Example sentences of "at the [noun] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To help those whose domestic arrangements or distance from the University makes travel difficult , the courses will require attendance at the University for only one day a week . |
| 2 | It is to this property that thermoplastics owe a good deal of their commercial success although , as we have seen , toughness is obtained at the price of very considerable loss of stiffness . |
| 3 | Yeremi 's amazement at being tested in the presence of none other than a Space Marine was spiked with bile at the recollection of how that brat and his fellow high-life hooligans , who stood so contemptuously above any law , had hustled injured cousin Yakobi away to a vile death , crowing and bragging . |
| 4 | And certainly if you look at the case for very many women not in the job tops we 're talking about low paid work erm low rates of unionisation , very , very low rates of day care erm it 's those sorts of things that I 'm talking about , and for me those are very , very much more important than the fact that we 've only got one woman Chief Officer at the top in the County Council . |
| 5 | He 'd left her at the inn without so much as a word , and here he was , calmly indulging his hobby while she 'd had to trek after him . |
| 6 | Thus while patients with incomplete lesions retain some control of sphincter function , which can be enhanced by training , those with complete lesions have no control , are at the mercy of often unpredictable reflex defecation , and are best treated by transection of the dorsal sacral roots followed by manual evacuation or spinal stimulation , or both . |
| 7 | That all this should have disappeared from the politics of the west creates deep unease at the elision of so many vital questions . |
| 8 | At the heart of almost all of Thom 's lyrics is a sense of alienation from his surroundings , whether it 's expressed in ‘ Creep ’ 's whispered final line , ‘ I do n't belong here ’ , or the first words of the last single ‘ Prove Yourself ’ , ‘ I ca n't afford to breathe in this town ’ . |
| 9 | Information technology lies at the heart of almost all current projects and international initiatives such as the International Organisation for Plant Information ( IOPI ) are converging on common approaches . |
| 10 | That a deep-seated and all-embracing blood taboo unquestionably lay at the heart of so much of Jewish belief and ritual practice is clearly evidenced by the later ( Christian ) book of Hebrews which saw fit to characterize Judaism specifically as a covenant of blood , sanctified , purified and redeemed by the blood of cultic sacrifice : |
| 11 | At the heart of virtually all educational debate at present is the conflict between central planning and local flexibility . |
| 12 | In particular , British industry buys a high proportion of its integrated circuits or ‘ chips ’ — the components at the heart of virtually all electronic machinery — from abroad . |
| 13 | The blame does not , however , lie at the feet of only one government but is the result of a succession of employment , social security and housing policies over the past twenty years . |
| 14 | At the basis of his outrageous talent and inevitably the root of his temperamental insecurities , was his diminutive height and the almost vindictive treatment he received at the feet of much bigger and stronger opponents . |
| 15 | With the background of general ideas about turbulence in Chapter 19 , we now look at the structure of fully turbulent shear flows . |
| 16 | ‘ If there 's a protected species of plant at the top of relatively new routes which happen to be of good quality , then we 've got a really complex problem to manage , ’ Bill Wright commented , ‘ but if it 's just cotton grass , then the damage done by agricultural pesticides is probably much greater . ’ |
| 17 | A fortnight after the production of Giasone , another opera with a libretto by Cicognini had been given at the opening of yet another Venetian opera-house , Santi Apostoli . |
| 18 | Miss Mack had been housekeeper at The Hall for as many decades as most people could remember . |
| 19 | Fortunately Pygmies runs throughout Festival , truly a Festival production with a stunning cast , so it should be possible to get seats at the Lyric without too much difficulty if you do n't delay . |
| 20 | Tidal mudflats occur at the mouths of nearly all Sussex rivers , along the coast principally at Pevensey Bay and from Pett to Rye Bay , and most notably in the tidal basins of Pagham and Chichester Harbours . |
| 21 | It did not arrive at the arena until almost 4 o'clock , by which time everyone was thoroughly soaked and miserable . |
| 22 | And last night it was revealed that the murdered child 's body lay at the scene for over four hours because of fears of another blast . |
| 23 | And last night it was revealed that the murdered child 's body had lain at the scene for over four hours because of fears of another blast . |
| 24 | Firemen from Richmond were at the scene for about 90 minutes . |
| 25 | Tony Williams , whose family has worked at the craft for around 110 years in the Truro area , finds thatch is likely to be more secure than other types of roofing . |
| 26 | About the year 1737 , were found in St Margaret 's church-yard , Westminster , in a dry gravelly soil , at the depth of about 18 feet , or less , which had not been broken up for above fifty years before , three entire fir coffins ; the two largest clampt together with iron , as boxes sometimes are . |
| 27 | FIRST seen at the King 's Head six years ago , Sheridan Morley 's elegant and civilised entertainment Noel and Gertie now turns up at the Comedy in much revised form . |
| 28 | North West North West match angling almost came to a total halt at the weekend with virtually all major matches called off . |
| 29 | Her eyes rounded at the sight of so much flesh , although she stepped quite boldly into the room . |
| 30 | Minton , though he rendered them with a Chinese delicacy , despaired at the sight of so many fir trees and did less sketching than was usual on his trips abroad . |