Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Fig. 9.4 the original floodplain of the river is represented by the terrace A , while , after one rejuvenation , a second terrace B was formed into which the river is again cutting down to form a third terrace C. Each terrace disappears upstream at the point to which the head of rejuvenation has receded : this can be more readily appreciated from a section down the valley ( Fig. 9.5 ) . |
| 2 | Adomnan recalls in his biography of Columba , written a century after the saint 's death , that one day the monks became aware of a strange presence in one of their pastures ; this experience occurred again at the same time every evening . |
| 3 | This study looks only at the latter two groups . |
| 4 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 5 | The old car went well at the start of the season , but attention to detail was wanting . |
| 6 | The old guard hit back at the newly formed , broad-based Union of Democratic Forces , which is organising tomorrow 's demonstrations . |
| 7 | Sadly , it has been our experience in the past that the most specialised work carried out at the Atomic Weapons Establishment leads scientists into a cul-de-sac of research that has little , or no , relevance to science as practised in civilian life … |
| 8 | There is no problem with amplifying a speaker 's voice because in a room of any size you do not hear the individual 's voice as such and the electronic sound reaches everywhere at the same time . |
| 9 | Transition data are therefore more readily interpreted if the magnetic pole lying initially at the North Geographic Pole is plotted regardless of its sign . |
| 10 | As newspapers claimed the princess was undertaking the visit against her will , a Palace spokesman said : ‘ We have no intention of dignifying any of this speculation going on at the moment by making any comment . ’ |
| 11 | Palace spokesmen continually insisted : ‘ We have no intention of dignifying any of this speculation going on at the moment . ’ |
| 12 | However some water got in at the front . |
| 13 | Metazoans are virtually absent except in some of the lakes where fresh water seeps in at the edges . |
| 14 | The old woman looked round at the child and smiled , suddenly touched . |
| 15 | ‘ In the 1930s a commercial traveller staying overnight at the castle informed his host the next day that he had seen an apparition during the night — a young lady with long blonde hair wearing a gown with green silk puff sleeves . |
| 16 | The open-topped Standard Tram , brass rails glistening and wooden blade-guard jutting out at the front , ready to usher the unready and the steamboats aside , clattered to a stop . |
| 17 | First is to be contrasted the mortgage and the charge and in this context charge is being used in its technical meaning and not in the broader sense set out at the beginning of this chapter . |
| 18 | The weatherbeaten old man squinted up at the handsome young giant who stood grinning down at him . |
| 19 | At that time there was only one other customer , an old man standing quietly at the far end , near the door . |
| 20 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 21 | As a financial centre with an open economy , as a trade intersection between Europe and the Middle East with a lucrative port in its capital , as a comparatively ‘ free ’ nation amid the dictatorships of the Arab world , Lebanon was to be blessed with the indulgence of both East and West , its modern-day caravanserais arriving hourly at the new international airport at Khalde . |
| 22 | Opponents of sales see them as reducing a vital social resource built up at the ratepayers ' expense , while proponents see sales to long-standing tenants as almost a recourse to ‘ natural justice ’ , although there are also the political overtones of the desire of Conservative politicians to build up a property-owning base to their vote . |
| 23 | ‘ I have not the remotest idea what you mean , ’ Theda said coldly , all her old resentment flaring up at the woman 's tone . |
| 24 | On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day . |
| 25 | The way this thing added together at the moment , the five centuries Lucille had earned could get all swallowed up in funeral expenses . |
| 26 | First the social worker went in at the old man 's request , and tried to persuade the daughter and son-in-law to leave . |
| 27 | He fell back at once and lay quietly on the damp earth staring up at the now empty wall as his blood soaked into and congealed darkly upon the white of his shirt . |
| 28 | A dreamy , psychedelic feel permeates throughout , which pulls this off-the-wall concept together and makes it stand out as one of the most sensuous British house tracks around at the moment . |
| 29 | Kilns such as these were built for convenience against a hillside so that the raw materials could be fed in from the top and the burnt lime taken out at the bottom . |
| 30 | Seen now , these early British films still have a feeling of freshness and spontaneity that derives from the natural performances of non-actors , and a loose approach to framing which allows interesting material to get in at the edge of the picture . |