Example sentences of "at the [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the landmark and directional cues present ( but feeders removed ) , the paths taken by all rats in each group ( Fig. 2 a , b ) showed a striking dissociation : search was concentrated at the former location of F+ in group fixed but around L+ in group varied . |
| 2 | Each golfer can stay at the former home of the Domecq family , one of Spain 's famous sherry dynasties , for seven nights in January for £319 , inclusive of flights and breakfast . |
| 3 | The occasion was the launch of the Glasgow Central profit plan by branch manager , George Houston at the service meeting held at the former home of the Maxwell family [ not Robert 's relations ] at Pollock House . |
| 4 | Conversely , privately rented dwellings had fallen in proportion from 44.6 per cent at the former date to 16 per cent in 1975 . |
| 5 | English Heritage has recognised one of England 's greatest photographers by placing a Blue Plaque at the former residence of Roger Fenton ( 1819–1869 ) . |
| 6 | English Heritage has recognised one of England 's greatest photographers by placing a Blue Plaque at the former residence of Roger Fenton ( 1819–1869 ) . |
| 7 | Their husbands brought their cars to the rally which is being held at the former car-plant at Dunmurry this weekend . |
| 8 | I am also confused at the many descriptions like ‘ varnishing ’ and ‘ glazing ’ . |
| 9 | Entry into the EC challenged parliamentary sovereignty ; the growth of direct action and extra-parliamentary politics in Northern Ireland and on the mainland challenged the rule of law and the stability of the liberal-democratic state ; the ups-and-downs of nationalism in Wales and Scotland challenged the unitary state and threatened the break-up of Britain ; the use of referenda [ popular and direct votes on issues ] revealed the crumbling legitimacy attaching to the indirect democracy of voting for people to parliament ; the conventions underpinning cabinet government were buffeted by a trend to " open government " that weakened collective responsibility and Cabinet solidarity ; and developments within the Labour Party have had constitutional implications at the self-same time as the Liberals and SDP have sought to imprint themselves directly onto the British constitution with proposals for radical constitutional change including proportional representation . |
| 10 | Glasgow was very pretty in the 18th century , pretty impassable at the least sign of rain . |
| 11 | Almost half of Shrewsbury has Welsh blood , or at the least friends in Wales . |
| 12 | The patient ( Uma Thurman ) seems to have undergone a severe childhood trauma ; the sister ( Kim Basinger ) is married to a handsome Greek gangster ( Eric Roberts ) and runs amok at the least taste of alcohol . |
| 13 | No word had come from Rose , and surely she would have cancelled their arrangements at the least hint of scandal ? |
| 14 | President , delegates , when this resolution was drawn up and passed by my branch at the latter part of nineteen ninety two , we understood the text of Chancellor Lamont 's Autumn Statement regarding public sector workers and a ceiling of one point five per cent on pay increases starting in nineteen ninety three . |
| 15 | Liam thought it would be best to join the Irish passengers at the latter port of call . |
| 16 | And as a matter of fact , as a matter of fact , the Germans th th th had thought that he would be of value to them at a later stage , because he was er he was shipped to Germany , and er er I understand that he died in Germany er at the latter end of er of of er of the of the war , the Second World War . |
| 17 | Advertising continued to be disappointing although there was a good improvement at the latter end of the year . |
| 18 | According to Dr George Eisenbarth , who headed the Joslin team , a simpler version of the test may be developed within the next year , ‘ We and other labs are most certainly working on it , to predict who 's at the most risk of developing diabetes , ’ he declared . |
| 19 | One has simply to glance at the few fragments of these Galatica ( 745 Jacoby ) — all quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium — to be persuaded that the author of the Galatica is a younger namesake of the great Eratosthenes — perhaps a descendant who noticed the lacunae in the geography of his predecessor . |
| 20 | ‘ The fire exploded , spilling out on to the hearth , licking at the few drops on the floor , and in seconds Dame Frances was a blazing torch and your secret was safe . ’ |
| 21 | TWO young golf partners hit holes-in-one at the same hole on the same round . |
| 22 | On 23 September 1945 , at the same church in which she had wed six years earlier , Doris married Lionel Ingram , a grocery store manager who had been an Army sergeant and whose father was an Admiralty official . |
| 23 | Gary Sams , 20 , of Kirkstone Place , Newton Aycliffe , is charged with unlawfully killing mother-of-four Joanne Robinson at the same address on November 26 last year . |
| 24 | Like the NL this too was a secret society and had its headquarters at the same address in licensed premises in Lamb 's Conduit Street , London . |
| 25 | The media were later to make much of the discovery that a few weeks after Dennis Parsons 's death , Karen and I had spent a weekend at the same hotel in mid-Wales . |
| 26 | Looking at the same issue from another angle — percentage of total taxation ( including social security contributions ) derived from taxes on household incomes — the UK was joint second in 1971 and fifth in 1978 out of ten countries . |
| 27 | In-Service Training day fees are being held at the same cost for the third year running , despite inflation and a probable increase in the cost of premises for Q.T. days . |
| 28 | They put on separate roadshows as they appeared at the same event for the first time since Mr Major 's statement in the House of Commons . |
| 29 | All local four-vectors at the same event in space–time can be expressed in terms of the same set of basis vectors . |
| 30 | At the same synagogue in September 1986 at least 21 people were killed in an attack attributed to the Palestinian Abu Nidal group [ see p. 35136 ] . |