Example sentences of "[adv] at the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked up eagerly at the sound of footsteps , but then , as she saw the two women , with an almost human expression of disappointment she turned her head away and with a heavy sigh lowered her head to her paws . |
| 2 | A company that had always been paranoiac about labour unions , it should have noticed that it was suddenly at the mercy of customers ' unions . |
| 3 | Lisa glanced defeatedly at the pile of papers , then with a heavy heart she gathered them up . |
| 4 | Thus , you may need to introduce your pupils to common variants — especially at the beginning of words : Choice becomes more complex once we consider vowels : the sound of the diphthong a can be symbolised in several different ways ( see also pages 32–3 ) : ay ( day ) ; a-e ( make ) ; ai ( wait ) , au ( gauge ) ; ei ( neighbour ) ; ey ( they ) . |
| 5 | She shifted from foot to foot and stared up impatiently at the gallery of offices that ran around the walls . |
| 6 | Carrie leaned back in her chair and rubbed the tips of her fingers across her forehead as she stared down at the mass of papers on the kitchen table . |
| 7 | She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage . |
| 8 | Hal Shepherd stood at the turn of the road , his hands resting lightly on the low stone wall , looking down at the row of cottages and the bay beyond . |
| 9 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 10 | Aggie looked from the child to the heap of rags , then down at the mountain of clothes covering her own body . |
| 11 | Defeated , Merrill stared down at the sheaf of letters in her hand . |
| 12 | Craig glanced down at the sheaf of papers lying on the small table beside him , brought to him earlier in the day by Edward Morris , papers that proved Craig 's innocence . |
| 13 | Vass cast a quick glance down at the file of drawings , then raised his eyes to hers again , their expression brittle . |
| 14 | But because it operates only at the level of ideas , without any attempt to specify why particular ideas are held in particular societies at particular times , other than by reference to other ideas , interactionist social psychology can only describe peoples ' beliefs , not explain them . |
| 15 | This requires a closer integration of the social organization of work , an integration not only at the level of relations between workers , but also between the different hierarchical levels . |
| 16 | As resource allocation is a ‘ zero sum game ’ ( that is , authorities can gain only at the expense of others ) it seems essential to be able to explain why different formulas produce different results in terms other than the composition of the formulas . |
| 17 | ‘ Authorities can gain only at the expense of others . |
| 18 | All members of the central team at Merrion House ( the Education Department 's offices ) were severely stretched in terms of both time and the range of roles they were expected to encompass , and it was therefore inevitable that some aspects of their job could be successfully accomplished only at the expense of others . |
| 19 | Many who stay at the abbey do so at the suggestion of members of the Iona Community , of which there are some 200 scattered throughout the UK . |
| 20 | The variations in their prosperity depended often on how far the developing cloth trade affected individual places ; some towns undoubtedly grew , particularly in the early sixteenth century , but they often did so at the expense of others rather than through a serious movement of population from the countryside , although some such drift occurred . |
| 21 | Loretta felt more cheerful after her chat with Bridget , slightly less at the mercy of events . |
| 22 | He still has a still has a few technical problems with his speeches , his voice is very thin , he falls away at the end of sentences and when he rises to a crescendo his voice is like the distance whine of an aeroplane engine but what he said was exactly what they wanted to hear a return to family life and strong law and order . |
| 23 | In the main changes , Nohemí Sanín Posada de Rubio ( PSC ) , formerly ambassador to Venezuela , became the first woman to be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs ( replacing Luís Fernando Jaramillo Correa , who became permanent representative at the UN ) ; Jorge Ospina Sardi ( NFD ) , the former National Planning Director , became Minister of Economic Development , replacing Ernesto Samper Pizano ( PL ) , who was switched to the newly created Ministry of Foreign Trade ; Alfonso López Caballero ( PL ) , formerly ambassador to France , was given Agriculture ; Carlos Holmes Trujillo García ( PL ) , mayor of Calí , became Minister of Education ; Mauricio Vargas Linares ( PL ) , the president 's media adviser , took over at the Ministry of Communications ; and Juan Camilo Restrepo was given Mines and Energy . |
| 24 | He glanced over at the mound of tablecloths hastily borrowed from the tables of the unused tea-stall , under which the body of the late Councillor Phipps was now reposing . |
| 25 | As these variables were , in turn , closely linked with economic change , it is clear that historians need to look critically at the position of women within the household and the labour market . |
| 26 | Many feminists , by contrast , see the home as predominantly a back region for a man returning home from work : one where he can be himself , and largely at the expense of women 's autonomy and escape . |
| 27 | Requests which arise after off-duty rosters are complete should be dealt with sympathetically but not at the expense of patients or other staff . |
| 28 | As she stood uncertainly at the top of stairs leading down , she began to wonder how she was going to make herself heard above the noise . |
| 29 | Quite apart from the communication of information of all kinds which is the function of radio , television and the press , more and more time is being devoted to the provision of general and specific advice , usually at the request of individuals . |
| 30 | The repetition of a consonantal sound , usually at the beginning of words , although medial and final alliteration are common , eg After life 's fitful fever . |