Example sentences of "of [noun] at this [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Many excellent ideas have failed through lack of support at this crucial stage of their development , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Who this kind of change at this particular time ? |
| 3 | Years later , his sister-in-law Theresa told me that her husband , Henry Ware Eliot , had written to some department of the British government , presumably the Home Office , requesting them to give Eliot some sort of protection at this critical moment . |
| 4 | The choice of activities at this marvellous hotel is staggering , with game fishing in the hotel 's own fleet of boats , snorkelling in the beautiful coral gardens , sailing in traditional dhows , windsurfing or indulging in countless other watersports . |
| 5 | Colette works at marshalling our feelings of revulsion at this voracious creature who has almost killed the poor box thorn . |
| 6 | Each level in the grouping hierarchy is numbered but " For some levels I will replace these numbers with names that are mnemonic of the correspondence of groups at this level with the rhythmic medium ( e.g. " 'syllables " " or " " tone units " " ) " ( pp. 137 – 8 ) . |
| 7 | This is illustrated in Fig. 4.8 where ( W/P ) 1 is the prevailing real wage : it is clear that there is an excess supply of labour at this real wage . |
| 8 | She shot him an angry look , but all she received in return was a derisively raised eyebrow , and , when Claudine came back to their table and pulled up a chair with the ease of a spoiled favourite , Alain gave her all his attention and left Jenna to try to pull Marguerite back into some sort of pleasure at this irritating treat . |
| 9 | The shock , after so many years of never knowing who the man was , woke her , but with such a sense of loss at this interrupted coitus she could n't sleep again for mourning it . |
| 10 | Frank Hepburn , assistant to the director , said : ‘ Because of the sense of bereavement at this unprecedented loss , it was decided to have a special programme of memorial events which would act as a focus for remembering them and help raise funds for charities with which they were associated . |
| 11 | Further evidence of the degree of concentration at this zonal scale is that 70 per cent of the rest of the population is housed in the rings . |
| 12 | It was a vibrant scene , she thought , the men in bright red wet suits , life jackets and white helmets making splashes of colour against the darkness of the water , which flowed without the hindrance of boulders at this particular area . |
| 13 | This auction is unusual as the deceased had quite a lot of paintings of cats — we normally have more pictures of dogs at this particular auction . |
| 14 | I felt then an ecstasy of joy at this incomparable beauty . |
| 15 | The Garcia-Conway Duo , from Oxford , rehearse for the start of a season of concerts at this top hotel . |
| 16 | It spans a period of over 600 years , i.e. from about 1900 BC to about 1250 BC , though it is notoriously difficult to be sure of dates at this early stage of Israel 's history . |
| 17 | The posters were not removed however and education was certainly one of the main topics of debate at this unusual NPC . |
| 18 | Seven out of the forty women specifically mention the pleasure they obtain from seeing a line full of clean clothes ; some explain it is because they anticipate the silent admiration of neighbours at this visible ( though shortlived ) achievement . |
| 19 | We are talking of two very perceptive men — whose métier is perception ; and their recollection of Leonard at this young age , his late teenage years . |
| 20 | In addition the warden can alert the medical and social services to any signs of deterioration at this early stage , and appropriate action can be taken . |
| 21 | She felt a stirring of envy at this unknown woman . |
| 22 | The face of Marion Russell is absent , and Robyn can not suppress a tiny , ignoble twinge of resentment at this ungrateful desertion . |
| 23 | Rebecca West , representing the polite world of letters at this proletarian scene of retribution , was being told by an elderly man how he had come back from viewing his grandchildren 's bodies at the public mortuary and heard the voice of the condemned criminal mocking him over the radio . |
| 24 | Ludens said afterwards that it was a sound of protest at this rough handling . |