Example sentences of "tell at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There 's one case , however , where a buyer can be told at the inception of a matter that the lease will provide that it ca n't be assigned without the lessor 's licence : the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and one or two other bodies insist on such a covenant in all their leases .
2 Frank Sinatra was told at the weekend that the four pasta sauces named after him are being withdrawn .
3 THE right to roam should be enshrined in Swedish-style legislation , Scottish ramblers were told at the weekend .
4 I was told at the Bar that in section 25 application cases hearsay evidence was regarded in some family proceedings courts as not admissible .
5 However , we all know what it is like to start something entirely new and to be told at the beginning that rows of holes have to be followed by two knit rows and then , when it all seems to be going well , to discover that there are two transferring rows one after the other , sounding like a contradiction in terms .
6 If you want one , we can do it at the same time as the valuation , at a reduced fee , but we must be told at the outset .
7 If you require payments on account of costs or in advance of disbursements , or you reserve the right to raise hourly rates during the lifetime of the case , the client must be told at the outset of the case .
8 Ben and his young friends had been told at the start of the meeting to behave themselves and not get in the way of the other archers , so they were not too pleased when he beat them at their own game .
9 For we are told at the start that the effects of their psychological traits are ‘ accidents ’ , as opposed to the main stuff of social explanation .
10 Mr Salmond added : ‘ We have spent more than two months at Labour 's behest going through a process of consultation with the STUC only to be told at the end of it that Labour want to junk his key proposal before we get to a meeting . ’
11 I was told at the time that this system had been adopted because it was impossible to fit a mechanical servo as fitted to the Series III without major surgery ,
12 The crimps were of course very active and I was told at the time that they would be paid as much as two pounds for every man whom they recruited .
13 We had been told at the time he had been in trouble before .
14 You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling .
15 There were no immediate changes , it went on from private enterprise , the changeover We were told at the time that we were just just to carry on the way we 'd been doing .
16 But spending that hundred thousand pounds as we were told at the time , would only part solve the problem .
17 His misery drove him to the theatre again , uselessly ; he had used up Dinah 's tickets , and was told at the box office that all seats were sold out .
18 She was Van 's piano teacher right up to the Moscow prize , and will tell at the drop of a hat the story of his childhood promise , which first manifested itself when Van was a tender lad of three .
19 It is expected that adoption of each of these programmes will be delayed and this in turn will affect dates for calls for proposals , publicity events , etc , although we can not tell at the moment how long the delay will last and the consequences it may have .
20 Whether it will be better or worse no-one can tell at the moment , but the hands on the reins of administration will be more varied , more democratic and more in tune with the times — at least that 's the theory for this huge volte in the face of what has gone before .
21 For what is being suggested is that I knew today and not yesterday , despite the fact that there was no difference between the two days that I could tell at the time .
22 and did n't always tell at the time
23 The recording was made during the darkest years of the Depression and reduced strings were used ; this tells at the opening of the finale but is hardly noticeable elsewhere .
24 JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE ZOO
25 ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ?
26 JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE DOCTOR 'S
27 JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE TABLE
28 I had to tell at the table .
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