Example sentences of "at the [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alfred Snr would have looked at the Quakers ' current predicament without much surprise . |
| 2 | By Oct. 17 rioting had broken out as people protested at the authorities ' slow response . |
| 3 | They peck valiantly at the monsters ' pointed snouts , frantically paddling with their feet and beating their wings . |
| 4 | Robert Naish must have been disappointed at the members ' Extraordinary General Meeting on June 5th when his three-part motion failed to get the necessary 2:1 majority ( For 125 , Against 103 ) . |
| 5 | There were no major artists on Virgin whose sensibilities were likely to be offended as there had been at the Pistols ' previous stopovers ; no American parent company to interfere . |
| 6 | The ‘ Coach Fund ’ was heavily subscribed ; Crawford had taken on an extensive schedule which saw him coaching his protégés ( ‘ Crawford 's Colts ’ ) four evenings a week at Carisbrook , and coaching at the Boys ' High School twice a week . |
| 7 | At the Conservatives ' daily news conference , Mr Mellor , the Treasury Chief Secretary , recalled the sharp fall in share prices on Wednesday after opinion polls indicating Labour had a clear lead . |
| 8 | At the Conservatives ' daily press briefing Mr Major unreservedly backed Mr Baker . |
| 9 | Moreover , he was becoming increasingly annoyed at the Communists ' blatant attempts to maximize their influence wherever it mattered — in , for example , the army and the administration — and to dictate strategy . |
| 10 | His desire is for the crown , and the way he starts at the witches ' double prophecy shows that he already has it in mind . |
| 11 | Or no , she thought , no — for that last , golden day at the girls ' preparatory school , which had coincided with her fifty-first birthday , that had been a joy such as she had never dared to hope for , a once-in-a-lifetime joy . |
| 12 | Early last week the Sun apologised for saying he had never had a real job , but in truth a four-year stint as a tutor organiser in industrial and trade unions at the Workers ' Educational Association 25 years ago does not exactly set him up for a glittering new career . |
| 13 | Gynaecologists , however , will be dismayed at the authors ' apparent lack of understanding of the management of a common medical complaint . |
| 14 | Admiration for the quality of materials and hand craftsmanship , but horror often at the designers ' sheer lack of restraint . |
| 15 | Two years ago it slashed the gift to £24,000 in protest at the Tories ' high interest rate policy . |
| 16 | Mr Rees will be talking to volunteers at the Samaritans ' annual general meeting held in St Augustines Church Hall on Wednesday , March 18 , at 7.30pm . |
| 17 | If you looked at the Trees ' upper halves ; at the streaming leaf-hair and the mischievous faces of the Silver Birches and the wise , implacable solemnity of the Oaks and the cool , wanton beauty of the Beeches , you could very nearly see similarities to Human features and Human characteristics . |
| 18 | ‘ Political dialogue ’ is required and a dialectical interaction at the economies ' political level between research scientists , research planners , research clientele , and the legislative process is required and hoped for . |
| 19 | It must have been nearly three months before I heard from Mrs Ainsworth , and in fact I had begun to wonder at the bassets ' long symptomless run when she came on the phone . |
| 20 | But what struck like an ice-cold knife into Owen 's heart was the group of six or seven men standing in the middle of the road , between him and the fire , laughing and jeering at the villagers ' puny efforts to save their homes . |