Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saracens , formed in 1896 by a breakaway group from the YMCA , are captained by Nick Bridgman in the second row , but their backs are their strength , with Mike Baker outstanding at scrum-half . |
| 2 | He argues that there must be an accumulation of ‘ circumstances ’ and ‘ currents ’ that ‘ fuse ’ into a ‘ ruptural unity ’ that involves not only the level of the relations of production but also the conditions of existence prevailing at the time and the international conjuncture ( Althusser 1969 : 100 ) . |
| 3 | Estimates of the number of adults with cystic fibrosis in different age groups alive at the middle of 1990 were obtained from the United Kingdom Cystic Fibrosis Survey ( J Dodge , personal communication ) . |
| 4 | After 3 minutes pre-incubation at the appropriate temperature , the reaction was started by the addition of ATP at a final concentration of 2mM . |
| 5 | More than any scholar of his generation ( G. Gilbert Murray , q.v. , apart ) he kept Greek literature alive at a time when it had ceased to be a compulsory subject in many schools . |
| 6 | He came to regret the destruction for which he had been responsible in the name of church restoration under the unenlightened rules prevailing at the time , and in 1881 he joined the recently formed Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings , for which he worked quietly but assiduously into old age . |
| 7 | Earlier studies of such palaeomagnetism in France and Japan had shown that iron-rich volcanic rocks , such as basalt , record the magnetic field prevailing at the time they are formed . |
| 8 | The efficiency of the price system , in this approach , does not depend upon the optimality ( or absence of it ) of the resource allocation pattern at equilibrium ; rather , it depends on the degree of success with which market forces can be relied upon to generate spontaneous corrections in the allocation patterns prevailing at times of disequilibrium . |
| 9 | But football is a bit cruel at times . |
| 10 | Well I promised our our Sarah I 'd spend some time with her I ai n't gon na say too much but she does get a bit upset at times |
| 11 | And as we come out I said to Rudy I feel we ought to go up and see if Wendy 's alright , cos she was a bit upset at quarter to twelve . |
| 12 | I was getting a bit disheartened at one point |
| 13 | He says money 's a bit scarce at the moment . |
| 14 | ‘ People can be a bit odd at first but after they realise I 'm not trying to chat them up it 's okay . |
| 15 | She might , at least , look a bit grateful at Mrs Beeding 's taking all this trouble over her . |
| 16 | The Sw.Fr 150 million 1996 Notes outstanding at the end of 1991 have been swapped into £58 million at an interest rate of 6.85 per cent . |
| 17 | They sound a bit strange at first , yet it 's surprising how quickly you adjust . |
| 18 | Over lunch I overheard Bernadette say to Sarah who 'd just started with us then , Ricky 's a bit strange at the moment because he 's just been on a course , but he 'll be better next week . |
| 19 | It 's er it 's a bit strange at B T ! |
| 20 | They 're a bit hesitant at the moment . |
| 21 | The valuation date will usually be the rent review date ; and the court will lean in favour of a construction which produces the result that the rent is valued by reference to values prevailing at the start of the period for which it is payable ( Glofield Properties v Morley ( No 2 ) [ 1989 ] 2 EGLR 118 ) . |
| 22 | The number of contracts outstanding at any time is known as the open interest at that time . |
| 23 | The best known is that , where there is a gift to a class of children living at a particular date , a child en ventre sa mère at that date but later born alive will be treated as having been living at the date and thus included in the class . |
| 24 | Incidentally , and irrelevantly for present purposes , that reasoning has led to the well-established conclusion that a child en ventre sa mère at a testator 's death but later born alive may rank as a life in being for the purposes of the rule against perpetuities , which is a rule of public policy under English law : see Long v. Blackhall ( 1797 ) 7 Durn. & E. 100 . |
| 25 | ‘ The plaintiff was en ventre sa mère at the time of her brother 's death , and consequently a person in rerum natura so that both by the rules of the common law and civil law she was to all intents and purposes a child . |
| 26 | * This amount will be determined by the level of the FT-SE 100 Index prevailing at or about 11.00 am on the maturity date of the Bond . |
| 27 | The calculation of the maturity value of your Bond will be based on the average levels of the FT-SE 100 Index at or about 11.00 am and at or about 3.00 pm London Time on the commencement date of your Bond and on the level of the FT-SE 100 Index prevailing at or about 11.00 am London Time on the maturity date of your Bond . |
| 28 | er I mean I know it 's a bit messy at the moment , I ai n't washed it since last time you see ! |
| 29 | Ethel Revnell and Gracie West entertaining at the Empire Theatre . |
| 30 | With no outside blood since their enclosure at least three centuries ago , the Chillinghams are now in effect a separate breed , and of course inbred at that . |