of the castle gate perhaps , but something is going right for Jon Solly . |
| 16 | ( 4 ) Subject to section 13(2) of this Act , if no application is made for the renewal of a licence at the quarterly meeting mentioned in subsection ( 3 ) above , the licence shall expire on the first day of that meeting . |
| 17 | ‘ She lost less weight on Saturday than she had at York and we have got to think of a crack at the Arc . |
| 18 | the division of a word at the end of a line . |
| 19 | The cause of the tears was the arrival , a few days earlier , of a parcel at the busy Buckingham Palace office which she shared with Michael Colbourne , who was then in charge of the Prince 's finances , and several others . |
| 20 | The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top . |
| 21 | It was a bit of a pill at the time and y used to pay a shilling in the pound , well a shilling was a lot more valuable than it is now and erm I used to begrudge paying in it forty eight and sixpence but it does provide the , well the pleasures of life now , whereby the pens the ordinary old age pension would n't . |
| 22 | Oscar Wilde 's Ballad of Reading Gaol tells of the hanging of a trooper at the prison : |
| 23 | yes it 's more it 's just going through the motions of a story at the moment rather than |
| 24 | ‘ I became aware of a disturbance at the back of my house . |
| 25 | Pygmalion and Heartbreak House are the work of a writer at the peak of his powers : the former written just before the first world war , the latter just after it . |
| 26 | In this method , the attainment of a child at the time of the test is compared with his or her attainment at time of entry to the school . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , in 1918 , following the retirement of the Rev W B Sleight as President , the Rev F W Gilby M.A. agreed to occupy this position as a stop-gap until the election of a successor at the first Congress after the end of the First World War . |
| 28 | Melissa had been intrigued to know what kind of man could persuade Iris to leave her beloved garden for the best part of a fortnight at the height of the growing season . |
| 29 | Precise instructions as to the building of a hedge at the brim of the water were given . |
| 30 | Sort my love life with Rocky out , we 've had a bit of a tiff at the moment , as a result I 've had to drop him from the squad completely and he 'll probably go and join the scum where he 'll show me up like that poncy french bugger who used to play here . |