Example sentences of "at [art] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expressing disappointment at the decision to dissolve the Royal Commission , for which the new Advisory Council would be no substitute , Heath contended that such a serious outcome could have been avoided if , after the resignation of the initial six members , the Prime Minister or the Home Secretary had said firmly that they would appoint others to take their place . |
| 2 | Jazz , as she had guessed , was disappointed at the decision to call the challenge off . |
| 3 | The arrival of a female at the lek drives the males into a frenzy of display , with much showing off of their remarkable crests . |
| 4 | And a former manager at the company hopes the racing industry will rally round . |
| 5 | A traveller is any person who calls at the inn to use the services there available . |
| 6 | Yes er I remember a chap at the depot doing the Spanish Civil War er wh th there was a movement going round collecting food for the , or money for food for the children of Spain . |
| 7 | The girls at the depot watched the development of this incongruous relationship with incredulity . |
| 8 | His two secretaries at the Board became the Under Secretaries , and in many respects the new Office was similar in organization to Offices of the other Secretaries of State . |
| 9 | He looked sideways at the girl stirring the pot . |
| 10 | Public outrage at the enormity linked the names of Mary and Bothwell . |
| 11 | Models of them are also used at the circus marking the finish of each lap , just as eggs indicated the start . |
| 12 | Graham laughed to himself , then had to break his stride as a long-haired biker in dirty denims bumped a large Moto Guzzi across the pavement in front of him and into the courtyard entrance of the buildings called Rosebery Square , Graham looked darkly at the man pushing the bike , then shook his head , telling himself not to be so stupid . |
| 13 | Witnesses at the inquest describe the excavation as being carried out in benches 5 feet high . |
| 14 | The entire system is modular with the Prospekt module at the heart containing the cartridge transport and sealing mechanism , and a microprocessor to control all the modules that can be added , for example a solvent delivery unit . |
| 15 | It was a fine evening , the sea was an unruffled expanse of silvery blue ; the Mount stood out , a grey-green pyramid with its fairy-tale castle at the top catching the low sun . |
| 16 | Jokes about their own plight and sarcasms aimed at ‘ Them ’ at the top went the rounds as the standard of living fell steadily throughout Romania in the 1980s . |
| 17 | Attached to the pipe of the gas boiler by a brass chain was a box of safety matches in a brass holder , similar to the one chained to the candlestand ; hinged at the top to allow the insertion of a fresh box . |
| 18 | You could get seasick at the top watching the clouds scudding across a full moon in a vast ocean of space . |
| 19 | There are three pairs of pads set into the surface of the tube ; one pair set on the top control the forward and backward motion , the second pair mounted on the side at the top control the up and down motion . |
| 20 | It was Kenneth Baker , a smoothie bruiser , but — probably to his relief — the change in leadership at the top brought the Prime Minister 's pal , Chris Patten to 32 Smith Square for the election . |
| 21 | The curved members were made up from 2 pieces of 5x2 in. sawn roughly to shape and joined by double mortice and tenon , as was used at the top to join the curved members and the centre glazing bar . |
| 22 | After the cement was loaded ( up to 404 lbs per cask ) , the circular lid was firmly tapped into place , the destination and other details were burned upon the lid , and the hoops were tightened at the top to hold the lid in place . |
| 23 | At the top end the bourgeoisie was more or less distinct from the aristocracy ( high or low ) , depending partly on the legal and social exclusiveness of that group or on its own class-consciousness . |
| 24 | Take a sheet of paper and at the top write the decision at issue . |
| 25 | ‘ Police have been waiting at the top to take the things off them . ’ |
| 26 | The Headmaster had decided that he would retire when he had completed 21 years at the School ; the Chairman of Governors had recently celebrated his 80th birthday , and was considering his future commitments ; the Bursar had also decided to retire : it seemed that there would be a new team at the top to take the School on from its 475th birthday . |
| 27 | The diagram at the top shows the experimental arrangement in area CA1 of the hippocampal slice preparation . |
| 28 | Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . |
| 29 | Drill a small hole at the top to screw the potholder firmly into position . |
| 30 | Inevitably , the requirements both of compromise and of secrecy meant that Citrine and his colleagues at the top backed the obscurantism of the majority of the chairmen against Melling . |