Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the start [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came into the Palace side at the start of 1925–26 and , injuries or illness apart , was a fixture there for the next eleven seasons , so that he is still within our top eight all-time appearances . |
| 2 | The uncertainty over the Scottish party 's position arose after Mr Smith set out his vision for Labour 's future at the start of last week . |
| 3 | This uncertainty hung over the European Fusion Programme at the start of 1989 and in Britain , home of JET , there were further questions being asked about the future of fusion and nuclear energy in general . |
| 4 | A repetition of the study at the start of the 1990s might reveal some differences . |
| 5 | Applicants must be commencing their study at the start of session in October and be studying at Edinburgh for the whole of the academic year . |
| 6 | World stockmarkets reacted with relief and optimism at the start of the Gulf war , but some of the gains were wiped out when the first hopes of a quick victory faded , and the Soviet Union turned violent again . |
| 7 | It contrasts the blood-thirsty dynasty of Michael Corleone as he builds up his gambling empire from a base in Nevada in the '50s with the story of how his father Vito ( Robert De Niro , playing Brando 's original role ) left Sicily to become the protector of poor Italians in a New York neighbourhood at the start of the century . |
| 8 | TYCOON David Elton 's glittering career ended with a £1.26 million pay-off at the start of this year . |
| 9 | Unfortunately we had a few lapses of concentration at the start of the second half and you just ca n't afford that against a team as good as Australia . |
| 10 | Thirdly , the film is structured around the volumes which Gonzalo hurriedly put into Prospero 's boat at the start of the play . |
| 11 | THE MILLTOWN BROTHERS , who are set to follow their praised ‘ Slinky ’ LP with a new A&M album at the start of 1993 , preview fresh material at a one-off show at |
| 12 | Even though a proposed fourth game against Canada has been dropped — presumably as a gesture of appeasement — The tour runs from June 5-19 , deep into the summer break — and George Graham , Alex Ferguson , Graeme Souness and others believe their clubs should not be put at a disadvantage at the start of the following season . |
| 13 | None the less , it seems plausible to suppose that the loss of the OR in the pre-exposed group might retard the formation of a light-food association simply because it reduces the likelihood that these subjects will see the light at the start of conditioning . |
| 14 | Instead of beginning a search at the start of the structure ( i.e. first element of the array ) , the binary search technique begins at a mid point . |
| 15 | After less than three hours hitting a ball on a tennis court in the last four weeks , the American will be desperately short of match practice at the start of the sport 's most traditional tournament . |
| 16 | The planned figure at the start of the year was about £30 million , making the true shortfall around 25 per cent . |
| 17 | ‘ I was travelling round a great deal at the start in the West Country , then I went into headquarters which involved administration . ’ |
| 18 | The amended procedures came into force at the start of the new session . |
| 19 | The House will know that a new Standing Order came into force at the start of this parliamentary Session . |
| 20 | Today 's numbers are the first to include statistics on trade with the EC since the single market came into force at the start of the year . |
| 21 | Yesterday 's figures are the first to include statistics on trade with the EC since the single market came into force at the start of the year . |
| 22 | The two submarines which had lain alongside Omega at the start of her watch now stood off in the loch , still as two sentries , awaiting Taureg 's arrival , and she wondered how any man could volunteer to serve in such a craft ; how he could live in quarters so cramped , with no privacy at all . |
| 23 | This was supported by the correlation between the male 's condition at the start of the season and the number of days he spent incubating eggs . |
| 24 | McLean joined the Showgrounds scene at the start of the season together with Derek Cook and Alan Ewing after spending three and a half years with Hamilton Accies . |
| 25 | The following week he was fiddling with it in his lap at the start of the lesson . |
| 26 | In finding such probabilities , some account should be taken of deaths in the cohort during the year in question ; we can assume that a person dying lives , on average , six months of the year so that the population at risk of marriage at the start of the year should be reduced by half the deaths . |
| 27 | The bishop of Vienne was probably not responsible for his conversion , but he undoubtedly exercised considerable influence at the start of the new reign . |
| 28 | In the choice of rotation by one farmer in East Anglia in 1970 , why did he decide to spread fertiliser at the start of Year 5 ? |
| 29 | The central drives are those to which we gave considerable prominence at the start of this book , and are those associated with survival and identity , as well as with the preservation and expansion of family , kin and blood relations . |
| 30 | His team just escaped relegation from Division One but after a disastrous run at the start of the following season , he left Maine Road for the last time . |