Example sentences of "at the [num ord] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | Certain ‘ representatives of the Afghan people ’ would be admitted only at the second stage of the conference and they would need to accept the decisions of the conference . |
| 32 | Still less acceptable was the idea of introducing Afghan ‘ representatives ’ at the second stage of the conference since this would act to legitimise the resistance groups within Afghanistan . |
| 33 | Patients who had repeated 24 hours pH monitoring at the second stage of the study were still taking omeprazole 40 mg/day but all other drugs were withheld for at least 48 hours beforehand . |
| 34 | Using our criteria of abnormality ( % total time pH below 4>4.9% ) , the results were abnormal in six of the 31 patients at the second stage of the study . |
| 35 | It should be noted that at the second stage of the study ( after the healing of oesophagitis ) the patients were still taking omeprazole . |
| 36 | At the second meeting of the judges , on Thursday , 21 st May , the atmosphere seems to have been very different to what it had been the previous week . |
| 37 | At the eleventh hour of the Summit , it was decided that instead of the United Kingdom ‘ opting-out ’ from the revised treaty provision on social policy , the other eleven would ‘ opt-in ’ for a separate protocol and agreement on social policy . |
| 38 | The revision of Chapter II on Evidence followed and was completed at the Eleventh Session of the Conference in October 1968 . |
| 39 | The Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters , drafted at the Eleventh Session of the Conference in 1968 , was signed on 18 March 1970 . |
| 40 | At the Twenty-Third Congress of the CPSU in March 1966 Brezhnev attacked the Western states for scattering ‘ numerous military bases throughout the world ’ and deploying ‘ contingents of their armed forces on the territories of other countries ’ . |
| 41 | Albania , Lithuania , Mongolia and Vietnam joined Interpol at the 60th session of its general assembly on Nov. 4-8 in Punta del Este , Uruguay , bringing to 158 the total membership of the organization for international police co-operation . |
| 42 | In the country , it loads up and goes inert at the first sign of a corner . |
| 43 | Swales might , at last , have made a wise decision — if he does not go back on it at the first sign of failure . |
| 44 | These include calling in the fire brigade at the first sign of what they quaintly call ‘ smouldering in senile machinery ’ and ejecting all the customers forthwith , and not opening stations if the required number of staff ( two on the smaller stations ) have failed to turn up . |
| 45 | Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble . |
| 46 | At the first sign of activity on the ground floor , he pulled off his jacket and socks , hid them in a corner and positioned himself at the bedroom door , ready to make a dash for the kitchen . |
| 47 | Yet what was certain was that God would strike punitively at the first sign of sin , and the worst sin in a ruler was pride . |
| 48 | It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement . |
| 49 | But at the first sign of a pressure sore , inform the patient 's GP and consult the district nurse . |
| 50 | At the first sign of danger the bittern adopts a rigid , stiffly erect posture , making itself almost invisible in the vegetation around its nest . |
| 51 | At the first sign of dissent or hesitation , he fetched his mailed fist full across his captive 's bruised face , splitting his lip and causing all his contusions to bleed again . |
| 52 | At the first sign of rot the vigneron removes some of the outer foliage , exposing the vine to the drying effect of direct sunlight and improved aeration , and sprays with copper sulphate . |
| 53 | If elderly people are persuaded to uproot themselves in a hurry at the first sign of trouble , making major decisions at a time when they are not emotionally stable enough to think them through , like selling their homes and moving away from old friends and familiar surroundings into the different world and routine of a younger household , they sometimes regret it , and much unhappiness ensues for everyone . |
| 54 | At the first sign of low winds yesterday morning , Smith , 31 , and Rennie , 28 , left the 24,000 ft camp three on the Lhotse Face for the South Col. |
| 55 | ‘ At the first sign of the housing collapse , we brought in Coopers & Lybrand and worked with them for about a year . |
| 56 | They were a delight for the charterers in the Bahamian lagoons , but in an Atlantic storm such wide windows could be our death warrants for if Wavebreaker fell off a big wave the glass could be driven out of the windows and the boat be filling with water in seconds , and so I cut and shaped sheet steel shutters that could be bolted over the boat 's glass at the first sign of bad weather . |
| 57 | I explained all that to Chatterton , but stressed that we would run for cover at the first sign of trouble . |
| 58 | Pink tablets to be taken at the first sign of symptoms and Yellow tablets that only need to be taken if symptoms persist . |
| 59 | Water conditions can be corrected at the first sign of any trouble with far less chance of an annoying , expensive and let's face it , cruel loss in the tank . |
| 60 | At the first sign of trouble , spray with malathion . |