Example sentences of "at [noun sg] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an important part of the market as at present constituted that market makers be able to deal freely with each other so that each can eliminate undesired surpluses or shortages of stock arising from past or prospective business with clients . |
| 2 | Peter Hughes , manager of the CEGB 's fossil fuel and energy section , told the inquiry that the board wanted to reduce its dependence on coal , which at present generates some 80 per cent of its electricity . |
| 3 | Euro Disney at present has some 36 rides and attractions , compared with 45 for the Magic Kingdom in Florida and 53 at Disneyland in California . |
| 4 | ‘ In the course of a long and misspent career , I have probably seen less amusing comedies than this but , if so , I can not at present call any of them to mind . ’ |
| 5 | After a study for the Layfield Committee , Diane Dawson concluded : ‘ we do not at present have any way of finding out why particular policies are adopted by local education authorities . |
| 6 | We are at present analysing this point by means of in vivo DNaseI footprinting . |
| 7 | The fact is , though , that no one at present performs this minuet anywhere near 66 . |
| 8 | He does n't know of the possibly criminal activities which may be going on under the cover of the Ingard group — and I can t at present discuss such matters with him . |
| 9 | Britain at present makes little use of Indian software expertise . |
| 10 | At club level these divisions are often relaxed as all boards sail together and only a maximum sail size rule is imposed . |
| 11 | At stake lay more than the future of the English garrison in the town which the French were besieging and blockading by land and sea . |
| 12 | At stake say some British biotechnologists , is Britain 's lead in blood-protein genetic engineering technology , which could pass to competitors in the United States and Japan . |
| 13 | ABOUT 2,000 young Sunday footballers intend to rally in Dundee City Square this weekend in protest at council plans more than to triple the cost of pitches and dressing rooms . |
| 14 | It had n't taken her long to clear out her room at the nurses ' home this morning , and her father had come over at lunch to take several boxes of things back to his suburban home for storage . |
| 15 | The labour force rose from 45 million in 1940 to 60 million in 1944 , and even the addition of many women and young people to the numbers at work caused few problems . |
| 16 | The strategy will also require measures to counter the six forces currently at work locking this underclass firmly into place , and which are considered in this section . |
| 17 | Researchers , especially at the Gerontological Research Center in Bedford , Massachusetts , are at work exploring another property of centrophenoxine that is causing excitement generally among gerontologists . |
| 18 | Plymouth-based Guildsoft has been hard at work readying several new products recently . |
| 19 | People at work encounter many hazards , arising from toxic substances , dangerous machinery or the physical environment . |
| 20 | When we focus on differences between Japan and the West it has been common to paint pictures based to a large extent on our general impression of how relations at work offer such sharply contrasting attitudes to work . |
| 21 | ‘ Look at Angel clouting that sweet little mare with his stick — the fucker . ’ |
| 22 | " The budget includes a plan of action … at home to put more power and opportunity in the hands of the individual . |
| 23 | Eileen was a saint to Kevin , but perhaps the folks at home knew more than he did . |
| 24 | She keeps giving me clothes — ; not this dear old awful thing , Mrs McPhee at home made this — and making me practise manners and the piano and I could n't tell her about last night , I could n't , I ca n't disappoint another person , not after my mother — ’ and Alexandra put her head down on to the slice of bread on her plate and burst into tears . |
| 25 | The basic situation which I contemplate is a patient in hospital refusing all but nursing attendance , or the patient at home refusing all care , even if it means that he will be left alone . |
| 26 | This is a tiny fraction of order books and likely contracts of £2billion , although strikes at home lasting several days and the subsequent long stoppage at Boeing has limited the prospective gain above the £230million aerospace turnover achieved last year . |
| 27 | There seems no good reason why herbs should not be used at home to cure many minor ills , in the same way that aspirin are useful for headaches , toothache , etc. , and the day may not be far away when a book of standard prescriptions using herbs is universally available . |
| 28 | I 'll make you some at home got some |
| 29 | BUS SERVICES to encourage visitors to a national park to leave the car at home start this weekend . |
| 30 | In any case , once I got more and more into the swing of writing , I started to spend more time at home doing that . |