Example sentences of "at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In part the SARFU 's statement read : ‘ We wish to state publicly that , contrary to press reports , the executive of the SARFU did not authorize the playing of the national anthems of New Zealand and South Africa at the Ellis Park test . |
| 2 | The stolen car stopped , forcing Pc Hurley to brake and around 20 youths appeared and started throwing concrete missiles at the patrol car . |
| 3 | He looked carefully at the sticks of uneven length and thickness that Philip had fixed together , too loosely . |
| 4 | It was , simply , Gordon explaining that ‘ the try ’ was scored on the fourth anniversary , roughly , of stopping — weighing anchor ? — at the Canaries en route in a 47-footer across the Atlantic to the USA . |
| 5 | When the rosy spectacles are laid aside , it is clear that what to the husband and children can be a refreshing hobby — after all they are more often than not the consumers , not the producers , of the home-made jam — to the wife can be another variant of the natural mother image and in everyday terms can mean longer than ever hours at the chopping board . |
| 6 | In England , James Robertson ( 1953 , 1958 ) , a colleague of Bowlby 's at the Tavistock Clinic , started a campaign to persuade children 's hospital wards to admit mothers together with their children , or at least not to restrict visiting in any way ; some hospitals welcomed the idea , others resisted it , but meanwhile a Government committee was set up which in 1959 published the ‘ Platt Report ’ on the welfare of children in hospital , recommending ‘ that all hospitals where children are treated will adopt the practice of unrestricted visiting , particularly for children below school age ’ , that ‘ it is particularly valuable for the mother to be able to stay in hospital with her child during the first day or two ’ , and that ‘ children should not be admitted to hospital if it can possibly be avoided ’ . |
| 7 | The originators of socio-technical systems theory are reputedly Eric Trist and his colleagues at the Tavistock Institute who ( in the early 1950s ) studied the effects of technological change on the morale of workers . |
| 8 | ‘ He put his foot between the two bottom rungs of the ladder and then caught at the upright to save himself from staggering . |
| 9 | CHRIS GRANT ( Stay On Tracks ) : ‘ He tired at the Melling Road second-time after being poised to challenge for the lead . |
| 10 | Dorothy Snook , of Bristol , will be on cloud nine after a stay at the Hereford Moat Hotel , which includes flying lessons , a balloon flight and a helicopter lesson . |
| 11 | Today the New Inn came up for auction at the Hereford Moat House , along with four other county pubs . |
| 12 | The hormone count was high at the Hereford Leisure Centre as a group of local women prepared to work out with the Chippendales . |
| 13 | The job losses would be at the Hereford County Hospital , mainly among nurses and ancillary workers . |
| 14 | Tonight 's operation will be the biggest mounted by West Mercia Police at the Hereford ground . |
| 15 | This happens because each eye looks at the pencil from a slightly different angle . |
| 16 | Trent could n't see whether the track ran on to the quarry or stopped at the cabin . |
| 17 | One of them waved a greeting at the cabin — the sergeant , Trent presumed . |
| 18 | Students in the bed race compete with the Blackpool Belle for the attention of photographers at the Cabin in 1979 . |
| 19 | Ariel had laid down Sycorax at the cabin entrance , under the dappled broad shade of a mango tree . |
| 20 | Roman glanced over his shoulder from his laconic position at the cabin entrance , watching as Caroline , clad in white Bermudas and canary-yellow shirt , darted around in the cockpit of the yacht , efficiently dealing with the paraphernalia of setting sail . |
| 21 | Sighing , she swivelled round , looking at the cabin properly for the first time . |
| 22 | Lissa adjusted her foothold on the sloping riverbank and stared crossly at the cabin cruiser moored on the gently rippling water . |
| 23 | She sat up , flicked on her torch and looked thoughtfully at the cabin window . |
| 24 | She drove out for an early lunch at a small diner down the road and was back at the cabin by half past twelve . |
| 25 | Grabbing a robe and a towel , she was heading for the shower when someone tapped quietly at the cabin door . |
| 26 | They arrived at the cabin . |
| 27 | The pie parade , which included about fifty floats which had started from the neighbouring village of Scissett , arrived late at the pie field , having been stuck on various sections of the route , including the entrance to the field itself . |
| 28 | Back at the truck all was despondency in the gathering gloom . |
| 29 | Stopping at the truck stop in Toledo we get the usual ‘ Is there a circus in town ? ’ and the most popular , used by children of all ages , ‘ Mummy , that girl 's got red hair ! ’ |
| 30 | The new cuts — 273 at the truck plants in Leyland , Lancs , and 76 at the Albion Axle plant in Glasgow — take the total number of redundancies since the company collapsed earlier this year to almost 2,300 . |