Example sentences of "at the [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when graduates are finding that academic success is not an automatic open sesame to the job market — a recent advertisement for a relatively junior clerical/admin post at the University produced a crop of graduate applications , including at least one First Class Honours graduate — it is heartwarming to read of a Nottingham man whose business and his hobby stem directly from his campus experience . |
| 2 | Echoes of her multiple failure at the university shook her faith in her reasoning , but if she were as thick as they 'd made out there , surely Spiderglass would never have shrunk her ? |
| 3 | And it begs the question on whose authority the nursing home place was accepted and at the price asked . |
| 4 | The women claimed they were unable to reach output targets set by management and , at the price offered , they were unable to make their ‘ wages ’ . |
| 5 | That it would make life a lot happier for Manningham if he closed the deal at the price offered . |
| 6 | On the other hand , some of the freeholders seeking patronage demurred at the price expected . |
| 7 | I phoned seven companies at the end of September and not one of them was selling at the price advertised . |
| 8 | Five people with addresses at the building had not been traced . |
| 9 | Eamonn Dalton , Chief City Engineer , ‘ said it could be argued that the Ovens claim was not based on objective evidence in that the samples said to have been taken at the dump had been handled , transmitted and analysed in all cases presumably by people with a particular interest in one aspect of the case . |
| 10 | The mystery of the communal Trinity was revealed and the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus , who received him gladly from the Father who spoke of his love for his Son , though the crowds at the baptism did not understand the significance of the event . |
| 11 | The few brief weeks at the ICO opened her mind to an appreciation of meditation literature . |
| 12 | The girls at the depot watched the development of this incongruous relationship with incredulity . |
| 13 | But he 's still furious at the conditions laid down by the Department of Environment which he must agree to before the gypsies can stay . |
| 14 | His two secretaries at the Board became the Under Secretaries , and in many respects the new Office was similar in organization to Offices of the other Secretaries of State . |
| 15 | I have looked at the approach followed in and . |
| 16 | Makarenko made the important deduction that as the theories discarded at the Revolution had not been replaced by precise new ones , the abstract and muddled notions of officials like the education inspector were no substitute for practical self-help . |
| 17 | Participants at the seminar learnt more about EHE , about the current activities of the two Enterprise Centres and also were given an opportunity to develop further contacts and working relationships between LECs and the Higher Education Institutions . |
| 18 | Several speakers at the seminar argued for a monetary value to be placed on resources such as irrigation water . |
| 19 | It was always going to be a dull Budget , but the reaction at the seminar had to be seen to be believed . |
| 20 | The Committee met weekly at the Thatch 'd House Tavern in St James 's Street and for that reason became known as The Thatched House Society . |
| 21 | The enactment of the hunt and the practice of imitative magic to ensure success at the kill became fossilized as a widespread and regular feature of the seasonal festivities . |
| 22 | Peake arrived at the Victoria Ground highly recommended by Little and Pool boss Alan Murray said : ‘ Now we know why . |
| 23 | Saville , however , will travel from South Yorkshire today and make his debut in the derby match against Darlington at the Victoria Ground tomorrow . |
| 24 | HARTLEPOOL United skipper John MacPhail could miss the Third Division derby against Darlington at the Victoria Ground today . |
| 25 | BANNED Darlington assistant manager Mick Tait will miss the Third Division derby clash with Hartlepool United at the Victoria Ground a week on Saturday . |
| 26 | His toast in the morning tasted of bleach , his pint at the Rose tasted bleached , He would simply add more sugar . |
| 27 | Pushing the hair from her eyes , she sat up , staring at the man crouched down beside the fire . |
| 28 | The evidence at the inquest had vindicated the struggle by the dead woman 's father , John Ward , to make the authorities accept she had been murdered . |
| 29 | But a doctor at the inquest said he believed the complications could have happened anyway and the unmatched blood did not lead to her death . |
| 30 | The Coroner 's Court jury at the inquest donated all their fees to the Llandaff School for the Deaf and Dumb . |