Example sentences of "at [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times a golden girl is present in the vicinity of the discussions of the subject that keep happening , and is felt to restore a balance . |
| 2 | Van Soest has achieved a considerable feat in guiding the reader through the complexities of ruminant nutrition with great clarity and at times a fine sense of humour . |
| 3 | The identification of these petty landlords , though at times a tortuous process , is not impossible ; their tenants are another matter . |
| 4 | But the mature work reveals also a deep sense of enjoyment and at times a poetic intensity that puts it in a very high class indeed . |
| 5 | It reinforced existing values , satisfied needs , but was at times a potential source of conflict in that it forced the ablest educatees away and drafted in some unwilling educators . |
| 6 | At weekends a special train was kept with steam up in the hotel station yard , so that Mr Stanford could leave at moment 's notice if his business affairs called . |
| 7 | The road overbridge at the start of the climb was built in 1990 to replace a narrow underbridge at Crawyetts a short distance further on which restricted lorry access to the town . |
| 8 | From now on the media began to talk about a ‘ Laura Ashley look ’ , which sometimes meant a milkmaid style and at others a Victorian nursery maid , but the appeal was predominantly pastoral . |
| 9 | As might be expected , there is frequent evidence for the reconstruction of such strip building properties , the same property boundaries sometimes being retained over considerable periods , while at others a considerable level of property amalgamation and reorganization was involved . |