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

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1 The intersegmental membrane does not permit diffusion , so that a high concentration at the front end of one segment is maintained close to a low concentration at the back of the segment in front .
2 He has a doctorate in social work from the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of numerous publications , including The New Human Service Worker ( Praeger , 1975 ) , Mass Media and Human Services ( Sage , 1983 ) and with Ruben Schindler , Social Care at the Front Line ( Routledge , 1987 ) .
3 Friendly service provides a warm welcome at the front desk and continues in the air-conditioned dining-room , where a good standard of meals includes a buffet breakfast and choice at lunch and dinner .
4 Ah well that would illuminate the er see if I put it fairly close to the actual corner at the front side , going down towards the garage .
5 In autumn a rowan tree at the front gate was showered with berries .
6 So you can see how just a little bird-fart at the front end can be a typhoon at the speaker .
7 So you can see how just a little bird-fart at the front end can be a typhoon at the speaker .
8 Robyn took a deep breath and gave a half-hearted knock at the front door .
9 The woman called Roe was putting up some black material at the front window .
10 She had just begun to tear it open when there was a loud , heavy knock at the front door .
11 There is no head as such , but instead there is a small protuberance at the front end , which contains the mouth parts .
12 Once I waited so long and stayed so late that I gave myself away to Syl , who had called in the usual way at the front door , to be told by my mother that I was in the summer-house and he should go and bring me out and back to the drawing-room where , like normal people , we should converse .
13 As I got up to take it from him , there was a sharp rapping at the front door .
14 Although she showed little interest in my academic life — her energies were spent in the pursuit of foxes and Guards officers — she was always brimful of common sense on every subject under the sun , not to mention having constant contact with a string of eligible young men who seemed to arrive in a never-ending convoy at the front door of 97 Chelsea Terrace .
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