Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun sg] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably the English at the Spittal realised that something was amiss and were coming to see what . |
| 2 | By limited liability the state is encouraging management to use shareholder funds in more risky ventures than they would otherwise undertake , and then pass on the liability at a time for forced liquidation , to third parties . |
| 3 | Taking on the presidency at a low point in Italian political life ( his predecessor , Giovanni Leone , had resigned over the Lockheed scandal , and Prime Minister Aldo Moro had recently been assassinated by the Red Brigades — see pp. 29053-55 ) , Pertini was credited with restoring the country 's confidence and self-respect . |
| 4 | ‘ For Christ 's sake , Pat , not the big fat rabbit that was in the hutch hanging on the wall at the back of the house ? ’ |
| 5 | They 're over the verse section of the song and need to be played aggressively , especially the bend-up at the end of the second bar and the four picked triplets in the final bar . |
| 6 | Dumps are increasingly required to have special liners to stop moisture from seeping in ; to collect and treat any liquid that does get in ; to monitor the waste that is added to a dump ; and to provide for shutting down the landfill at the end of its life and cleaning up any environmental damage that may come later . |
| 7 | When O put down the phone at the end of this first call , he did not know how to say goodbye to Boy ; he did not know what name to use . |
| 8 | In making up , sew down the strip at the lower edge of the cable at the back and thread it up through the cable twist to sew it in at the top . |
| 9 | Crouched low to the ground , Zambia fled across the yard and down the alley at the back . |
| 10 | She went down the passage at a pace that would have left any wounded snails simply nowhere , and tapped at his sitting-room door . |
| 11 | Beau finished halfway down the field at the end of Day 2 . |
| 12 | After a 2-year period of quiescence , explosive activity near the summit along the same SSE fissure on 14 December 1991 heralded the start of the present eruption , which has continued to produce basaltic magma to the present day from further down the fissure at an elevation of 2,400m above sea level ( a.s.l . ) . |
| 13 | He felt the contact was so invaluable that he was prepared to turn down the job at the head of one of the UK 's premier blue-chip companies if it meant making such a sacrifice . |
| 14 | Once the residue of a meal rich in natural fibre leaves the stomach after its lengthy residence there , it speeds down the intestine at a faster pace . |
| 15 | Rolling down the bank at an ever-increasing speed , Daniel was unable to prevent himself falling into the chill waters of the canal . |
| 16 | The bowler starts things off by pressing the Bowl button ; the ‘ ball ’ will then move down the pitch at a rate selected by the Bowling rate switch . |
| 17 | This trick took hours of practice , up and down the landing at the hostel while the other girls looked at her as if she had taken leave of her senses . |
| 18 | The broken fringes of grass were lifted off and stacked well out of the way , the spades began to clear the ground downwards from the arc of russet brickwork , warily because of sinister little trickles of loose earth that drifted down the slope at every movement . |
| 19 | Mallachy spun the chambers and squinted down the barrel at the cottage lights . |
| 20 | When you have typed in your work , move the cursor back to the very beginning and use it to guide your eyes by moving it down the screen at the left-hand margin as you check each line . |
| 21 | Perhaps the lighting at the scene itself was too drab . |
| 22 | He 's done all the work at the scene — all anyone can do — and then he has to cool his heels with the rest of us , waiting for God 's gift to forensic pathology to come screaming up with a police escort and break the news to us that what we all thought was a corpse is — surprise , surprise indeed a corpse , and that we can safely move the body . " |
| 23 | After issue they can be traded ( they are thus ‘ securities ’ ) and so the holder at the time of redemption need not be the person to whom the bill was originally issued . |
| 24 | So the arrival at the Grand Quay of that famous pirate ship the ‘ Black Pig ’ caused no excitement , and Captain Pugwash , the Mate , Barnabas , Willy and Tom the cabin boy attracted little attention as they stepped down the gangplank and set off to view the sights of the town . |
| 25 | He then removed the window and put it in the new hole and started to fill in the gap at the sides with cement . |
| 26 | If you had to fill in the gap at the end of the following sentence , what would you put ? |
| 27 | To get this allowance , fill in the form at the back of the special death certificate you 'll be given when you register the death . |
| 28 | If so please fill in the form at the bottom ! |
| 29 | Instead , fill in the section at the foot of the page overleaf , detach it and return it at once , with the complete Renewal Notice . |
| 30 | Only the lighthouse at the end is true . |