Example sentences of "at [art] [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when graduates are finding that academic success is not an automatic open sesame to the job market — a recent advertisement for a relatively junior clerical/admin post at the University produced a crop of graduate applications , including at least one First Class Honours graduate — it is heartwarming to read of a Nottingham man whose business and his hobby stem directly from his campus experience . |
| 2 | I am pleased at the progress on that issue , but may I ask the Minister now to look urgently at the decision to allow a Scottish ferry company to run the ferry between Rathlin and Ballycastle ? |
| 3 | The initial height of each mussel and the height in subsequent years were measured exactly perpendicular to the shell hinge at the umbo using a digital caliper ( ±0.01 mm ) . |
| 4 | He must have wished he had been there , protected by the Pinkerton security guards employed here , earlier in the week when a messenger arrived at the course to serve a paternity suit . |
| 5 | The torque at the elbow depends a bit on the setting of the shoulder , so learning to control the elbow took a little longer . |
| 6 | Corbett filled the wine cup , drank some himself and then forced the goblet between his servant 's lips , snarling at the porter to bring a blanket . |
| 7 | Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples staying at the Rivoli receive a bottle of sparkling wine . |
| 8 | I should be surprised if a change at the top alters a necessary reorganization which is already under way . ’ |
| 9 | Each one had a spiral staircase the length of a lighthouse leading up to it and at the top lived a teacher . |
| 10 | She came to a little patch of sand , the bottom of a miniature canyon , and on the far side of it there was a smooth grey rock , sliced neatly off at the top to make a platform . |
| 11 | Lady Rutherford leapt with alacrity at the chance to do a good deed . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd have thought you 'd jump at the chance to have a second shot at the man . ’ |
| 13 | Relieved yet disappointed , and furious at her own inconsistency , Polly jumped at the chance to learn a new skill . |
| 14 | Actor , Anthony Hopkins , explains that he jumped at the chance to play a part in the film . |
| 15 | One of Ken 's aunts had come up in the world and arrived at the cemetery wearing a fur coat which was donned purely and simply to impress the other members of the family . |
| 16 | EVERY year the English National Opera at the Coliseum makes a shrewd choice of pieces for the Christmas season , pantomimes mainly for adults . |
| 17 | 5.52am : Cheshire fire brigade is alerted to the fire at ICI 's Lostock site and two fire engines arrive at the scene to see a 1,000 metre smoke plume coming from the building and flames shooting from vents on the roof . |
| 18 | Emergency teams arriving at the scene found a woman 's body 40 yards from the crossing , at the foot of the embankment . |
| 19 | His interest in the precedents is exhausted , for this purpose at least , once he is satisfied that according to his conception of law they establish only that mothers at the scene have a right to recover , and this is clear immediately and with no reflection about larger underlying principles whose nature is a matter of dispute . |
| 20 | Though this doctrine is patristic , some ‘ conservatives ’ at the Council saw a threat to faith in the Eucharistic real presence . |
| 21 | Not too shattered when they arrived at the cottage to propose a round of Trivial Pursuit . |
| 22 | Oh that 's not to be , Sri Lanka are a hundred and thirty-eight for four and here 's Lawrence to pitched up and he drives outside the off stump , the ball goes through to Russell , low again , beaten back at the pace rehearses a shot outside the off stump , he was trying to hit it somewhere through extra cover . |
| 23 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 24 | Tented ceilings , fabric-covered walls , floor-length cloths and extravagant combinations of curtains and blinds at the window give a luxurious exotic feeling . |
| 25 | Brenda Hurley , mother of Becky and Gavin , needed treatment for shock when she returned from a night at the bingo to find a scene of devastation . |
| 26 | Faced with growing hostility or boredom over Europe , M Mitterrand threatened at the weekend to hold a referendum if the two parliamentary chambers do not give him a two-thirds majority for constitutional changes . |
| 27 | A BELFAST man appeared in court at the weekend following a gun attack on a Sinn Fein advice centre on Monday . |
| 28 | ‘ PRO-LIFE ’ campaigners pledged at the weekend to launch a ‘ make or break ’ drive to roll back the abortion laws . |
| 29 | After the miraculous discovery that constant tugging at the organ produces a highly pleasurable sensation , the adolescent male develops an insatiable appetite for sexual self-abuse . |
| 30 | It is important at the outset to make a distinction between social inequality and social stratification . |