Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 My hon. Friend will know that at the end of November we made a number of requests to the Government of Libya .
2 It did matter but we did n't know that at the time did we ?
3 You 'll have a chance to come back on whether we have got the wrong impression on that , I mean I recall Mr Heselton 's quite clearly , but let me pursue that at a stage further if if we take that as our impression of what you have said collectively , and you are asked to make provision for nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , again collectively in the Greater York area , and I 'm addressing this question to the districts , what provision would you make in your districts of your district figure in the Greater York area ?
4 and they sort of met and how they did n't hit I do n't know but at the moment it 's , well get the car back today it 's er been away being done , cos somebody smashed into him
5 Do you think that at a time like this I am afraid of words ? … if he dies tonight there will always be a gulf at my side , a gulf into which I must never fall ’ ( p. 87 ) .
6 Geoffrey , discussions about the Common Market , for example , tend to be carried out using rational arguments based on economics and legal principles , but do n't you think that at the deepest level international relations depend on national characteristics ?
7 But now these controls over processions have been erm extended to cover static large meetings , and erm I would think that at the back of the draftsman 's mind was the spectre of mass pickets , things like that .
8 I would therefore expect that at the time of the next recession , markets will be much less vulnerable to cost-cutting .
9 About two million acres of waste have been enclosed by act since 1700 , so that we may reasonably assume that at the beginning of the eighteenth century there were about seven million acres of ‘ waste ’ all told rather than the ten million estimated by Gregory King .
10 It just seemed easier to let everyone assume that at the time … ’
11 Though there is broad agreement on the contents of such books on constitutional law , in the last resort it depends on what academic lawyers consider relevant — and a quick survey of standard textbooks will show that at the margins there are significant variations in what is brought into the orbit of the British ‘ constitution ’ .
12 An increase in exports would be particularly beneficial in that the balance of payments would improve and at the same time national income will rise by an amount greater than the initial increase in exports .
13 A special problem may arise if at the time the decision is made the patient has been subjected to the influence of some third party .
14 It was explained in Chapter 7 that in certain contexts no is pronounced , but the theory mentioned in the last sentence would claim that at an abstract level there is a phoneme , though in certain contexts the is not actually pronounced .
15 I do not believe that at the end of a week in which we have honed a new policy we are going to even contemplate bargaining that away in smoke-filled rooms with Paddy Ashdown , David Owen , or anyone else . ’
16 As Mr Day points out : ‘ To the small and medium sized company , all accountants are very much the same and , with the increasing competition from certified and unqualified accountants , I do n't believe that at the lower end of the market chartered accountants will ever get back on the pedestal in the same way they used to be .
17 My memory is n't what it was ; but I do remember that at the time the aircraft was considered the fastest in the Middle East .
18 Does n't he remember that at the General Election the tabloids and so-called quality newspapers slaughtered Labour leader Neil Kinnock who did not have an affair with an actress or take freebie holidays ?
19 One must remember that at the height of the cement boom in this valley the number of men employed ran into thousands if one considers the barge trade as well .
20 Putting these answers together we can see that at the heart of fundamentalism is a longing for a faith which is secure , tangible , successful , simple .
21 On his way he passed the main drive , and he could see that at the end of it the gates were open .
22 And , although he does n't say so , you can see that at the back of his mind , there 's an idea brewing in Andy McDonald .
23 Creggan could not see that at the sound of his words and particularly at the name of Callanish , there came into the eyes of old Minch , who was now held in the cage by the Men , a look as from some vast distance in the past .
24 Some officers can now see that at the time they were " typical colonialists " who failed to read the signs of the tinies or entrust positions of authority more readily to African leadership .
25 David , just looking at your situation , I know you 're er , a young chap and you have a young family , and we 've er , discussing your existing circumstances and I can see that at the moment er , funds in the family budget are a little bit tight .
26 In 1899 the Secretary could report that at a special election in the village of Barnton , near Northwich , to decide on whether the new school should be Church of England or ‘ unsectarian ’ the Council put up ‘ Progressive ’ candidates who won the election .
27 Well what this suggests is that and she likes Mary accounts as a legitimate string with and at the beginning of the sentence , but she likes Mary does n't , so you ca n't stick and at the end of the sentence .
28 where women examine themselves erm , if its the mother or the granny er did I bring him up wrongly , erm the girl friends or wife 's er is it something that I did n't understand and at the same time it er really changes their lives
29 It makes you think but at the end of the day you 've trained your horses to be here and do it well .
30 Yes , and I do hope that at the same time that we 've been talking about how relatively practical religion has become , that we shall remember the mystery which it witnesses to .
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