Example sentences of "at [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At eleven the earth was dry and thirsty , the field baking : it was like being fired in a kiln . |
| 2 | At eleven the first TV film crew turned up . |
| 3 | At eleven the next morning , Tolonen was standing at the West Window in the Room of the Five Directions in the East Palace at Tongjiang , looking out across the gardens towards the lake . |
| 4 | She walked to the main doors with him and said a quick ‘ Goodnight ’ , reminding him that she 'd pick him up at eleven the following morning . |
| 5 | Once in her suite of rooms she sat down at a little Louis Quinze escritoire , its pale grey panels painted with carnations and pinks , and wrote a short letter to her faithless lover , asking him to call on her urgently at the embassy at eleven the next morning . |
| 6 | Daly started his first round at 1pm , and finished it at 7.30 the previous evening . |
| 7 | The next morning at 7.30 the cast and crew were called to board the Bounty for filming at sea . |
| 8 | At 7.30 the commission was passed on to Lloyd George . |
| 9 | This overnight crossing is ideal : ships sail at 6 pm , allowing time for a drink before dinner , a visit to the cinema , disco or gambling tables afterwards , then a night 's sleep , and breakfast before disembarkation at eight the next morning . |
| 10 | What did do the trick was getting its staff to ring the creditor every 30 seconds for an entire day , then beginning again at eight the following morning . |
| 11 | At seven , the child will learn this ; at eight the child will learn that ; by nine years of age this information will be assimilated … but we must not teach this , or this , or this . |
| 12 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 13 | In June 1950 the Daily Express described him as ‘ at 32 the Royal College of Art 's youngest teacher , a brilliant exhibitioner in London and New York , and one of our most sought-after magazine illustrators ’ . |
| 14 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 15 | I thought the liberal democrats failed abysmally at that the last election . |
| 16 | At half-ten the ambulance would arrive to bring him to the county home . |
| 17 | At 1150 the flight encountered Jigger Green flight , also up from East Wretham . |
| 18 | The member who brought this matter to our notice stated that had he known about this in one particular case , a capital gains tax assessment due by a client would not have become payable in consequence of the option available to pay at one-half the taxpayer 's rate of income tax . |
| 19 | The sound remains the same when played back at half the speed but lasts for twice as long . |
| 20 | EVEN in these less affluent times , there are those who are happy to buy expensive , muddy carrots instead of bright orange ones at half the price , or an expensive piece of beef instead of a cut-price special offer . |
| 21 | In the ‘ disadvantaged ’ zone , the payments are at half the ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ zone rate , i. e. £22.25 for each beef cow and £2. 12 for each ewe , in this case irrespective of breed . |
| 22 | As Donald Rees from the South West Water Authority told the Lords : ‘ It is all very well lining a sewer at half the price that it would cost to build a new one , but in fact it may only last a quarter of a normal funding life and may therefore be uneconomic . ’ |
| 23 | To ensure maximum signal swing the collector will be biased at half the available line voltage . |
| 24 | The inverting input to IC5 , pin 2 , is held at half the supply voltage by the divider chain resistor R19 , R20 . |
| 25 | This must be held at half the supply voltage , and is achieved by using two resistors R2 and R3 of equal value . |
| 26 | … before they were all sold , a quantity of the same sort came up to town at half the price , so that the rest remained on hand . |
| 27 | MORTGAGES NOW The housing market is running at half the volume of four years ago , but borrowers need to look carefully at what 's on offer from lenders |
| 28 | If you cash in between anniversary dates , the full value at the latest anniversary plus net interest at half the fixed rate for the period since will be received . |
| 29 | Ryan got the property at half the asking price , and the contracts were signed by proxy when he had returned to America . |
| 30 | Had he seen the timer in a shop window at half the price , he would have ignored it . |