Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun] of [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or a gasp of delight at the Manor House in Sandford Orcas , Dorset ( below ) ? |
| 2 | Someone laid a spear or a piece of wood at the top of the steps whilst the hospitaller was at his usual place at the far end of the parapet walk , near Salt Tower . ’ |
| 3 | Some widows who have been moderate social drinkers begin to drink more during bereavement , in order to take the edge off their emotional pain ; but this of course creates more problems than it ever solves , so you should never encourage your elderly parent to start taking ‘ tonic ’ wine for her ‘ nerves ’ or a tot of whisky at night to help her to sleep , for you may be helping her to establish a habit that can easily get out of control and become very hard to break . |
| 4 | neither Judge Sirica nor a number of pressmen at the trial were satisfied by this story . |
| 5 | There seem to have been relatively few trading links with Attica , which is surprising , although a scatter of finds at Thorikos suggests that the Minoans may have been interested in the silver ores there ; if so , the island of Kea could have been used as a trading station for their transfer to Crete . |
| 6 | Why was it , I asked Mahmood , that although a majority of workers at Grunwick were women the strike committee consisted ( till then ) mainly of men ? |
| 7 | In Station Road , Mochdre , witnesses said that a wall of water at least five feet high had swept down the narrow street , washing away cars like matchsticks . |
| 8 | In a broadcast , Touré said that a group of soldiers at the Kati army base had planned to march on the capital . |
| 9 | Egyptian liberals noted with disapproval that a group of clerics at the Al-Azhar Islamic university on the previous week that had issued a public criticism of Fudah for hostility to Islam . |
| 10 | When waves break it has been observed that a jet of water at the crest of the wave may move forward with twice the velocity of the wave as a whole , so that high pressures may be exerted for a period of a second or two on the cliff face . |
| 11 | The time-consuming nature of Janet 's part in the process , combined with a bad back which prevents her spending more than a couple of hours at the drawing board every day , means she can not keep up with her husband 's prolific output . |
| 12 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 13 | AS LUNA 2 are a grand collusion between Galaxie 500 ringmaster , Dean Wareham , and erstwhile members of The Chills and The Feelies , respectively Justin Harwood and Stanley Demeski , they were inevitably going to produce more expectancies than a fieldful of bunnies at the height of spring . |
| 14 | As a result , Areas of Interest Maps represent little more than a statement of intent at a given moment in time by BC . |
| 15 | Gow was for many years a close associate of Margaret Thatcher , the Prime Minister , having been her parliamentary private secretary during the first four years of her premiership in 1979-83 , and a member of her government as Minister of Housing in 1983-85 and a Minister of State at the Treasury from September to November 1985 . |
| 16 | The President decided upon military intervention on Sunday , after a weekend of harassment of US citizens , and a year of humiliation at Noriega 's hands . |
| 17 | The Green Man wore a coronet of leaves and a girdle of stems at his waist . |
| 18 | ‘ It has n't come to that yet , ’ began Tina , but now the van was lurching through the hospital gates , pulling up with a screech of brakes and a grinding of gears at the Casualty entrance . |
| 19 | There will be an hour-long air display by modern and historic aircraft , a march by more than 2,000 sailors and veterans , a massed band concert , and a Service of Commemoration at the Anglican Cathedral attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales . |
| 20 | His hand had reached for her and a sigh of relief at finding her had come from him and she had turned deeply into his arms to let him hold her there . |
| 21 | There were three malai personnel carriers in the centre of the Praça and a company of troops at one end . |
| 22 | Tucker was holding his hand towards a still presence and a flare of white at the back of the room near the kitchen area . |
| 23 | She imagined puppies in the hall and a row of kennels at the side of the house , and people ringing the doorbell because they wanted to buy one of a litter . |
| 24 | It has a fine , strong square tower above the crossing , with a pointed roof , slender arched windows and a row of apertures at the top clearly added for defensive reasons . |
| 25 | He is represented as granting land at Hoo in Kent to an Abbot Ecgbald ( CS 89 : S 233 ) , and a grant of land at Farnham , perhaps dating to 686 , for the founding of a monastery reveals him with authority in Surrey ( CS 72 : S 235 ) . |
| 26 | Surely it can not be right for a foreign company , faced with recession and a lack of profitability at home , in Sweden , to cut its overseas operations and , in doing so , close down the United Kingdom 's strategic bus manufacturing plant . |
| 27 | Traffic disruption and a shortage of change at the turnstiles saw the kick-off delayed by 15 minutes . |
| 28 | The other four were Student Groups at Hockwold , Mattishall , Sheringham , and a revival of interest at Wells . |
| 29 | A chance for a last flourish and a bit of fun at the end of a gruelling league campaign . |
| 30 | During her later years she was never visible till mid-day , by which time she would , in an upstairs drawing-room , be found occupying a cushionless chair at a large central table ; with a glass of port at her right hand and a volume of sermons at her left . |