Example sentences of "the [noun sg] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were nt looking to get behind the defence at all . |
| 2 | For the first time , the Guide clearly defines what needs to be done by the defence at each stage of the proceedings . |
| 3 | The other view is that where the conduct of the plaintiff would have given rise to the defence at common law if he was suing for negligence , the defence is applicable . |
| 4 | The response at such times of frustration is not infrequently a response governed by emotion alone . |
| 5 | But the response at first was muted , for the Acts seem to have been ad hoc responses to a perceived crisis rather than an expression of a coherent programme . |
| 6 | Every 10 minutes , three images of the gall bladder were taken and the mean of the three measurements was taken as the response at this time point . |
| 7 | That 's why the response at these unseated shows is so much more positive . |
| 8 | Zambians had enthusiastically attended MMD rallies ; on Sept. 8 a crowd in Lusaka , the capital , conservatively estimated at 70,000 ( some reports claiming 300,000 ) was urged to return UNIP membership cards in protest at UNIP 's monopoly on power , while in Kitwe on Sept. 15 the response at another rally indicated that the campaign had substantial support in the copper belt . |
| 9 | Stability : I used the tent at low level and was duly impressed . |
| 10 | There was nobody in the park at that time and I walked quickly through the dew , my feet soaked before I had gone ten yards , a trail of sliding tracks behind me on the grass . |
| 11 | Police and council officials have launched an investigation into the tragedy at the Pool In The Park at nearby Woking . |
| 12 | As we have seen , it was not until 1102 that he had the possibility of holding a council ; but when the opportunity at last arrived , he applied all his talents and energies to the task . |
| 13 | They deprive English-qualified players of the opportunity at top level , and next season — when two exile clubs will be in the top league — more than 30 players will suffer because of it . |
| 14 | The majority at best are passive and , given the opportunity , may well be happy or at least indifferent about shedding their membership of a national group . |
| 15 | Eight animals from each group were killed at 16 weeks and the remainder at 32 weeks . |
| 16 | Over the years brambles had spread in all directions and had wound round the barbed wire , so it would have taken an axe or some other sharp tool to have gained entry , one certainly could n't have reached the top of the stairway at all . |
| 17 | The prince at last leaned forward on the verge , we assumed , of uttering some revelation — but instead blocked his right nostril with his index finger and noisily expelled from his left an impressive length of mucus which plummeted precisely through a small hole in the floor . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm on a short lease but I 've never discussed in personally with the prince at any stage . |
| 19 | This can be written much shorter as unc The dotted line is called the " perpendicular height " of the triangle because it meets the base at right angles . |
| 20 | The variety at first seems bewildering , but leaving aside primitive creatures like jellyfish and corals which we have already discussed , and the much more advanced backboned fish , nearly all can be allocated to one of three main types : shelled animals , like clams , cowries and sea snails ; radially symmetrical creatures like starfish and sea urchins ; and elongated animals with segmented bodies varying from wriggling bristle worms to shrimps and lobsters . |
| 21 | Such " mainstream " marriages , though frequent in the sample can not however be regarded as typical ; the variety at this unstable moment in the century was so great . |
| 22 | The provisions for liabilities and charges note reveals that the charge for post-retirement benefits was £4.561m in the year and that the amount of the provision at 2 May 1991 totalled £21.624m . |
| 23 | The requirement for functional intactness of software not only entails the maintenance of bit-perfect records but also implies the provision at some time of operational contemporary hardware or a functional equivalent . |
| 24 | Despite the ominous row of trespassing hatchbacks , we saw nobody on the ridge at all , and luxuriated in the surprising solitude that one should n't expect so near a town like Fort William , which grows more like a Highland Gorbals every day . |
| 25 | In 1987 , the coverage at primary level was 62.02 per cent . |
| 26 | Such confrontation could so interrupt the subconscious flow that he would , in fact , be brought back with a jolt to the present time and would be unable to continue with the regression at all . |
| 27 | It must be said , however , that it is extremely unlikely that a clearing bank would announce a change in this way without first getting the view of the Bank as to the desirability of the change at that particular time . |
| 28 | The Catering guild 's training procedures provide catering services managers with programmes for local on-site staff training and the company aim to improve the expertise at all levels , culminating in their own Certificate of Excellence . |
| 29 | Up to three tables may be present in the Working-Set at any time . |
| 30 | Three tables may be in the Working-Set at any time . |