Example sentences of "[conj] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
| 2 | A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes . |
| 3 | He then went to Jig Jigga , where at a mass meeting of Somalis he swore on the Koran that he was a Muslim . |
| 4 | That is because it is an area where Marx and Engels , misled by Morgan , went most wrong , yet where at the same time they made the best use of anthropology . |
| 5 | A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for . |
| 6 | She had been married and divorced , had had fifteen lovers , give or take a little , had been to the United States seventeen times , to Africa twice , explored from a car or at a leisurely pace the capitals of Europe , twice circled the world , done the ‘ sophisticated ’ things but left undone so many ordinary things . |
| 7 | Whether or not you can reasonably be expected to take a job of a different kind or at a lower rate of pay will depend upon the circumstances . |
| 8 | Inevitably , once the company gets near to making a purchase decision , the influence exercised by senior management will increase , whether within functional departments , or at a divisional or general management level . |
| 9 | It is therefore possible that PYY 's ability to inhibit motility in whole animal and human models is a result of its action at a more proximal level in the gut or at a central location . |
| 10 | Bills of exchange : A bill of exchange is a written order ( similar to a cheque ) addressed and signed by the exporter to the importer , requiring the latter to pay on demand or at a future set date , a sum certain in money in the exporter 's domestic currency or other currency to the order of the exporter or some other party . |
| 11 | Such a debt or liability is deemed valuable consideration whether the bill is payable on demand or at a future time . |
| 12 | This is particularly true in this area where we have to compete with the Townswomen 's Guild which has a lower subscription and also with numerous Council-run activities , many of which are free or at a low cost for pensioners . |
| 13 | In practice , however , there appeared to be some ambivalence about whether care programming was aimed at people being discharged from hospital or at a wider range of those who use mental health services . |
| 14 | An oral quote given over the telephone or at a personal meeting should be followed up in writing . |
| 15 | She also went regularly to exhibitions and on her visits to London would sometimes meet Minton , either for lunch in his studio or at a private view . |
| 16 | There is some support for the proposition that such a loan , if made to a person fully capable of repaying the same and , for instance , charged against property in the United Kingdom , gives the taxpayer minimal benefit from the case of O " Leary v McKinlay [ 1991 ] STC 42 where Vinelott J at p51 , dealing with a Schedule E beneficial loan , stated the following : If an employer lends money to an employee free of interest or at a favourable rate of interest and if the employee is free to exploit the money in any manner he chooses his employment can not be said to have been the source of the income derived from the exploitation ; the employer is the source of the money and the taxpayer is assessable to tax under Sch E on the benefit to him of obtaining the loan on the terms on which the loan was made ; but if the loan is repayable on demand that benefit can not be quantified and form the basis of an assessment under Sch E. It is arguable if property is held by a non-resident trust for A for life and B absolutely that if the trustees lend money to A at interest then if A allows the trustees not to pursue him in his capacity as borrower for the interest that no benefit will arise . |
| 17 | Do we , for instance , place a tick in the square labelled ‘ baby burps ’ and another in the box called ‘ mother pats back ’ ; or do we include a box called ‘ mother responds to baby ’ ; or at a higher level , does she score a point on an index of ‘ sensitivity ’ ? |
| 18 | Towards the end of the 12 months , we will need to review your needs with you and , if appropriate , renew the overdraft arrangements at the same level or at a higher or lower figure . |
| 19 | This structure is not ‘ literary ’ in the sense of being above and beyond the mundane , or at a higher aesthetic level than that achieved by the characters implicated in it . |
| 20 | If the commander 's shot hits then he can shoot again immediately , either at the same target or at a new target within 2″ of the previous one . |
| 21 | Vodafone Group Plc 's Vodata Ltd has launched a facsimile broadcast service , Vodafax Broadcast : users load information onto a personal computer or facsimile machine and send it to their unique number : information is automatically distributed to a predefined list of recipients , either immediately or at a pre-set time ; there is a £25 connection charge , a £10 monthly charge for the first distribution list and a £5 monthly charge for subsequent lists ; distribution costs from 10p to 14p per minute per recipient . |
| 22 | Usually , interest is paid at a constant rate , or at a fixed margin over a benchmark rate such as LIBOR . |
| 23 | In the case of perpetual debt where interest is paid at a constant rate , or at a fixed margin over a benchmark the correct finance charge will be equal to the coupon payable for each period . |
| 24 | ‘ An unconditional order in writing , addressed by one person* to another , signed by the person giving it , requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to , or to the order of , a specified person , or to order ’ . |
| 25 | It is an unconditional order in writing , addressed by one person or company to another , signed by the person or the company to whom it is addressed , to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future date a certain sum of money to , or to the order of , a specified person or company , or to bearer . |
| 26 | Conversely I discovered that it could cut with the disc flat , or at a slight angle , and I can see it having benefits for very fine work . |
| 27 | The right to ask a court to fix the amount they have to pay for services or works on the grounds that these have not been provided to a reasonable standard or at a reasonable cost . |
| 28 | ‘ the rights to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of the share , except that he shall not , before being registered as the holder of the share , be entitled in respect of it to attend or vote at any general meeting of the company or at a separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the company . ’ |
| 29 | The Natural History Museum undertook to buy any suitable specimens which I brought back , and most firms I approached agreed to provide rations , ammunition , films , medicine and other requirements for the expedition , either free or at a considerable discount . |
| 30 | Such organisms have evolved their complex response repertoires as the means whereby they can relate to stimuli impinging from outside , either through direct tactile contact or at a short distance , by vibration or chemosensory means . |