Example sentences of "[conj] at a " in BNC.

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1 After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes .
2 A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes .
3 He then went to Jig Jigga , where at a mass meeting of Somalis he swore on the Koran that he was a Muslim .
4 Conversely I discovered that it could cut with the disc flat , or at a slight angle , and I can see it having benefits for very fine work .
5 If a member of the clergy officiates at a service in an unconsecrated part of a cemetery , or at a crematorium , the charge usually reflects the parochial fee for a similar service .
6 I have certainly been party to one or two discussions amongst friends , and as part of my work I take groups of young people away on climbing trips , most to very white-dominated areas where the mere appearance of a black face in a pub or at a crag is enough to cause stares and whispers .
7 It does prevent us from daring to say that a subject becomes part of education because you teach it in a school , or at a CAT or in a university .
8 Berkeley sees that , to his identification of mental ideas with real things , ‘ it will be objected that we see things actually without or at a distance from us , and which consequently do not exist in the mind ’ .
9 Have fresh fruit or sugar-free yogurt for dessert a minimum of three days a week ; the other days have low-sugar or no-sugar dessert recipes whenever possible ( e.g. unless eating out or at a friend 's house ) .
10 Many of the masters who lead the trips , and therefore either travel free or at a reduced rate , are surprised that so many parents can still afford further-flung expeditions .
11 It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing .
12 Such organisms have evolved their complex response repertoires as the means whereby they can relate to stimuli impinging from outside , either through direct tactile contact or at a short distance , by vibration or chemosensory means .
13 The more usual situation is where payment is ‘ at sight ’ meaning when the paying bank has examined the documents and found them to be in order or at a determinable future date — for example ‘ 90 days sight ’ meaning that payment will be made to the exporter 90 days after the paying bank has examined the documents .
14 If you travel on a flight from another airport or at a different time , or on a different day , a flight supplement is often payable .
15 Would it be in church or at a registry office Where would the reception take place ?
16 If it is of exceptional quality , there is a chance that it may be vested — either immediately or at a later date — in the Redundant Churches Fund .
17 A citizen on a march , or on a picket , or at a public meeting , has never been able to respond to the repressive exercise of authority by calling in aid a legally enforceable right to do that which is impugned .
18 If you attend a discussion in your parish or at a synod :
19 So many of us are accustomed to eating in front of the television , or at a desk or even rushing about in the morning clutching a briefcase in one hand and a piece of toast in the other .
20 Pause for a moment and think of someone ( or more than one ) whom God has used for your own teaching , encouragement , guidance , perhaps in your youth or young adulthood or marriage , or at a crisis point in your life , or very recently .
21 Whether or not you can reasonably be expected to take a job of a different kind or at a lower rate of pay will depend upon the circumstances .
22 In the case of parish , town or community councillor the declaration must be made before or at the first meeting of the council after his election , or if the council at that meeting so permits , before or at a later meeting fixed by the council .
23 Children who received punishment as they reached for the attractive toy showed greater resistance to temptation than children punished just after they had picked it up or at a point several seconds later .
24 They may be in the car park of the supermarket or at a Local Council site .
25 Bills of exchange : A bill of exchange is a written order ( similar to a cheque ) addressed and signed by the exporter to the importer , requiring the latter to pay on demand or at a future set date , a sum certain in money in the exporter 's domestic currency or other currency to the order of the exporter or some other party .
26 This is usually called a care plan , which may be discussed informally , or at a special meeting .
27 If for some reason you miss this opportunity or at a later stage wish to know more about particular parts of the Library 's stock and its services , then ask a member of the Library staff to explain how the material in the Library is arranged and listed and how it may be used .
28 Rocket tests are carried out at a missile centre at Shuan-ch'eng-tsu or at a nuclear test range in Lop Nor .
29 Do we , for instance , place a tick in the square labelled ‘ baby burps ’ and another in the box called ‘ mother pats back ’ ; or do we include a box called ‘ mother responds to baby ’ ; or at a higher level , does she score a point on an index of ‘ sensitivity ’ ?
30 A draft report from the House of Representatives charged that the EPA ‘ acted improperly or at a minimum created the appearance of impropriety ’ , in deciding not to regulate formaldehyde as a cancer-causing chemical .
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