Example sentences of "[verb] [n mass] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To get round the fact that the CSMA/CD carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection protocol prevents two nodes from transmitting data at the same time , so that video signals could get interrupted , isochronous Ethernet time-stamps the packets so they can be guaranteed to arrive at the recipient 's computer at the same time . |
| 2 | This was the commission 's first visit to meet people at the sharp end of the system . |
| 3 | Channel 4 and Box Productions , which made The Committee , were fined £75,000 at the High Court in July after refusing to name their informant . |
| 4 | As deputy Speaker Michael Morris told MPs at the first sitting of the line-by-line committee stage in January : ‘ I must emphasise that this bill does not ratify the treaty ; it makes changes in domestic law consequential upon the treaty . ’ |
| 5 | This lets them process graphics at the same speed as their Intel chips instead of the tardy 8MHz allowed by the traditional ISA buses . |
| 6 | At a news conference Dr Mawhinney then publicly thanked staff at the 12 NHS hospitals caring for 21 Bosnian patients . |
| 7 | The winners of the Kraszna-Krausz awards for the best books on photography were presented with prizes totalling £23,000 at the British Library on 28th January . |
| 8 | First , he has enormous debts totalling $7.9bn at the last year end , which are an obvious burden in a period of rising interest rates , even higher in Australia than the UK . |
| 9 | Flexible working is an added opportunity to provide even more refinement by allowing staff at the sharp end to make their own judgements about staffing levels on a day-to-day basis . |
| 10 | After all , it was one of the aims of the quota legislation to foster an industry that could promote Britain just as American films promoted America and , with only ten British films a year grossing £100,000 at the local box office , the financiers backing British film companies began to push for expansion . |
| 11 | Anne Marie Phillips fought back tears as she told how she had repeatedly warned staff at the Royal Maternity Hospital that she ‘ did not like the look of the baby 's belly button ’ , which was swollen and discoloured . |
| 12 | What because you see th , people a at the , at the bottom end of society see people at the top end indulging in tax avoidance schemes and things like that , and off |