Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] of [adj] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't believe in the magic spell literally , of course , but they had had their experience of telepathic closeness at that time of the month . |
| 2 | Easter Day is saved from anticlimax not least through its measure of sung praise at the Sequence and at the Gospel . |
| 3 | Members will increase their skills of managing people at the most senior levels and increase their expertise in corporate strategy concepts and processes . |
| 4 | ACCOUNTANTS have never allowed the glory of a dancing beck or the rugged splendour of a mountainside to alter their perception of red ink at the bottom of a balance sheet . |
| 5 | Nearly every chamber has its reservoir of running water at the door ; on every side are gardens , delightful alleys , shady retreats , streams , fountains and grottoes . |
| 6 | Many Nonconformist leaders were outspoken in their criticisms of public behaviour at religious meetings and services : the Rev. Alfred Rowland told Nonconformists in 1898 that they were ‘ sadly deficient in reverence ’ , while some services were marked by ‘ downright vulgarity ’ and an abundance of chattering and unpunctuality which often indicated a ‘ lack of inward reverence and true spirituality ’ . |
| 7 | Five new proposals were tabled on Dec. 14-15 : by the USA , by the four Nordic countries ( Finland , Iceland , Norway and Sweden-but excluding Denmark as a member of the EC ) , by members of the International Textiles and Clothing Bureau , by the five contracting parties of the Association of South East Asian Nations ( ASEAN-Indonesia , Malaysia , Philippines , Singapore and Thailand , but not Brunei which was not a contracting party although it maintained a de facto application of GATT following its achievement of full independence at the end of 1983 ) , and by Bangladesh on behalf of the LDCs . |
| 8 | When the full Persian army did arrive , perhaps no earlier than 456 , Lower Egypt was still in the control of the rebels , though Upper Egypt , with its garrison of Jewish colonists at Elephantine , held out . |
| 9 | It felt good to talk about it , to describe her sense of total humiliation at having , as it were , bared herself to Matthew only to find him in a dressing gown , with some … strumpet drinking coffee with her dress half-unbuttoned . |
| 10 | The remark , with its suggestion of possible patronage at his command , soothed Yussuf 's ruffled pride . |
| 11 | Many of the mothers felt their children had been subjected to physical and emotional abuse by those caring for them during their absence , and were concerned about their lack of academic progress at school . |
| 12 | And incredibly , users at the top end are still crying out for more power because IBM failed to keep its promise of increasing performance at a rate that would keep it ahead of customer demand . |
| 13 | They buy their inventories of raw materials at the same times and at the same prices . |
| 14 | Walker ( 1975 ) in his study of mature students at Warwick University reports that students who did not meet the General Entrance Requirements ( GER ) had completion rates similar to those for all students , and somewhat better than those for mature students who met the GER . |
| 15 | Because of the artist 's status as a household name and his command of spectacular prices at auction , the museum exhibition was inevitably both a highly popular and broadly attended show . |
| 16 | Nevertheless Scandinavian watercolours , together with paintings of Morocco , appeared in his exhibition of recent work at the Lefevre Gallery in December 1953 . |
| 17 | One of Minton 's lithographs , Thames-side , was included in his exhibition of new work at the Lefevre Gallery in February 1949 . |
| 18 | And his feeling of intense satisfaction at this conclusion was only because he was finally clear-headed enough to make some sort of decision . |
| 19 | Rhetoric was a thing he would gladly have murdered ; and he had already carried out his theory of honest thinking at the expense of considerable financial and perhaps emotional sacrifices . |
| 20 | The treaty 's economic goals , Sir Michael told his audience of leading businessmen at Chartered Accountants ' Hall , remained valid , with or without progress towards monetary union , and he hoped that it would not fall apart . |
| 21 | He came up to her , and she saw his expression of controlled ferocity at close quarters . |
| 22 | The significance of their research for our study of new technology at work is twofold . |
| 23 | Opposite is the Church of Our Lady of Unceasing Succour at the Theatines , 1697–1717 , possibly designed by J. B. Mathey , with its façade completed by Santini . |
| 24 | ( This double-sentence structure will be obvious from our analysis of thematic forms at the end of this chapter . ) |
| 25 | Richard Clutterbuck is a lecturer in Law in our School of Social Sciences at the University , and he 's taken a particular interest into legal aspects of violence in society . |