Example sentences of "at [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maury 's dream could be a good example of this sort of attempt at comprehension of a series of striking but unconnected images and sensations , a form of the " effort after meaning " that the Cambridge psychologist Sir Frederick Bartlett ascribed to normal waking memory processes in the first half of this century . |
| 2 | With regard to Easingwold , well of course Easingwold is at present outside the area of search , erm but again I do agree with what Mr Courcier has said , it would be a doubling the size of Easingwold , Easingwold is a small market town of high environmental quality , the existing form and pattern of development within Easingwold , erm exercise constraints over the scale of future development , the central area is of a certain size , of a certain quality , it 's got a certain amount of capacity to accept further development , and I do n't believe that a a erm grafting a fur further fourteen hundred houses could be fitted in to that existing infrastructure without serious harm . |
| 3 | Furthermore , relatively little is known at present about the extent to which scientists change their type of work , and the precise nature of ( and reasons for ) moves between organisations , compared with movement within organisations , or internal mobility . |
| 4 | She lives in Oxford , belongs to several conservation groups , is divorced , has a daughter and works at present as a financial manager . |
| 5 | I regard it at present as an important insurance . |
| 6 | We , by contrast , are at present at the most painful phase of a radical readjustment . |
| 7 | Erm , we are , we are at present at the moment spending money upgrading facilities for the youths . |
| 8 | Overseas Groups would publicise their plans for future visitors as at present at the annual meeting in January or February of each year and perhaps circulate how those plans are developing midway through the year for peoples information . |
| 9 | At the moment the car reigns supreme in the city , although the days of its reign may be numbered if various plans , at present on the drawing-board , come to fruition . |
| 10 | He was working at present on the rocks at the north-west point , which were only accessible at low tide , or from a boat . |
| 11 | There 's nothing in the pipeline between HP and Adobe at present on the Unix side , says Ybarra , but following Sun 's lead , it would be more surprising if the two were n't already talking . |
| 12 | The Law Commissions of England and Scotland in their joint Report on the Interpretation of Statutes in 1969 and the Renton Committee on the Preparation of Legislation both recognised that there was much to be said in principle for relaxing the rule but advised against a relaxation at present on the same practical grounds as are reflected in the authorities . |
| 13 | The normal entry links the highest key at present on the prime data track with the address of the track . |
| 14 | As far as I knew he 's at present on the Charlotte T. — all our ships are called something T. , as you probably know — on a trip to Hamburg . " |
| 15 | And Doherty , the best Irish player at present on the professional circuit , did n't let his fans down with a comfortable 5–2 win over an out of touch Neal Foulds of England . |
| 16 | For example a great deal of work is being carried out at present on the re-structuring of our training courses with a view to safe guarding the status of our Examination Award and gaining future exemption from lengthy in-service training for newly-qualified teachers . |
| 17 | Mr. Grist : There are no proposals at present for the re-establishment of the Mid-Wales health authority . |
| 18 | We might be tempted also to say that other benefits of depreciation accounting would ensue , such as producing a charge in revenue accounts for the use of assets , rather than as at present for the financing of assets . |
| 19 | It is not therefore possible at present for the public finance economist to appeal to a generally accepted body of theory . |
| 20 | In other words , a scarcity value attaches at present to the possession of a licence . |
| 21 | Again , those elements of the house-building industry , both firms and individuals , which are at present to an alarming extent drifting into jobbing and repair work on account of the difficulty of obtaining licences , will find their way back into the housing field , and the existing danger of skilled house-building teams being broken up and not replaced will be avoided . |
| 22 | One of the great difficulties faced by the South African Government and people at the moment is the need to see growth in their economy , which runs at present with no growth , as against a population growth of around 3 per cent . |
| 23 | In contrast , Greg has a short-back-and-sides haircut , is 6ft 5½in , 15 stone and is studying estate management — spending time at present with a firm of chartered surveyors near Oxford Street . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ Our intention is to defuse the situation at present with a view to trying to negotiate our way through the problem and secure an outcome in the months ahead which will satisfy all our fishermen . ’ |
| 25 | Short term visitors would be negotiated with individual area secretaries as at present with a copy of correspondence to Coordinators . |
| 26 | The Administration Order , which has existed for about 100 years with hardly anyone noticing , was limited to cases at present below the £5000 threshold . |
| 27 | But there is little difference at present between the dates provided for both the early rampart and the wall . |
| 28 | Furthermore , the national rivalries between the industrial countries — in the recent past between the Soviet Union and the US , and at present between the three centres of economic power represented by Japan , the European Community and the US — are potentially more dangerous to the wellbeing , or even the survival , of humanity . |
| 29 | Stage One will be an appraisal of the extent of land of nature conservation value in the East Midlands and East Anglia , concentrating particularly on land not at present under a statutory designation . |
| 30 | One of the things that we shall be seeking to do in the negotiations on the political union treaty is to try to ensure that the Commission — at present under no effective control — increasingly comes under the control of the most appropriate Parliament , in this case the European Parliament . |