Example sentences of "at the [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be — if the deterioration in credit quality gnawing at the financial system had not reached this market too . |
| 2 | Yeah the board in it 's wisdom looking at the financial situation decided to take on a policy which actually prohibited the use of the studio theatre by professional companies and I think that 's reduced the actual use of that facility . |
| 3 | ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her . |
| 4 | The first night 's long walk up to the moor with the hives , Ruari glanced back at the wee lass trotting along behind Ranald 's lurch , gamely holding up her end of the staff . |
| 5 | She glanced at the automatic camera attached to her wrist ; all this time she had been clutching it without giving it a thought . |
| 6 | ( 4 ) Subject to section 13(2) of this Act , if no application is made for the renewal of a licence at the quarterly meeting mentioned in subsection ( 3 ) above , the licence shall expire on the first day of that meeting . |
| 7 | From our Headington Office , proceed down Windmill Road and at the mini roundabout continue over into the Slade . |
| 8 | Durance was still looking at the painted woman stepping from the shadow . |
| 9 | On the first day of his reappearance he contented himself with walking about , avoiding people 's eyes , or shovelling at the still melting ramparts like a man with a crime to expiate . |
| 10 | Then she stared , amazed , at the fragile rosebud lying across his palm . |
| 11 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 12 | That was the claim made by the solicitor representing Bioplan Holdings at the two-day appeal held this week at Darlington Town Hall . |
| 13 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 14 | He looked at the small glass dials on the wooden dashboard . |
| 15 | The faces at the ground-floor window had disappeared and it was extraordinarily quiet . |
| 16 | ‘ The conventions of the constitution now consist of customs which ( whatever their historical origin ) are at the present day maintained for the sake of ensuring the supremacy of the House of Commons , and ultimately , through the elective House of Commons , of the nation . |
| 17 | The regular patterns of variability observable in ( a ) at the present day suggest this strongly . |
| 18 | And so the last page or so is given over to French names : Corbière and Jammes and De Regnier ; Tailhade and Romains ; Vildrac , Spire and Arcos — poets who at the present day have few readers even among the French . |
| 19 | So it 's by no means only er , arising from the erm , need to get on with the business of the council , some of the work that we 're facing at the present moment has been forced on us er , through no fault of our own because of Government action . |
| 20 | It is a fallacy at the present moment to believe that there are any quick cures for our monetary difficulties , least of all joining the ERM ( European exchange rate mechanism ) . |
| 21 | The drama course for professional performers which does not at the present time qualify for a mandatory award , is fully accredited by the National Council of Drama Training as is the Acting Option of the Graduate Diploma course . |
| 22 | Well , not to kill the world , but they they there are enough bombs in existence at the present time to obliterate the world about three or four times over so we 're told , so we read no snow out here at all Danny is there ? |
| 23 | Our budget er is at the present time overspent er something of the order of £70,000 , and we 're required by the Health Authority and by government , er to manage within our existing cash limited budget . |
| 24 | As was stated above , 51.5 per cent of the population at the present time have purchased their own housing , 28.5 per cent with mortgages ( CSO , 1979 ) . |
| 25 | To our disbelief it was really very much more abundant than we could ever have thought possible , so we 've actually been able to find molecules with eleven carbon atoms in a chain , floating around in space , and for which we really at the present time have no explanation . |
| 26 | Notwithstanding the fact that , according to the document , The Future Value of our Qualification , issued at the same time as the Manifesto , the Institute believes that chartered accountants want it to ‘ safeguard the reputation of the profession and to enhance the value of their qualification ’ and ‘ to concentrate on helping them succeed professionally ’ , at the present time practising members are concerned primarily with their practices ' cash flow and profitability , and the threat of litigation . |
| 27 | ‘ The economy probably is better than it was a year ago , the computer retail business is strong and the general consumer electronics business at the present time seems to be running ahead of last year , ’ Roach said . |
| 28 | In my opinion it serves no useful purpose at the present time to seek to construe the relevant provisions of the Theft Act by reference to the report which preceded it , namely the Eighth Report of the Criminal Law Revision Committee on Theft and Related Offences ( 1966 ) ( Cmnd. 2977 ) . |
| 29 | at the present time to photocopy a couple of extra ones so Angela can have one |
| 30 | The pension has been transferred to the Legal and General and has been left there at the present time to grow and be managed . |