Example sentences of "[that] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | No prizes can be offered for pointing out that at a given moment there are artists of several generations working and in very different ways . |
| 2 | When Cézanne uses colour we note that at each nodal point of the interplay of planes , Cézanne marks this sequence by a series of small washes of various colours , modulating generally from violet to greenish , or bluish grey . |
| 3 | Depending on the school 's theatre resources , a full term of productions may mean that at least three or more plays will be staged , giving agents , directors and casting pundits a chance to evaluate your work . |
| 4 | As a new young actor do you find that at Stratford you become part of a house style ? |
| 5 | It is noteworthy that at this time ( when secularised education was patronised by nearly all the governments of Europe including those that were nominally Catholic ) this query was dealt with as a matter of discipline by the Congregation of propaganda , and not as a matter of doctrine by the Congregation of the Inquisition . |
| 6 | They say that at the moment of death the whole of one 's past life flashes before one 's eyes . |
| 7 | Perhaps this was why , uncharacteristically , he burst out aloud with the thought that at last chased the nursery rhyme momentarily from his mind . |
| 8 | ‘ She does n't always have to upset the table , though , when she is there , does she ? ’ remarked Henry Tyler in a tone that at least one ambassador had been known to call ‘ eminently reasonable ’ . |
| 9 | Try and get a dual flight on the airfield so that at least you know something about the airfield and its surrounds . |
| 10 | The moral is clear : when gustiness is getting near to the limit for safe flying , assume that at any time it could suddenly increase . |
| 11 | Fortunately , with weight shift , moving forwards causes a nose-up rather than a nose-down effect so that at least it does not accentuate the pitching movement and make the sensation worse . |
| 12 | Practise stepping quickly from one stance into another , always ensuring that at least the width of a fist separates your leading guards . |
| 13 | Recall that at the beginning of this piece I briefly discussed what the representational theory of the mind has got right : that thoughts are not simple responses , reactions or reverberations to environmental stimulation — contrasting this with the case of the thermostat which automatically switches on and off at pre-set temperatures . |
| 14 | As we are discussing groundstroke skills , I think it is important to stress that at the beginning , according to the shape of shot that you have — whether it be topspin , slice or flat — you can insist on slice only , topspin only , or on hitting your favoured shot . |
| 15 | Euston , the first to open in July 1986 , included ‘ Le Croissant Shop ’ , a franchise business that at once complements and rivals Travellers-Fare . |
| 16 | It is important that at least three coats are applied and that the top and bottom edges are given at least one coat to prevent moisture being absorbed . |
| 17 | I think it true to say that at the present time it is not at all difficult for academics to appear in print . |
| 18 | Some years ago the teachers of one language pronounced themselves satisfied that at the end of a year the students of it had the capacity for literary reading ; the equally competent and concerned teachers of another language were convinced that their students had achieved no such capacity , and that the process was rather a waste of time . |
| 19 | Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it . |
| 20 | If there were not this evidence that at this point he is only hazily in command of what he is doing , we might ask — though to no purpose , I think — whether Eleanor 's fiddling of her uncle into the see of Canterbury is presented to us for our approval , or the reverse . |
| 21 | Eliot and Empson take off their poet 's hat , and wear a critic 's hat — that at least is the decorous illusion which , by their style and procedures , they try to maintain ; Pound and Dryden on the contrary wear the poet 's hat all the time , even when they criticize . |
| 22 | The tell-tale sign was that at FFr29.5m , consumer finance was easily the biggest component in new lending last year . |
| 23 | With Chinese wages still roughly one-seventh of those in the colony , so many companies have shifted production across the border that at least two million Chinese workers — twice the size of Hong Kong 's manufacturing workforce — are employed in Guangdong , processing goods for the textile , toy and electronics firms which are the backbone of Hong Kong 's industrial sector . |
| 24 | The Hong Kong government , no longer able to down-play the exodus , admitted that at least 45,000 of its best and brightest left last year . |
| 25 | The Dutch government is so concerned that at next week 's 103-nation conference in Lausanne of the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species ( Cites ) it will call for a total ban on trade in the plants . |
| 26 | Mr Lightman said that at the time of the libel trial the defence had no idea that this payment had been made . |
| 27 | He was responding to Monday 's claim in the Belfast Irish News that at least three dozen officers were members of a secret ‘ inner circle ’ which had the objects of ‘ removing ’ republican suspects and bringing down the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 28 | And although the Newsons concede the chicken and egg possibility — do you smack a child because he is delinquent , or is he delinquent because he is smacked ? — they argue that their findings do not support the old belief that sparing the rod spoils the child , but suggest that at the very least , mothers who smack do not succeed in producing non-delinquent children . |
| 29 | Gillingham 's head of curriculum , herself an English teacher , reports with approval that at present GCSE in English is judged 100 per cent on coursework . |
| 30 | ‘ Is it safe to do that , knowing one outcome may be that at the end of the process we exclude sexual abuse ? |