Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [art] [adj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
| 2 | Jumping out of an aircraft is a nervy business at the best of times , so the first jump of a new season can be a jittery time , especially when you 're the elite RAF Falcons . |
| 3 | The counter , from James Wyngaarden , NIH 's director , and his immediate predecessor , Donald Fredrickson , was that contemporary biomedical research is a seamless entity at the sub-cellular level , and that labels on the laboratory door are increasingly meaningless . |
| 4 | The tape 's a great success at first , |
| 5 | The Gulf of Tonkin and the Vietnamese frontier is the arbitrary point at which South-East gives way to North-East Asia — the industrial powerhouse of the Pacific , the region that most economists and businessmen mean when they idly refer these days to ‘ Asia ’ . |
| 6 | Not many people know this , but Othello is the only game at which a computer has beaten the world champion . |
| 7 | ‘ That Buster 's a naughty boy at times , but he likes to watch All Creatures Great and Small on a Sunday , does n't he , Swire ? ’ |
| 8 | Having teenagers is a humbling experience at the best of times — and having teenagers taking exams is the greatest leveller of all . |
| 9 | When Karen and I used to feast on each other 's bodies , Dennis was the unseen guest at the table . |
| 10 | The result was the extraordinary situation at the end of March 1913 , when goals for equalled goals against at 56 . |
| 11 | The mind was a faulty mechanism at first which had to be dismantled so that it could be put together again in a more perfect harmony . |
| 12 | Part of the 1920 appraisal was a thorough look at the course by H. Le Fleming Shepherd . |
| 13 | This funny , fierce and finally comfortless piece was the big hit at last year 's Dublin Festival and chronicles a college reunion in the Irish capital of a disparate group who graduated in 1983 . |
| 14 | Kamlesh was a legal adviser at British Steel and Texaco before joining Data Logic . |
| 15 | The only thing left to be sorted out after eighteen months of hard labour was the disastrous lean-to at the rear of the house . |
| 16 | The leisure industry was an urban phenomenon at a time when most of the population did not live in towns . |
| 17 | ‘ Though additional references to aggressive police tactics had been woven into the text , there was no explicit condemnation ( or even mild disapproval ) of police action , and no acknowledgement that unnecessary police violence was the central issue at stake ’ ( ibid.:106 ) . |
| 18 | The Falcon 's Joe Stamper was the only winner at Colchester — Essex play notoriously badly on their own carpets — but the late surge in Norfolk had done enough to secure the majority of the points . |
| 19 | Tunguska was a 15-Mton airburst at an altitude of roughly a scale height . |
| 20 | Ken was a great observer at all times . |
| 21 | Items included in the inaugural issue are a retrospective look at political and religious events affecting Latin America during 1991 , an article on the region 's diminishing health services and a calendar of ecumenical activities for 1992 . |
| 22 | Another hotel that would make a good starting point for a weekend — or longer — in East Anglia is the Black Lion at Long Melford . |
| 23 | Apart from the HMV shop in Oxford Street , London ( 1939 ) , and the temporary Soleil pavilion at the Paris 1937 exhibition , Emberton 's other main work is the circular casino at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach , Lancashire ( 1939 ) , where he had already designed the fun house and grand national ( 1935 ) , showing the adaptability of modernism to popular entertainment . |
| 24 | Habitat is an old hand at changing habits of a lifetime . |
| 25 | Avoiding mixtures is a good idea at first as it enables you to identify any foods which disagree with your baby to try again later . |
| 26 | The anthropologist , Steven Mosher is a doctoral student at Stanford . |
| 27 | Luciano 's a good lad at heart , but he 's got a bee in his bonnet when it comes to the Milettis . |
| 28 | ‘ One factor which certainly exercised an influence was the dreadful weather at the time , ’ Do Amaral said . |
| 29 | Bishop Gray was the chief celebrant at mass in St Anthony 's Church , Woodhouse Park , Wythenshawe , and afterwards there was a reception and presentation in the parish centre . |
| 30 | Both he and his half-back partner , Gary Armstrong , might be forgiven if thoughts turned to British Lions selection for the summer tour to New Zealand but Gavin Hastings , another candidate in that department who is now being touted as Lions skipper , was adamant that performing for Scotland was the only issue at stake . |