Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Thus in northern Nigeria there has been a long-established practice of Hausa farmers purchasing immature beef cattle at the end of the harvesting season , and feeding them on maize stalks and other crop residues during the dry season , before marketing them at the end of six months . |
| 32 | Participants were particularly inspired by the lead given by Namibia in defining communication policy ( see pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter ) and in placing it at the service of justice , freedom and democratic growth . |
| 33 | Participants were particularly inspired by the lead given by Namibia in defining communication policy ( see pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter ) and in placing it at the service of justice , freedom and democratic growth . |
| 34 | Cross-examined by William Dunlop , defending , Mr O'Donnell agreed that it was possible one of the men had not become involved in attacking him at the quarry . |
| 35 | Some two hours later the whole party sat , exhausted and silent , in deckchairs on the terrace of Sven Hjerson 's hotel , sipping half-heartedly at cups of abominable tea and looking without seeing anything at the wide sweep of the Bay of Naples spread out far below them . |
| 36 | The South African Grand Prix at Kyalami was also won by Lauda but Hunt came close to catching him at the end , losing by just over a second . |
| 37 | I look forward to seeing you at the festival . |
| 38 | We both look forward to seeing you at the end of this term , and to those warm family evenings of good food , relaxation and talk . |
| 39 | I look forward to seeing you at the Exhibition launch at the Advice Shop on the evening of the 13th . |
| 40 | I look forward to seeing you at the party tonight . |
| 41 | My colleagues and I look forward to seeing you at the meeting . |
| 42 | Under the heading ‘ A better quality of life ’ , Labour 's policy review for the 1990s declared that the future of the planet depended on keeping it at the top of the agenda : |
| 43 | We look forward to meeting you at the BBC Good Food Show , which will be held at the Ideal Home Exhibition on March 21–24 . |
| 44 | We came very close to doing it at the last election . |
| 45 | And Francois-Poncet , on succeeding him at the Academie : |
| 46 | on finding yourself at the wrong lane at a junction should you A stay in it and miss your road , B and wait until you can change or C signal and move over quickly ? |
| 47 | ‘ Procedures were carried out with care and precision on a ‘ right first time ’ principle — they did not rely on adjusting something at the end of the process to get it right . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ It 's a very rare model , but while I ca n't get fired up to restoring it at the moment , I just can not bring myself to sell it , ’ is Gordon 's dilemma . |
| 49 | The rules began by clarifying the ‘ special advisory committees ’ for juveniles and spelt out in some detail the procedures for registering them at the exchanges . |
| 50 | ‘ I think they were quite serious about leaving us at the time and thought they would get an objective opinion from Langford . |
| 51 | " I tell you what — I do n't think I can do any more by seeing him at the moment , but I think you should cut out his meat completely for a week or two . |
| 52 | Subscriptions to the quarterly HVA ‘ current awareness bulletin' may also be arranged by contacting her at the address given above . |
| 53 | He preferred the sort of woman who put her foot in it with grammar and things ; that way he could feel superior by correcting her at the time and having a laugh at her expense later with his male colleagues . |
| 54 | Next Computer Inc is going try to stage a NeXTWorld Expo without leaning on Uniforum by holding it at the same time like it did last year . |
| 55 | The agendas for the above 3 meetings will be issued in due course , but it is not intended that the reports should be circulated again ; spare copies of the reports are available for members , by telephoning me at the undernoted extension . |
| 56 | Bismarck 's aim was simply defined : to make Prussia the dominant state in Germany by putting her at the head of the vague movements for some form of unification which had arisen within the Confederation . |
| 57 | Procedures and functions do not need to be declared before they are used and there is no speed advantage to be gained by placing them at the start of the program . |
| 58 | Law conceived of the role of the leader in an exactly opposite sense from Balfour : he sought to foster unity by placing himself at the head of the discordant elements where Balfour had thrown the leadership on the side of restraint . |
| 59 | Section 123(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 provides that a company is deemed unable to pay its debts if a creditor ( by assignment or otherwise ) to whom the company is indebted in a sum exceeding £750 then due has served on the company , by leaving it at the company 's registered office , a written demand ( in the prescribed form ) requiring the company to pay the sum so due and the company has for three weeks thereafter neglected to pay the sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of the creditor . |
| 60 | If he then requires bailiff service the bailiff serves the summons by delivering it at the said address and by delivering it to the person having , or appearing to have , control or management there alternatively to a partner personally . |