Example sentences of "at the beginning [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these materials will be used for periods of presentation and exposition , not only at the beginning but at helpful points during the programme . |
| 2 | well I did n't used to , I used to have one A at the beginning but of course , it was impractical because the there were n't enough booklets to go round . |
| 3 | Not just at the beginning but throughout what may prove to be a long and difficult journey of recovery . |
| 4 | In part of course this poor showing was the result of massive land sales at the beginning and at the end of Elizabeth 's reign : in all , lands to the annual value of £25,000 were sold . |
| 5 | It is nevertheless imperative that we view the text as a whole both at the beginning and at the end of the process . |
| 6 | But Forbes was unable to shake off the belief that new species were produced by the exertion of a supernatural agent — he proposed a strange theory of ‘ polarity ’ in which the creative power was supposed to have been exerted most strongly at the beginning and at the end of the history of life on earth . |
| 7 | The precise location of the squamous columnar mucosal junction , measured in centimetres from the incisors , was carefully defined both at the beginning and at the end of the endoscopy . |
| 8 | Through easy small talk at the beginning and by humour , giving a relaxed impression themselves . |
| 9 | Since the arrival of the very first ship , the Annika , this Belfast to Rotterdam service has grown from a weekly to a twice weekly sailing , offering importers and exporters a choice of shipping at the beginning or at the end of the week . |
| 10 | Sinclair Hood ( 1971 , pp. 144–5 ) writes of the Temple Tomb as the only certain example of a Minoan royal tomb , but its status is so peculiar that we can not be sure who was buried there , either at the beginning or at the close of its period of use . |
| 11 | The performance criteria are written in a manner which accommodates changes in direction when key factors are identified either at the beginning or during the course of the investigation . |
| 12 | Late of the RSC and a habitue of the West End and Edinburgh Festivals , Jayne Boniface makes all too persuasive a Julie , whether in her arrogant , teasing , lustful prime and pride as at the beginning or in her subsequent grovelling , whingeing humiliation . |