Example sentences of "at [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a salutary reminder of the powerful implications of teacher enthusiasm : no doubt at least part of the popularity of any text has as much to do with the way it is taught , as with characteristics embodied in the text itself . |
| 2 | At each turn of the zigzag , the wheelbarrow toppled , and when I was tacking into the wind , grit , picked up by the wheel was blown into my eyes and mouth . |
| 3 | The actions taken by both leaders and followers have , at each turn of the wheel of fortune , helped to create the next round of change . |
| 4 | At each quantity of hours , SS ' ; lies vertically above SS by a distance reflecting the tax on earnings from the last hour worked . |
| 5 | To complete the picture it is necessary to add that , at each reference to babies and new life , Mrs Bostock and Eliza Waters had exchanged meaningful smiles . |
| 6 | At these moments he looks closely at each inch of her face , like a valuer frowningly examining some precious object . |
| 7 | Dancers easily understand how a series of swift pas de bourrée courus ( i.e. running on the toes ) as danced by the Queen of the Wilis in Giselle , differs from the same step performed piqué ( i.e. each foot picked up sharply at each change of weight ) , as in many of petipa 's solos . |
| 8 | This checklist is to be used at each change of activity . |
| 9 | Drybulb and dewpoint temperatures of air were regulated at each 7.6m along the chamber to track temporal variation in the glasshouse . |
| 10 | The daytime drybulb temperature and vapour pressure deficit of air after regulation at each 7.6m along the chamber were a mean 26°C ) during the time sampled leaves of oats and mustard expanded and 20.6°C ( N= 24 ) and 1.13kPa ( N= 19 ) during wheat growth . |
| 11 | The small changes in drybulb and dewpoint temperatures between points of regulation at each 7.6m along the chamber had no significant influence on the relationship of c i /c a of individual species or cultivars to c a . |
| 12 | He looked at each man in turn . |
| 13 | He looked at each man in turn and waited for their compliance . |
| 14 | These were the writers and newspapermen , paid hacks of the propaganda machine and tools of ‘ Anastasie ’ , the censor , who from their comfortable offices in Paris wrote of the nobility of war in the terms of Déroulède ; of the brave boys dying beautifully pour la Patrie ; who described the piling up of ‘ mounds of German dead ’ at each attack at Verdun , to the accompaniment of ‘ negligible ’ French losses ; and who published photographs of the grands mutilés with such captions as ‘ A Soldier Who Has Lost Both Feet , Yet Walks Fairly Well With Clever Substitutes , ’ or ‘ Who Has Lost Both Hands , Yet Can Handle a Cigarette and Salute as Before . ’ |
| 15 | We will look at each beatitude in turn . |
| 16 | A member of the Covenant Committee will be available at each Mass on the last Sunday of the month . |
| 17 | When a neurone ’ fires ’ , it releases chemicals called neurotransmitters at each synapse on its axons . |
| 18 | These targets were decided at each location by a management team drawn from right across the site . |
| 19 | As we mentioned in Chapter 5 , at this stage you need only time-table three or perhaps four exercise routines per week ( where you get slightly breathless at each session for a half-hour period ) in order to keep up a reasonable degree of fitness . |
| 20 | They were also at times short of water , although they no doubt learnt to manage on very little , and their encampments would have been spread out to take advantage of several watercourses at each halt in the journey . |
| 21 | How will the talented managers at each division like being told exactly what to do ? |
| 22 | Epictetus looked at each event from the point of view of his whole life and its freedom and the courage and steadfastness that he wished to possess . |
| 23 | There were 200 seats with a substantial middle-class element , and these were overwhelmingly Unionist at each election between the wars . |
| 24 | Tam scrabbled at each pair of legs in turn , remembering the biscuits ; the more uninhibited guests kicked , furtively . |
| 25 | The falconer had authority and poise , she remained in control of the whole operation , and her attention was with the bird at each second of its flight — all while delivering a running commentary ! |
| 26 | A pair of tysties are displaying at each other on a ledge , their high-pitched calls extending even beyond our human audio range , judging by the soundless opening of vermilion-lined beaks . |
| 27 | At about 2.15 , someone from the Cardiff side threw the first stone , then the bricks started flying : if they could n't get at each other on land , then they could always fight a missile war and there was plenty of ammo flying around : the workmen who put the fence in had not swept up the chunks of broken concrete around the supports . |
| 28 | They looked squarely and intently at each other for a full minute , as blankly as strangers , trying each other for traces of concession or agreement or affection , even . |
| 29 | We stare at each other for quite a bit — me and this pigeon . |
| 30 | After all , the Central Council of Physical Recreation — of which the Duke is president — and the Sports Council , the two most powerful bodies in British sport , have been sniping at each other for years . |