Example sentences of "[noun] at [adv] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Family and guests could be heard playing charades and blindman 's buff in the drawing room , and Mr Priddy snuffed out the candles , replacing them with new ones ready for tea at about ten in the evening when the table would again be laden with sweetmeats and delicacies . |
| 2 | After leaving school at around ten o'clock , we arrived at Cliff College at about four-thirty in the afternoon . |
| 3 | Evidence of a decline in nitrates is less clear , with a significant decrease at only three of the sites , although data from 24 suggest a downward trend . |
| 4 | Well , we should have knocked off work at about twelve on the Saturday , and instead of that , being a shop , they were taking orders and we had to do all the alterations as they came in , and bought the clothes . |
| 5 | A child differs from its parent at only one of the nine genes ; moreover , all mutation occurs by +1 or -1 being added to the value of the corresponding parental gene . |
| 6 | Thank you once again for giving me a really good laugh at just one of the many aspects of being a happy single parent . |
| 7 | The social opportunity cost rate This is the rate whereby government projects should generate a return at least equal to the private sector projects displayed by the government applying the funds to public sector investment . |
| 8 | Moreover , at the critical moment at least one of the mines failed to go off . |
| 9 | The element of exceptionalism , and a welcome one , was that , in contrast to France , Italy and Germany , Britain is for the moment at least free of a significant right-wing racist element . |
| 10 | The twin moves by a company that previously described itself as an out-and-out , dyed-in-the-wool Unix bigot with great hopes for the MIPS RISC chip must leave the rest of the Unix community at least edgy despite the fact that Corollary says the bulk of its energies are still directed toward Unix . |
| 11 | ‘ Our enquiries suggest that the car entered the water at about three-thirty on the same day . |
| 12 | Although senior Digital executives have never confirmed the choice is between the two plants , it is expected that the company , in the current economic climate , will opt for keeping a manufacturing facility at only one of the factories , which would have serious economic and social consequences for the plant coming off worse . |
| 13 | Some Moslem students who had been visiting the Mosque were set upon as they left by a much larger gang of Copts and in the fracas at least one of the students appeared to have been killed . |
| 14 | However , the bundling , or ‘ fasciculation ’ of axons travelling to similar destinations is a widely observed phenomenon , and in some species at least all of the axons in an individual fascicle can be identified by a unique monoclonal antibody ( Journal of Neuroscience , Vol 3 , p 369 ) . |
| 15 | Michael Maloney 's appealing , rather elfin Hal finds in Falstaff at least some of the humanity lacking in Patrick Glover 's Victorian father of a king . |
| 16 | I know I unlocked the cupboard to get the morphia at about eleven in the morning . ’ |
| 17 | Lennie Lawrence 's side could feature in up to five live televised games at least one on a Monday night and one on a Sunday . |
| 18 | Bonus payments tend to make up a larger share of earnings in Japan at about one-quarter of the total giving employers more room to adjust wages in line with changes in levels of economic activity . |
| 19 | You could even have a do-it-yourself health farm treatment at home , by devoting your whole time to exercise , diet , sauna baths , or any of the programmes you would want from a health farm at about one-tenth of the cost . |
| 20 | One estimate has put their numbers at almost 4000 in the reign of Henry VIII , with property worth on the average between £5 and £19 . |
| 21 | According to a national television report at least three-quarters of the Assembly chamber was empty , but a small number of pro-Mobutu members were continuing to sit as of late October . |
| 22 | Can I say Chairman on on this report of the policy of the old policy and resources committee on the internal management of local authorities that was a very important issue because it 's I all issues are important but in particular the the seal the report is to inform the council of comments which the policy and resources committee has agreed to make the association of county councils on the recommendation of the joint working party on the internal management of local authority Now I 'm sure you , you 've waded through the report at least some of the during the last er week or so that er that you 've had it well I would advise you to turn to page thirty and thirty one because there 's lot eas and it 'll make life easier for you , if you do that and there on the bottom half of page thirty you will see the decisions of the policy and resources committee . |
| 23 | Litherland Jubilee maintained top form at Under 13 with a 4-1 win against Southport Trinity and Dynamo ( Mark Beesley , Mark Peckham ) won 2-0 at Birkdale . |
| 24 | A few nights later I was woken by a noise at about two in the morning . |
| 25 | So while the champagne corks pop at tonights glittering premier at least some of the stars will be taking it easy at home — enjoying a nice fat fish instead . |
| 26 | But another forum for part of the computer industry , the Computer Services Association ( CSA ) , got what it wanted — a promise from the Government to buy in from software houses at least one-third of the applications software needed to run the ministries . |
| 27 | You also need to bear in mind that you may have other payments under existing deeds of covenant or other payments made under Gift Aid in the same tax year , and you will need to have a taxable income at least equal to the gross amount of all these payment , as well as the Gift Aid payment being contemplated , otherwise you will have to account to the Revenue for some tax . |
| 28 | ‘ A recognised body shall not have as a director any person who is not a solicitor or a registered foreign lawyer ; provided that all times at least one of the directors shall be a solicitor . ’ |
| 29 | A recognised body shall not have as a director any person who is not a solicitor or a registered foreign lawyer ; provided that at all times at least one of the directors shall be a solicitor . |
| 30 | In order to qualify as a small or medium-sized company in respect of a financial year , a company must satisfy for that year and the preceding year at least two of the following conditions : |