Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] was at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only solid bit was at the front . |
| 2 | This issue was at the heart of the Report of the Layfield Committee on Local Government Finance ( Cmnd 6453 ) published in 1976 . |
| 3 | The notion that clerical wealth was at the disposal of the realm when need arose was echoed and supported by some other developments of the reign : the practice whereby donations of land to the church first required royal licence ( and at a price ) ; the growing , though still limited , legal procedure and principle whereby endowments whose purposes were neglected by the receiving clergy could be recovered by the donor ; the practice of founders and patrons ‘ resuming ’ possession of the lands of religious houses embarrassed by debts ( not least debts resulting from taxation ) until they could again operate effectively ; the seizure of alien priories ; and lastly , the widening definition of temporalities at the expense of spiritualities . |
| 4 | A false impression of this sort was at the heart of the London Fox property futures scandal . |
| 5 | I sent Peggy down to the village for yeast and old Meg was at the baker 's , first time in months , and she says her master 's back . ’ |
| 6 | He brought one arm around expansively , and the wooden bunk was at the end of it . |
| 7 | Yes , and , and this path was at the side of the fields like , you know , that , went just on the edge like , you know . |
| 8 | The pose had thrust his hips sideways as he leant at a slight angle and his free hand was at the level of his pelvis , thumb hooked into the waistband of his jeans , fingers doubled into a loose fist at the top of his hard , powerful thigh . |
| 9 | This idea was at the heart of the movement , and in accordance with this scheme the right-angled Swastika was employed ; the symbol of Siva and metamorphosis ; the purpose — evolution . |
| 10 | Yes well it was er we lived at the top of the second hill and this school was at the bottom . |
| 11 | Richard Baxter by this time was at the peak of his ability as a preacher . |
| 12 | Its public premiere was at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , on 19 May 1947 , first night of a tour which also brought the company a change of name , to Sadler 's Wells Theatre Ballet . |
| 13 | Popular power was at the heart of their vision of a new political and social order . |
| 14 | The privatization of up to 40 state-owned companies was at the centre of the governments economic recovery plan . |
| 15 | His official car was at the kerb . |
| 16 | As was the custom , such applicants were expected to do some work in exchange for shelter in the sleeping cell and for their food , and such work was at the discretion of the labour master . |
| 17 | So far as the original Gramophone Company was concerned , dark green was at the bottom of the pecking-order , although in Britain such records carried a different trade-name , Zonophone . |
| 18 | Such generosity was at the expense of the Greek cities of the coast , and helps to explain why they revolted from Persia again in 479 ( Hdt. ix.105 , treating their adhesion to the new Delian League as a second ‘ Ionian Revolt ’ ) , as before in the Ionian Revolt of 499 . |
| 19 | In Britain Grundig has slashed the price of its European-made V2000 video recorders to less than £300 — thereby making a nonsense of the claim that dumping by Japanese firms was at the root of the crisis in the European industry . |
| 20 | The second night was at the McKenzie hut , beautifully sited by a lake in a steep valley . |
| 21 | Forget the Cup Final … the real fun was at the play-offs . |
| 22 | My first real exhibition was at the Hanover Gallery in 1955 and it was n't a great success commercially very little was sold so there was an interval of eight years before I had another . |
| 23 | It was felt that central government was at the core of many of the problems , but also to be considered was the mis-management of the NIHE Board and their failure to properly consult and allow the full participation of the tenants themselves , who more often than not are the best experts needed . |
| 24 | Finally in 575 Sigibert was at the point of eliminating Chilperic , but he was murdered , probably by agents of Fredegund . |
| 25 | But the swirling breeze was at the hunters ' backs , and the big bull suddenly lifted his muzzle to scent in their direction , and a moment later the whole herd was running towards the shelter of the trees . |
| 26 | From the first bars of Mozart 's ‘ Hunt ’ Quartet it was obvious that their effortlessly fluent and natural playing was at the service of artistic integrity . |
| 27 | His worst mistake was at the Ministry of Labour , which , foreseeably , turned out to be the crucial sector of his Government 's battlefront . |
| 28 | The following are also void : marriages between parties who are not respectively male and female ; marriages between persons , either of whom is under the age of 16 ( see p. 43 ) ; and a polygamous marriage entered into outside England and Wales , if either party was at the time domiciled in England and Wales ( for domicile , see pp. 61–3 ) . |
| 29 | Counselling in situations of emotional importance was at one end , and bargaining and advocacy over scarce resources was at the other . |
| 30 | A soft fuzzy girl was at the till . |