Example sentences of "[adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which the military superiority of Germany forced upon the young Soviet State at the end of the year , revealed the limits of its power : ‘ The past keeps fast hold of us , ’ Lenin observed gloomily at the 8th Party Congress , ‘ grasps us with a thousand tentacles , and does not allow us to take a single forward step , or compels us to take these steps badly . ’ |
| 32 | Bull O'Malley suppressed a sigh , and stared gloomily at the fire . |
| 33 | After the cremation , while the few mourners were looking gloomily at the flowers , his uncle 's solicitor , a partner in the Ipswich practice , spoke to Lewis simply to say that he believed he already knew the contents of the will . |
| 34 | She watched him go back to the kitchen and when he had shut the living room door firmly , she sank down on the rug in front of the gas fire with her back propped against the armchair and sipped gloomily at the wine . |
| 35 | Masklin looked gloomily at the rain . |
| 36 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 37 | Mait shrank into his chair on Henri 's verandah , staring out gloomily at the glittering expanse of lake below . |
| 38 | He rang off and stared gloomily at the phone . |
| 39 | Carol had been gazing gloomily at the lake . |
| 40 | Watching him stare gloomily at the table , Lucy said impulsively , ‘ Perhaps I could help . |
| 41 | This way no valuable ground is lost to windward at the end of the turn and it ‘ shuts the door ’ on any one trying to make a furtive inside rounding . |
| 42 | If only the population could just manage , by random drift , to get itself over the knife-edge , it could coast down the slope to the Tit for Tat side , and everyone would do much better at the banker 's ( or ‘ nature 's ’ ) expense . |
| 43 | A late burst after a lacklustre day on the stockmarket sent the FT-SE index 5.6 points better at the close to 2721.8 , helped by a firmer opening on Wall Street . |
| 44 | I have opted for a selection of Amazon Swords , Giant Vallis , Fountain plants , Twisted Vallis and Cryptocorynes , The Crypts will fare better at the dimmer end of the tank . |
| 45 | Even if he aims for a gross profit 5–10% less than a competitor , Mendoros believes , overheads are such that he should come out better at the net level . |
| 46 | It is difficult to see how unrepresented claimants who fare so badly in tribunals of first instance could expect to fare better at the appellate level ; indeed representation has increased considerably over the past few years . |
| 47 | Many black teachers hardly fare better at the hands of their white colleagues , often finding themselves the butt of racist jokes , hostile remarks and isolation in the staff room . |
| 48 | However , one major difference has been that the mind of an individual develops with time and becomes better at the tasks it undertakes , whereas computers , with certain limited exceptions , perform at the same level of ability until replaced by a better machine or a better program . |
| 49 | ‘ I was playing better at the end and if it had been a five set match I think I could have fought back . ’ |
| 50 | Former Sunderland star Marco Gabbiadini has settled better at the Baseball Ground than at Crystal Palace . |
| 51 | According to Presswatch , Scottish companies fared better at the hands of the London press than their English counterparts , with an average score of 198 among the 27 companies monitored . |
| 52 | Or , even better at the beginning ! |
| 53 | The day which ended terribly at the presidential palace started badly at the same venue . |
| 54 | Banning unofficial action will put individual workers entirely at the mercy of unscrupulous employers who will be able to dismiss them selectively on the slightest pretext , without any right of appeal . ’ |
| 55 | The choice of food and the way to spend the waking hours are entirely at the discretion of the volunteer . |
| 56 | The timing of the elections is entirely at the discretion of interim president , Mr Matyas Szueros . |
| 57 | To put the implementation entirely at the door of Mr Tomalin , who has since left Tokyo to take a key position in our head office , is nonsense . |
| 58 | This change took place almost entirely at the expense of ‘ sole principal ’ practices . |
| 59 | This is entirely at the discretion of the minister . |
| 60 | The contents of the Church of Scotland ceremony and where it is to be held is entirely at the discretion of the minister . |