Example sentences of "at a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the volume of urgent management business at a governors ' meeting is so great that the welfare of children in a caring environment can become a marginal issue . |
| 2 | She too had been to Canonmills and Broughton school ( though she says she was " not very clever " ) and first of all went to work at a draper 's shop in the West End , a job for which she remained still nostalgic . |
| 3 | Namibia requested some US$270,000,000 for each year of its 1990-92 reconstruction programme at a donors ' conference in New York on June 21-22 . |
| 4 | At a donors ' meeting in Paris on July 27-28 , 1989 , US$200,000,000 of the estimated US$600,000,000 needed for the economic reform programme was raised . |
| 5 | A joint Mozambique government and World Bank report , released at a donors ' meeting in Paris on Dec. 10 , warned that half of the country 's 16,000,000 people faced starvation , largely as a result of the civil war . |
| 6 | Both approaches are reflected in the report to annual parent meetings and both require a looking back at a school 's achievements in order that differences or improvements can be headlined . |
| 7 | She failed , too , to get jobs in boarding kennels and at a vets ' practice . |
| 8 | A particularly vexing category was the " turnover " : the apprentice who had served most of his time but was not yet a journeyman , and who was snapped up by employers to do a man 's work at a boy 's pay . |
| 9 | I taught for 29 years at a boy 's school and I was very aware of young people who are now serving prison sentences for crimes relating to the troubles . |
| 10 | A CLASSIC Rolls-Royce limousine which had been in the same Scottish family for 60 years made £21,275 at a Sotheby 's weekend car sale at the Royal Air Force museum , Hendon , North London . |
| 11 | TWO barmaids claimed social security benefit while working at a Kiki 's bar in Darlington , a court heard yesterday . |
| 12 | So , for example , Bitstream 's Dutch may appear to be a perfect match for Linotype 's Times at 300dpi but when they are output at a typesetter 's resolution the minute differences will be more exaggerated . |
| 13 | Projects will be undertaken in Derry , Belfast , Fermanagh , Donaghadee and Comber , including the building of outdoor play areas , erection of a fence at a charity 's headquarters and the conversion of an old barn into an educational room . |
| 14 | This will be part of an informal open tasting evening held at a Sainsbury 's store where visitors will be able to taste a range of wines . |
| 15 | I called in at a Sainsbury 's to buy some essential items . |
| 16 | Executives need to know how to lay on services that are outside normal agency routine : how to set up a direct marketing operation ; organize an effective exhibition ; or lay on a cabaret at a salesmen 's conference . |
| 17 | They halted at a blacksmith 's . |
| 18 | POLICE last night named a man they want to quiz in connection with the murder of Michael Huntington at a nurses ' home party 11 days ago . |
| 19 | Great Fire of London started second of September in sixteen sixty six started in the early hours at a baker 's house in Pudding Lane . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm trying to recall if I 've ever set eyes on her ; I 've a vague memory of a plump wee lass at a cousin 's wedding three or four years back . |
| 21 | Cultural artefacts and occurrences often previously perceived on the margins of what constituted the culture — for example how a culture defined and treated insanity — were recognised as an aid in revealing a great deal about the cultural orders celebrated at a society 's centre ( e.g. the way court ceremony was enacted ) . |
| 22 | I settled in pretty quickly , though suffering a bit from culture shock and more from the realisation that I was semi-illiterate in the Thai language : I had the ability to communicate verbally but at a child 's level and almost no ability to read . |
| 23 | They can bring , through their training and experience , particular and specified ways of looking at a child 's problem . |
| 24 | So that kind of thing made analysts think that they could go on more than just free associations , they could look at a person 's character , as it were . |
| 25 | But as Dr Johannes Hallauer , Head of Communicable Diseases and Hygiene Section at the German Ministry for Health and a VHPB special adviser , pointed out , the degree of risk can not be calculated by looking solely at a person 's job title . |
| 26 | When it mattered , Leonard was a learner ; he could sit at a man 's feet and absorb completely . |
| 27 | The picture of God at a man 's mercy is surely one derived from the story 's primitive origins , and no longer to be taken seriously . |
| 28 | Recorded live , with no overdubs or other post production treatment , it 's a fascinating peek at a man 's career , with songs like ‘ Badge ’ , with its beautiful keyboard work from Greg Phillinganes sitting comfortably alongside material of more recent vintage . |
| 29 | Even with the wind of generosity at their back , why did they travel at a man 's walking pace ? |
| 30 | This is probably what will happen at a shareholders ' meeting on March 13th , thanks to a closing of ranks by Germany 's top industrialists . |