Example sentences of "at the [num ord] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally , we would like to thank Debbie , Jenny P , Henrietta , Gina , Sue , Michelle , and Jenny T , for being so willing to work unusual hours , and maintaining their sense of humour , particularly at the eleventh hours when one word processor blew up and the other erased the text . |
| 2 | But it is going to be necessary because , by the time the later subjects come on stream , there will certainly be a need to look at the first ones again , such as maths and science . |
| 3 | At the first stages of development they will be asked to take first draft programs into the classroom , maybe even in the form of sub-programs . |
| 4 | Rixi , as she was now known , proved an invaluable asset : Austria won the Europeans that year and the next , then gained a stunning victory at the first Women 's World Championship in Budapest in 1937 . |
| 5 | At the first reports of possible contamination , Japanese haemophilia associations demanded that MHW halt imports of US blood products , which accounted for 90% of Japan 's supply . |
| 6 | ‘ Stair has his spyes in every quarter and even at the first posts on the several roads , ’ complained one irate conspirator , but often their work was easy for , as Bolingbroke observed , the most secret plans were a subject of gossip ‘ among women over their tea ’ . |
| 7 | He was goggling at the First Spiritualists like a medieval alchemist who has just raised the Devil . |
| 8 | Inspect plants regularly and spray at the first signs of attack . |
| 9 | Beginning the Cystopurin treatment at the first signs of an attack will usually help you feel better within a few hours . |
| 10 | Each makeshift arrangement concealed a human larva that would emerge again at the first signs of dawn . |
| 11 | She had looked at the first lines but now she was n't reading any of it . |
| 12 | At the first waves of other-worldly congregational sound Lee swung her body away from the sight of these people and curled herself into a womb-like position , hugging her waist with her arms . |
| 13 | At the first elections , Labour gained a majority on the GLC and in twenty of the thirty-two London boroughs ( Rhodes 1970:222 ) . |
| 14 | At the first chords of the carol — ‘ O Come , All Ye Faithful ’ — they raised their voices as though they sought to equal in adoration the praises of the angels in Bethlehem long ago . |
| 15 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 16 | This double characterisation was made more hilarious at the first performances when the bossy one was danced by Helpmann , and later the taller MacMillan , with wonderfully extended développés , and the shyer one by Ashton with dainty attempts to be correct at all costs . |
| 17 | The audiences at the first performances of The Creation in Vienna in the late 1790s were entranced by Haydn 's musical depictions of every living creature from the mighty eagle to the lowly worm . |
| 18 | The second must have got stuck at the first trees — or the driver had n't bothered to navigate the obstacle . |
| 19 | They had however , been subject to the same grounds for referral and allegations as the other three families at the first Children 's Panel Hearing on 5 March . |
| 20 | They will wither at the first frosts anyway , if they come ; and if they do n't … |
| 21 | The fourth defendant is , or was , an assistant solicitor at the fifth defendants ' London office . |
| 22 | It was to have been discussed at the next Shanks & McEwan board meeting in early October . |
| 23 | There will be a further report at the next Personnel Meeting on the outcome of the meeting that we held with J C C meeting on the twelfth of January and a further meeting is being fixed up for February . |
| 24 | We 'll see you at the next coaches ' meeting . ’ |
| 25 | Encouraging school governors to sample a school meal with the children and inviting the contractor to send a representative to talk about the meals service at the next governors ' meeting will also lead to positive action to improve the system . |
| 26 | She liked Min and Jo and so she walked past the newsagents smiling , without noticing until she was almost at the next newsagents , which ran out of her newspaper by ten in the morning . |
| 27 | At the next elections to the Council , Wylie continued his protest by standing as a Protestant Unionist and he was elected . |
| 28 | After unification it was proposed that about 16 politicians from East Germany should attend with observer status and that at the next elections to the European Parliament ( scheduled for 1994 ) Germany 's representation in the Parliament would be increased from its present 81 members to 97 . |
| 29 | On Dec. 18 Ariel Sharon , the hardline Housing and Contruction Minister , announced his intention to challenge his Likud colleague Itzhak Shamir for the post of Prime Minister at the next elections . |
| 30 | The prosecution decided that Jean Campbell knew the difference between right and wrong and the consequence of punishment for any wrongful deed , and that she had the power of communicating her thoughts , albeit by signs , and put her on trial at the next sessions , which took place on 24th September 1817 . |