Example sentences of "at a [noun] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime I must live with the fact that I sweat like a Sun reader at a philosophy lecture every time my wheels crunch over someone else 's gravel . |
| 2 | I was able to buy a second-hand machine with an electric motor at a charity shop a few months ago . |
| 3 | Ashley was glaring at me over the candle flame the way a hawk must glare at a field mouse the instant before it parts mouse from field forever . |
| 4 | Aleksandr Lebed , whose appointment as the new 14th Army commander was reported on June 28 , announced at a press conference a policy of " armed neutrality " for the troops under his command . ) |
| 5 | At a press conference the following day , Koffigoh called for calm and for the restoration of state authority , saying that he had regained his freedom of movement and had returned to his residence . |
| 6 | At a press conference the Prime Minister , Carl Bildt , agreed that it was likely that the surveillance equipment had been installed by the former Soviet authorities , but he insisted that it was Russia 's responsibility , as the successor state , to remove them . |
| 7 | The winners will be announced at a press reception the next morning at the Langham Hilton Hotel . |
| 8 | Even John Major , who is a friend of Wigley 's , turned up at a Plaid party a few years ago . |
| 9 | But when several such businesses are aggregated at a dockside location the economy of scale offered by the worldwide container business can be put to good advantage both in cost and speed by even the smallest manufacturing unit . |
| 10 | For a motor with p rotor teeth and a peak static torque Tpk at a rotor displacement a from the step position , the torque developed by the motor is approximately : When a load torque is applied the rotor is displaced from the demanded position by the angle θ e , at which the load and motor torques are equal : Therefore the static position error can be reduced by increasing the peak static torque , either by choosing another motor or by using a different excitation scheme , as discussed in the next section . |
| 11 | At a windsurfing school the environment is carefully chosen to be safe and suitable for quick progress , with the wind being the only variable . |
| 12 | The six included the party leader , Proinsias De Rossa , who had been trying to reform the party and whose proposals to replace " democratic centralism and Leninist revolutionary tactics " with democratic socialism had narrowly failed to be adopted at a party conference a week earlier . |
| 13 | After a preliminary hearing at a Lewes court the detained men were released on bail . |
| 14 | For example , in the case of starting up a machine at a control panel the operator will be given the instructions and asked to provide a verbal commentary as he actuates the various controls and checks the various indications , this is a ‘ talk through ’ . |
| 15 | At a subduction zone the downgoing oceanic lithosphere finds its topographic expression in the trench formed on the frontal side of the island arc ( Fig. 3.7 ) . |
| 16 | Thus at a car auction a categoric and clear oral disclaimer announced by the auctioneer immediately before he accepts bids on a particular car could lie an effective disclaimer in relation to the odometer reading on that car and in that case the disclaimer would protect both the auctioneer and the vendor . |
| 17 | I was at a jumble sale the other day and managed to buy a bucket and a coat . |
| 18 | Straight ahead and aiming at a silver moon the tarmac is a dark rich salmon colour , burnt orangey in places and patched with indigo . |