Example sentences of "at [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’ |
| 2 | It took her no time at all to turn over the bed along by the rickety fence . |
| 3 | But it did not at all rule out the possibility of these laws being enunciated by an enlightened monarch . |
| 4 | It takes hardly any time at all to swoosh down a can of cola , and neither does this seem to have any effect in satisfying the appetite . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll have no problem at all filling in a couple of hours with all the Princes Street shops to keep you occupied . |
| 6 | He remembered the lights of the car at last picking out the yearned-for shape of the cottage . |
| 7 | Researchers at the Salk Institute in California have at last tracked down the last of the ‘ releasing factors ’ secreted by cells in the hypothalamus that have long been assumed to regulate the release of hormones from the pituitary gland ( Trends in Neurosciences . |
| 8 | Flower shops are at last taking up the challenge and offering a wider choice from the wealth of materials available from all over the world . |
| 9 | Mada Joyce at last brought in the bush tea , hauled her daughter into a sitting position and persuaded her to drink . |