Example sentences of "the [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principle of the conservation of energy implies balance in all interactions , from the largest at the intergalactic scale to the smallest at the elementary particle scale … with somewhere between them , the human scale . |
| 2 | Lowe continued his career until 1871 when he fell victim to a pulmonary disease which prevented him from joining the services for the deaf at the new St. Saviour 's Church . |
| 3 | In addition it has been suggested that bureaux make contact with the social worker for the deaf at the local Social Services Department to ensure that the bureau has all the up-to-date information relevant to the deaf . |
| 4 | But the Burgermeister , usually so jovial and noisy , had proved to be exceedingly sound , never saying anything at all at the rehearsal other than to praise the faint-hearted at the very end . |
| 5 | We gained in confidence as we pressed on , until suddenly we broke through on to the cliff-top at the other side of the island . |
| 6 | Much work was done in the 1790s at the Royal Naval Hospital , Greenwich , and in 1810 work began on the pediment there , which was forty feet long , designed by Benjamin West [ q.v. ] and Joseph Panzetta , and made in Coade stone . |
| 7 | Following Resolution 43/83 on the Antarctic at the previous session [ see p. 36779 ] , part B of Resolution 44/124 expressed its regret that the Antarctic Treaty consultative parties had not invited the UN Secretary-General to meetings held in Paris in May and October 1989 [ see pp. 36989-90 ] , in spite of numerous resolutions to that effect . |
| 8 | Sentencing the three at the High Court in Edinburgh , Lord Milligan said that the helpless victim could easily have died . |
| 9 | The brief silence seemed to stretch down the long room and hold fast by the pillars of the door , and every eye in the hall fixed greedily on the three at the high table . |
| 10 | The first are aimed at the commercial market ; the latter at the technical . |
| 11 | We look forward to seeing both teams perform in November , the former at the Albert Hall and the latter at the Annual Reunion . |
| 12 | The principle of the conservation of energy implies balance in all interactions , from the largest at the intergalactic scale to the smallest at the elementary particle scale … with somewhere between them , the human scale . |
| 13 | The 11th Great Warbirds Air display was also the first at the new venue of Wroughton . |
| 14 | The centre hopes that Shashis success is just the first at the new Winwood clinic . |
| 15 | For in 1904 Lincoln Bush patented the Bush shed and installed the first at the Hoboken station of the Delaware , Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1906 . |
| 16 | Erm briefly , the situation is that it 's alleged that he broke two stained glass door panels and Mr denies that he broke the second of the two , the one at the front door he says was broken at some time earlier on the evening on which he was involved . |
| 17 | The one at the front door he says was broken at some time earlier than the evening on which he was involved . |
| 18 | Nellie was doing the same at the other side . |
| 19 | Using a small hammer and 10-mm ( ⅜-in ) nails , press down the hardboard at one end of the backing sheet and hammer a nail into the frame , then do the same at the other end of the sheet , to balance the pressure on the back . |
| 20 | ‘ No , Taff , It 's just the same at the big house , slit trenches and mosquitoes . |
| 21 | Whatever else may be done to improve public respect for law and order and a love of the truth , it is utterly vital that the sowing of the seeds of conscience be started in the young at the very beginnings of their lives . |
| 22 | The measure of the esteem in which he is held is shown by three forthcoming exhibitions devoted to his contribution : ‘ L'Oeil du Connaisseur : hommage à Philip Pouncey ’ at the Louvre , 19 June-7 September ; another at the Uffizi later this year ( dates unavailable ) , and the third at the British Museum in January 1994 . |
| 23 | The first works best at high speeds , such as those in many water-channel experiments ; the second and third at intermediate speeds ; and the last at the low speeds likely to be encountered in convection and rotating fluid experiments . |