Example sentences of "[noun] at [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called at the Vicarage at about half past two and asked if he could see the church . |
| 2 | I had my cup of tea at about ten past eight , after Coronation Street . |
| 3 | Family and guests could be heard playing charades and blindman 's buff in the drawing room , and Mr Priddy snuffed out the candles , replacing them with new ones ready for tea at about ten in the evening when the table would again be laden with sweetmeats and delicacies . |
| 4 | See your priest at least two to three months before you plan to marry , in order to receive adequate instruction . |
| 5 | A well-known artist tutors at least two of these meetings each year , providing advice on techniques and interpretation . |
| 6 | After leaving school at around ten o'clock , we arrived at Cliff College at about four-thirty in the afternoon . |
| 7 | Over the years , the proportion of family cases has settled at just over 40 per cent. ; crime at around 22 per cent. ; landlord and tenant and housing , and hire purchase and debt , at around 6 per cent . |
| 8 | Evidence of a decline in nitrates is less clear , with a significant decrease at only three of the sites , although data from 24 suggest a downward trend . |
| 9 | Well , we should have knocked off work at about twelve on the Saturday , and instead of that , being a shop , they were taking orders and we had to do all the alterations as they came in , and bought the clothes . |
| 10 | A child differs from its parent at only one of the nine genes ; moreover , all mutation occurs by +1 or -1 being added to the value of the corresponding parental gene . |
| 11 | Thank you once again for giving me a really good laugh at just one of the many aspects of being a happy single parent . |
| 12 | Indeed , in a partnership that has cost British Telecom £19m along with £5m from HIE , the existing infrastructure in the region has been significantly upgraded with the installation of advanced equipment at over 60 of its telephone exchanges . |
| 13 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 14 | I have been over her story several times and she is quite positive that she saw Monsieur Erdle walking towards the belvedere at about half past nine , although she is unable to state the precise hour . |
| 15 | The social opportunity cost rate This is the rate whereby government projects should generate a return at least equal to the private sector projects displayed by the government applying the funds to public sector investment . |
| 16 | Moreover , at the critical moment at least one of the mines failed to go off . |
| 17 | The element of exceptionalism , and a welcome one , was that , in contrast to France , Italy and Germany , Britain is for the moment at least free of a significant right-wing racist element . |
| 18 | Their geographical distribution took place at least two to three million years ago . |
| 19 | The incident took place at around 4.30 on Thursday afternoon , and it is thought that one of the men could be middle aged and the other younger . |
| 20 | Suppose that it is known that a certain event is to occur on a certain day , but may take place at only one of two possible times , namely , 12.00 noon or 12.00 midnight . |
| 21 | Could you start a job at about half past nine in the morning ? |
| 22 | This was a man seen running in Purser Road at about 7.45 on Friday morning . |
| 23 | Monitoring the climate convention and the impact of climate change would require a mandate and an establishment at least equivalent to that of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency , which polices the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty . |
| 24 | The twin moves by a company that previously described itself as an out-and-out , dyed-in-the-wool Unix bigot with great hopes for the MIPS RISC chip must leave the rest of the Unix community at least edgy despite the fact that Corollary says the bulk of its energies are still directed toward Unix . |
| 25 | Contractors turned up to start work at The Boynes at around half past eight this morning . |
| 26 | Barley straw can be an effective treatment for green water , but you must monitor the water at least weekly for ammonia and nitrite , as these are the by-products of its decomposition . |
| 27 | ‘ Our enquiries suggest that the car entered the water at about three-thirty on the same day . |
| 28 | With attendance figures at around 2,500 per day ( higher than those for Frans Hals and the Bührle Collection ) , the Royal Academy 's ‘ Mantegna ’ ( closed 5 April ) was a notable success . |
| 29 | Although senior Digital executives have never confirmed the choice is between the two plants , it is expected that the company , in the current economic climate , will opt for keeping a manufacturing facility at only one of the factories , which would have serious economic and social consequences for the plant coming off worse . |
| 30 | When they both had a glass in their hands , and Matthew had watched her drink at least half of hers , he said , ‘ Right . |