Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] of [noun] at the " in BNC.

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1 There was not much sale for that kind of thing at the time of Hilbert 's marriage .
2 This removes some of the flexibility ( you need a mains socket ) , the portability ( the LAN adaptor itself may fit into your pocket , but you would n't want to carry a mains adaptor too ) , and the tidiness ( the power lead means yet another bit of wire at the back of your PC ) .
3 For a time this story of Jacob at the Jabbok runs true to plot .
4 There was some kind of explosion at the clinic and all the staff got wiped out .
5 In this case , the DCSL exercised some kind of influence at the point of selection and provided some help with cataloguing and processing of the new resources once purchased .
6 I 've got to drop the keys and this bit of paper at the same time . ’
7 The first ten minutes inside the ring at the Thomas and Mack Centre may determine whether Bowe has the will and the skill to produce another change of direction at the top of the heavyweight division .
8 This concentration of digestion at the incisor tips is highly characteristic of the prey assemblages of the category 2 species ( Fig. 3.22 F-I ) , and must be linked with heavier digestion combined with the high retention rate of the incisors in the jaws ( Tables 3.6 and 3.8 ) , most of the digestion occurring while the incisors are still in place in the jaws ( Fig. 3.22 H ) : in the long-eared owl samples , four times as many in situ incisors are digested as isolated incisors and three times as many for Verreaux eagle owl ( data from Table 3.13 ) .
9 There 's this fist of flesh at the base of my neck , which the men do n't yet have .
10 ‘ He had to go — there 's some sort of emergency at the Wharf , I think .
11 There was some sort of machine at the other end of the table , covered with little dials and lights .
12 He was really an MD — kept up a second income from some sort of consultancy at the teaching hospital .
13 Most people have absorbed the idea that there is some sort of accountability at the end of life and that they may well need to be preparing to ‘ meet their maker ’ .
14 There are enormous numbers of possibilities when you got over the thought that you must have some sort of fabric at the windows .
15 There is obviously going to be some sort of demonstration at the Chelsea game but in what form .
16 Besides , everyone who matters has already been to some sort of bash at the Natural History Museum ; this is new .
17 Another day of devotions at the bingo hall are ended and with a suitable benediction in their ears , the players skail into the night air — or even afternoon sunshine , for this religion is no once-a-week affair , but the game the whole family can play all day long , all the week round .
18 Another queue of cars at the Falcon Gate .
19 With this drop of ink at the end of my pen , I will show you the roomy workshop of Jonathan surge , carpenter and builder in the village of Hayslope , as it appeared on the 18th of June , in the year of Our Lord , 1799 .
20 Almost everyone , man or woman , feels some sense of misgiving at the prospect of retirement , and for men in particular , it can seem like being ‘ thrown on the scrap heap ’ .
21 Although their dress was not equipped to deal with soaking weather and although they may have been expected to turn back at the sight of such greyness , they continued and even displayed some sense of enjoyment at the discomfort each was experiencing .
22 Sleight apologised for this state of affairs at the Congress in Dublin in 1895 : " It must be remembered that it is exceedingly difficult for the executive committee to meet together often , for every time they do so they have to bear their own travelling expenses , and sometimes hotel expenses ; and to whatever centre they are summoned , it only means that some members of the committee have to travel a considerable distance .
23 You will find details of organisations which offer this form of support at the end of this booklet and a list of sympathetic ministers of different faiths can be obtained from CARA , The Terrence Higgins Trust Family Support Network and London Lighthouse Community Services .
24 In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair .
25 As a counterweight to this strengthening of relationships at the CNAA-institutions level the move to weaken the role of subject boards was reversed and the proposals adopted provided for greater integration of the boards than at first suggested .
26 He had businesses in the North and used regularly at this time of year at the end of the summer sales , to go the rounds of his shops , take stock , examine the books , and so on .
27 Weeding is one function of this stage of work at the shelves .
28 Another set of problems at the level of institutional approval was created for the CNAA by the decision of the University of London to run down its external degrees , and the CNAA 's agreement to take up the reins where possible and appropriate .
29 That spurt of fear at the thought of the police had passed .
30 In order to protect the interests of all people with care needs , of all people with dementia , who might end up in a private home , might end up in a voluntary home , might end up in Part 4 or might end up in a health service bed , it is necessary to look across that range of services at the general issues raised and see what can be done constructively in the interests of that total group of people with defined needs .
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