Example sentences of "of [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the glass of whisky at the dispatch box rather than mineral water : A premature celebration ? |
| 2 | David Perry , 35 , of Buttermere Avenue , Orford , Gary Toony , 25 , of Kendal Avenue , Orford , and Steven Lea , 27 , of St David 's Drive , Callands , all Warrington , admitted the theft of cases of whisky at the town 's Crown Court . |
| 3 | This is not because of the often quoted ‘ collection of mulm at the front so that it can be syphoned off ’ which simply does n't happen in a properly run undergravel filtered tank . |
| 4 | The shaking table is a 50-tonne concrete plate set horizontally in a hole in a concrete floor with several centimetres of play at the edges . |
| 5 | That is the state of play at the moment . ’ |
| 6 | Dale Reid on the pace of play at the Belgian Open at Bercuit . |
| 7 | Right then , Lawrence , what 's the current state of play at the moment ? |
| 8 | The problem is one of the continuing dominance of traditional models of assessment at the same time as trying to introduce other models based on quite different educational premises . |
| 9 | ‘ Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance , profits tax shall be charged for each year of assessment at the standard rate on every person carrying on a trade , profession or business in Hong Kong in respect of his assessable profits arising in or derived from Hong Kong for that year from such trade , profession or business ( excluding profits arising from the sale of capital assets ) as ascertained in accordance with this Part . |
| 10 | It superceded GCE ‘ O ’ Level and CSE examinations to constitute a unified system of assessment at the end of compulsory schooling . |
| 11 | The easing of compulsion in one part of a school 's obligations meant that those who managed curriculum balance , specific schemes of teaching and school policies of assessment at the primary as well as at the secondary levels grew uncertain about other issues . |
| 12 | While British officials were busy trying to put the best face on the evident lack of progress at the talks , the Chinese delegation was eager to emphasise the differences between the sides . |
| 13 | Research students register as Probationer Research Students in the first instance , and , subject to a formal review of progress at the end of the first year , they may have their registration upgraded to that of D.Phil . |
| 14 | The summer conversations in Kissingen , the presence in St Petersburg of the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich , the greater enthusiasm for reform of Lanskoi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs — all these undoubtedly altered the balance of opinion to which he was exposed and made him more susceptible to reformist sentiments ; but he may also have been naive enough to believe that the gentry at large would follow the example of the north-westerners and welcome the measure he was putting to them . |
| 15 | NIHAT CILASUN : a 15-year-old boy , Nihat Cilasun was shot dead as he ran towards his home carrying bread , during a curfew announced after disturbances in the City of Cizre at the time of the Kurdish New Year ; |
| 16 | Thus it was no surprise that in 1967 he was chosen to become the Faraday Professor of Electrochemistry at the University of Southampton on the English south coast . |
| 17 | ‘ Despite the environmental carnage around the wreck , the sullying of the Shetland name and the ensuing loss of livelihood at the heart of our fragile economy the Government has done very little to protect us from another spill , ’ she said . |
| 18 | You will find details of organisations which offer this form of support at the end of this booklet and a list of sympathetic ministers of different faiths can be obtained from CARA , The Terrence Higgins Trust Family Support Network and London Lighthouse Community Services . |
| 19 | The shadow cabinet elections are arousing unusual interest because of change at the top . |
| 20 | Traffic disruption and a shortage of change at the turnstiles saw the kick-off delayed by 15 minutes . |
| 21 | Philip looked at him now holding Caspar with one hand and throwing bits of stick at the dead magpie to knock it off the branch . |
| 22 | On one occasion in Belfast , at a launch of two ships built for the Bombay Steam & Navigation Co , he used coconuts instead of champagne at the ceremony and made sure that the Indian Swastika — which symbolises good luck — was marked on the side of the vessels . |
| 23 | The comparatively puny damages of £1,000 ( the cost of a dozen bottles of champagne at the expensive nightclub where the affair had begun ) and the public ridicule suffered by all parties may serve to remind editors of the wisdom of the adage that " dog does not eat dog in Fleet Street " . |
| 24 | His haircut , with that floppy bit of hair at the front he always has . |
| 25 | She touched the fold of hair at the back of her head . |
| 26 | When Cecil Beaton went to photograph the Royal Family in 1960 , he found the eleven-year-old Prince Charles overawed by the atmosphere , ‘ as if awaiting a clout from behind , or for his father to tweak his ear or pull the tuft of hair at the crown of his head ’ . |
| 27 | Braque sensed , too , that by dismissing the conventional , single viewpoint perspective it was possible to synthesize into the depiction of the head a variety of information ; thus in a three-quarter view the knot of hair at the back of the head is seen clearly , as if from the side . |
| 28 | The knot of hair at the back of the neck is , in some of the paintings , incorporated in an almost full-face view , and the back of the shoulder is tipped up into the picture plane . |
| 29 | In a three-quarter view of the head the knot of hair at the back of the head is seen as in a profile view , and the double outline of the foremost shoulder gives the impression that the top of it has been tipped up into the picture plane . |
| 30 | Without caring what he thought , she threaded her fingers tenderly through the thick , short waves of hair at the back of his head , probing gently with her fingertips for the already swelling lump . |