Example sentences of "at [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er George , the my clients instruction is not phrased very legally , but it 's , let's go for it , so we would sir like to pursue the issue of er our contention is that the outer er northern r route as shown in the structure plan key diagram as it is at present does not meet the need for traffic relief of the A fifty nine A sixty one corridor . |
| 2 | Cheap petrol at present does not reflect the true environmental costs of global warming and the effects on the health of everyone from the atmospheric pollutants discharged by road vehicles . |
| 3 | It is our interests , rather than those of a degenerate and selfish minority , that the police should protect ; and if the law at present does not allow them to do so then the law must be changed . |
| 4 | The legislation at present does not require delegation to special schools , nursery schools or primary schools with less than 200 pupils , but each of the primary schools has to have a budget share which is managed individually . |
| 5 | Online catalogue systems at present do not offer any opportunity for a contextual or open approach to searching . |
| 6 | Secondly , most schools at present do not expect the student to spend very much of his school time in individual study except at the whim or discretion of the teacher , and the only facilities for such study are the school library ( when available ) and , for the older students in the sixth form , sometimes a sixth-form study room . |
| 7 | The Royal Commission on Legal Services supported the proposals of the Evershed Committee , with the proviso that the judge at trial or on appeal should also be able to determine eligibility in cases where the point at issue does not emerge until later . |
| 8 | Coming to that realisation so soon after her panic at drowning did n't seem to worry her as much as it should have done . |
| 9 | The results showed that knowing about the theme of the passage only at recall did not improve performance . |
| 10 | Though government data on accidents at work do not distinguish between manual and non-manual workers , they differentiate according to industries . |
| 11 | In England even when Botham was working one of his miracles people at work did not stop ; if they did not have a radio they just rang the Test score , on the works phone of course , a bit more frequently . |
| 12 | This implies that staying at home does not involve work . |
| 13 | Famine at home did not deter the Tsars from exporting grain ; Stalin took a similarly hard-nosed approach , rationed consumption at home and sold abroad for the sake of political influence and foreign exchange . |
| 14 | Mrs Brocklebank had created a little nest for herself in the basement where she put her clothes and her big black handbag , from which she was only rarely and reluctantly parted , and where she tucked away any odds and ends it was better Brock at home did not see . |
| 15 | A plan to go into business with Chris Blackwell at Island did not materialise ; but she did agree to operate a new company , InterDisc , under the aegis of CBS . |
| 16 | After a while , the bullying at school did n't affect me too much , and I was in my element with all the wildlife around me . |
| 17 | Of course , those temporary workers still at school did not want permanent jobs . |
| 18 | ‘ But did n't you just say that a ship at sea does n't transmit ? ’ |
| 19 | When told that his two years at sea did not count , he resignedly attended his medical only to discover that his hearing was impaired and he was declared unfit for military service . |
| 20 | Those who choose to risk their lives earning a living at sea do not want to be forced to give up , but they are realists and they do not want to go bankrupt either . |
| 21 | Next morning the atmosphere at breakfast did not lack strained moments . |