Example sentences of "[vb past] at [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yet , however extended , the basic process of writing and printing retained at least some elements of mediation .
2 In 1933 , the Hungarian exile , Brassai , published his album of photographs , Paris By Night , and Doisneau recognised at once that beauty could be found in his own workaday surroundings .
3 Although all but 20 library authorities noted at least some courses offered by central units , not all of these libraries perceived central training staff as having any responsibility for their staff .
4 Arnold has hinted to pals that Mona 's friendship with David Mellor played at least some part in his marriage break-up .
5 Most people who have looked at the matter have concluded that deterrence played at least some part in the process .
6 The Geurrero Centre apparently made every effort to ensure that all the inmates received at least some form of educational tuition during the period of their sentence .
7 The telephone rang at 8a.m. this morning to alert me to the fact that you were to be broadcasting on Radio 4 … 't was a friend of mine to whom I had mentioned your future plans …
8 Each of these chapters contained at least some description of how the concepts and techniques they described could be put to practical use to build up market knowledge .
9 When she woke next morning , she knew at once that Water Gypsy was on the move .
10 Of the children at the copper works it is not indicated precisely how many attended at least some form of educational establishment , though of course many did .
11 Thus from the start he was temperamentally disposed to look not only at strategies which promised to save money but also at those which offered at least some hope ( if not of winning the Cold War ) of making gains at the expense of the USSR .
12 Lindsey looked up to find Niall watching her , his expression telling her that he understood and shared at least some part of what she was feeling .
13 Sarah Fyge Egerton , Elizabeth Rowe , the Countess of Winchilsea , and others made at least some mark on the literary mainstream .
14 Almost half the colleges made at least some form of provision for a group of young people who up until 1971 had been considered ‘ ineducable ’ .
15 In the top drawer of the desk I found some more photocopies and these had at least some notes scribbled in red ink in the margins .
16 The patient had at least some colour now .
17 Eventually we began to feel that the Inspector had at least some leanings towards our point of view .
18 To the prison guards he was a dangerous criminal , but to me he was an unfortunate man , who had at least some goodness in him .
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