Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the [noun] of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes these similarities are quite obvious : the ferocious teeth of a predatory dinosaur are a sure indication of hunting habits , with hardly a glance at the fangs of living mammalian carnivores . |
| 2 | She was surprised at the intensity of her disappointment at the prospect of missing Rob 's party . |
| 3 | If their intention subsequently changes , that is irrelevant and the property will pass in accordance with their intention at the time of making the contract . |
| 4 | It had been three days since she 'd seen Luke , three days that she 'd spent trying to get him out of her system , but she could n't deny the sudden rush of emotion at the thought of seeing him again . |
| 5 | However , it is not clear that such memories are completely accurate and it is unlikely that arousal at the time of encoding is the only important factor in creating such memories . |
| 6 | When his trial opened on May 26 he had been charged with complicity in genocide , and the presiding judge had only substituted the lesser charge of instigating murder at the moment of reaching a verdict . |
| 7 | It should therefore be emphasized that the first objective within the UGIX project is to improve access to existing GlS by converting the current function-orientation of the native system interface to a task-oriented interface usable by a spatially aware user ( see Fig. 7.2 for a taxonomy of interfaces for ARC/INFO at the time of writing in 1990 ) . |
| 8 | The Smiths are acknowledged as writing with sensitivity , depth and intelligence and the suggestion that they are cashing in on a tragedy at the expense of causing grief to the relatives of its victims is absolutely untrue . |
| 9 | Coopers ' letter adds : ‘ We confirm that , if FRS 3 had been in effect at the date of signing the audit opinion on the 1991 financial statements , and the relevant reclassifications had been made , together with the adjustment for goodwill described above , the audit opinion would not have been qualified . ’ |
| 10 | Duncan , Salary and Conditions claim I quote due to the turmoil within the industry at the time of compiling this report , we have not as yet presented a claim . |
| 11 | He was pretending that the errand was a nuisance , though at the same time he was grinning with pleasure at the thought of taking McIllvanney 's brand new sportsboat to sea . |
| 12 | Incidentally , I am not sure that Cameron should admit this fact since it will make anyone who wants to buy her movie positively glow with pleasure at the thought of paying her practically nothing for it . |
| 13 | Kelly would feel the same way , she realised , experiencing a little spurt of pleasure at the prospect of seeing her friend soon … |
| 14 | I asked you through the Medau News last year to all help and make our fund raising this year a really great success and when you know that the figure at the time of going to press is over £2,600 you will all be as pleased as our Treasurer is . |
| 15 | Both pieces of research stress how little time is spent with adults and how much time is spent either teaching or in fragmented and relatively trivial administration at the expense of creating effective personal relationships and articulating a sense of common purpose . |
| 16 | The trouble was this : although the native dispenser had applied Dr Dunstaple 's treatments on numerous occasions under his direction , he was overcome by stage-fright at the prospect of applying them to the Doctor Sahib himself . |
| 17 | Mine host insisted upon introducing him to everyone , which helped identification at the cost of making him somewhat more conspicuous than he would have liked . |
| 18 | One possible process operating at the time of encoding which may influence the relationship between risk and recognition sensitivity is the idea of attention focusing as predicted by Easterbrook 's hypothesis as discussed in Chapter 2 . |
| 19 | He used to flee into a cubicle at the sound of approaching feet . |
| 20 | Others , however , felt a similar shudder at the thought of telling and discussing the political jokes about contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and advised me to confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 21 | Some felt a shudder at the thought of tackling the sense of humour of the Prophet Muhammad and the holy imams of Islam , and counselled that the subject matter should be confined to modern times . |
| 22 | Even the most cool-headed individuals can be thrown into a mild panic at the prospect of organising Christmas . |
| 23 | Apart from passing regret at the thought of losing so much money for old rope , my immediate reaction was to compare the fee for writing a letter of consent with what my 47 years of toil in journalism will soon produce by way of a pension . |
| 24 | A week ago she would have been full of indignation at the thought of losing her accommodation . |
| 25 | One result of this has been the pervasive influence of linguistic methodology upon such studies of objects as have developed in recent decades ; and while the rise of semiotics in the 1960s was advantages in that it provided for the extension of linguistic research into other domains , any of which could be treated as a semiotic system ( e.g. Eco 1976 : 9–14 ) , this extension took place at the expense of subordinating the object qualities of things to their word-like properties . |
| 26 | ( Visits seem only to take place at the stage of formulating proposals . ) |
| 27 | Always pick a flower on the very day that it comes into full bloom , because the process of ageing takes place very rapidly in flowers , and pressing does not rejuvenate them , but only halts the ageing process at the moment of pressing . |
| 28 | and I am making I 'm in the process at the moment of making application to be accepted by them . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I 'm on edge , but I should n't take it out on you — you ca n't be exactly jumping for joy at the thought of seeing Garry with another woman . ’ |
| 30 | I was full of joy at the prospect of meeting Agnes the next day . |