Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , the Area Director can keep an action under review at all the crucial stages . |
| 2 | All could take a leaf out of the book of Grant Fox , who performances for New Zealand were the result of constant practice at all the basics . |
| 3 | Our local PFA Inspector Pat Barker kept a keen eye on our progress , monitoring our workmanship at all the recognised stages throughout the build , and on 8 March this year , Midge 's propeller turned for the first time under her own engine power , being a Monday , I naturally had the day as holiday ! |
| 4 | Then came ‘ Gimmie Indie Rock ’ , a funny and sarcastic swipe at all the unit-shifting alternative rock dinosaurs of the time , and some people noticed . |
| 5 | In the end , she got very bored with staring out of the window at all the greenery outside . |
| 6 | Had he seen the timer in a shop window at half the price , he would have ignored it . |
| 7 | I saw the future with the three of us lunching regularly in this horrid pub at all the seasons of the year . |
| 8 | I will be keeping you up-to-date on Singer events and also ‘ manning ’ an information desk at all the main knitting exhibitions , where I will be able to help and advise you . |
| 9 | • We will be briefing MPs , making sure they have accurate information , and ensuring that the ‘ Peace Dividend ’ is a major issue at all the political party conferences . |
| 10 | … before they were all sold , a quantity of the same sort came up to town at half the price , so that the rest remained on hand . |
| 11 | Hopes that political stability will encourage a bout of takeover activity , directed attention at all the old bid chestnuts . |
| 12 | A sniff at all the corners to see what 's new . |
| 13 | Musicians in the Emerald Isle can now swallow their jealousy at all the music shows available to their English and Scottish counterparts , because soon there 'll be a special public music show in Dublin . |
| 14 | Even though the gift was subject to a reservation Mr X must pay tax at half the Sched 1 rates as he has made a chargeable transfer . |
| 15 | But I was n't afraid now with my big sister , and while Mary tried on garments I stood gazing in awe at all the sumptuous clothes that hung in the display cases . |
| 16 | He worked as director at all the main provincial opéra houses until the age of 41 . |
| 17 | Apple Computer Inc yesterday took the new PowerCD CD-ROM product , announced at Hannover last week , to the US market , saying that it expects to sell 1.5m of the things by the end of this year ; it also said it has shipped more than 1m copies of its QuickTime multimedia software since its launch in January 1992 , and has formed a new unit , New Media to increase market access to multimedia technologies , expand multimedia content and develop new markets for Mac technology ; the PowerCD comes with AppleDesign Powered Speakers claimed to deliver high-quality sound at half the price of similar stereo speakers . |
| 18 | But she never was given any money for the Flowers had credit at all the shops with which they dealt and Uncle Philip paid the bills quarterly , by cheque . |
| 19 | Rufus , who had n't much appreciation of nature usually , nevertheless found himself gazing in something like wonderment at all the roses , yellow and pink and apricot and dark red , a hedge of white ones , a cascade of peach-red that covered a pergola . |
| 20 | The initial release consisted of two 32-bit EISA-based machines , one running at 66MHz , the other at half the speed . |
| 21 | He was a scholar at both the King 's School , Canterbury ( 1903–7 ) , and Lincoln College , Oxford ( 1907–11 ) , although he only obtained a second class in modern history ( 1911 ) . |
| 22 | But I was a bad pupil at all the other subjects at school . |
| 23 | The Princess Pauline Metternich , wife of the Austrian Ambassador , was a friend of the Empress and a frequent visitor at all the Imperial residences , but she preferred Fontainebleau because to her : |
| 24 | In fact this small War Cabinet had to consult the full Cabinet at all the big decisions , like sending the task force , the landing at San Carlos , before they could actually take any decisions to move in , and … this was a restoration of almost nineteenth-century Cabinet government . |
| 25 | The report states : ‘ She knew it was not right in him to act as he did and … she knew it was not right in herself in permitting him … she knew it was wrong in both , and that it was against her will at all the tunes . ’ |
| 26 | As Donald Rees from the South West Water Authority told the Lords : ‘ It is all very well lining a sewer at half the price that it would cost to build a new one , but in fact it may only last a quarter of a normal funding life and may therefore be uneconomic . ’ |
| 27 | Seymour Cray is still hopeful of bringing his crippled Cray Computer Corp safely in to land , and this week told shareholders that the pay-off will come not with the Cray-3 , but with the Cray-4 the company is developing — ‘ People who predict that things ca n't be done — I guess I do n't have time for them , ’ he told shareholders sternly — ‘ That 's the challenge that I 'm willing to accept in trying to do things that ca n't be done ’ ; the Cray-3 was launched last month , a decade after Cray started work on it , but the Cray-4 is expected to offer twice the performance at half the cost , and the company hopes to demonstrate it by year-end ; it says it has enough cash to fund operations into September and says it is working with two investment banking firms on fund-raising strategies . |
| 28 | He seemed to realize what I was getting at at last , and glanced round the ward at all the aged but fascinated faces turned in our direction . |
| 29 | Ryan got the property at half the asking price , and the contracts were signed by proxy when he had returned to America . |
| 30 | Evidence has been put before me of the most unusual arrangement come to , in relation to a possible ability of the parents to buy the property at half the sitting tenant valuation . |