Example sentences of "[verb] at an [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that the extra payments received for overtime beyond the scheduled week are earned at an earlier stage in large firms . |
| 2 | I therefore set about devising a better mathematical treatment , which I described at an informal seminar in Oxford at the end of November 1973 . |
| 3 | One was to Adam Russell whom she arranged to meet at an Italian restaurant in Pimlico . |
| 4 | The significant point to emerge from Zeki 's work is that a perceptual phenomenon once believed to be the result of high level cognitive processing now turns out to have a single cell correlate at an early stage in the visual pathways . |
| 5 | A paper describing the inventory was presented at an international workshop in Prague . |
| 6 | Mr Saunders goes on to admit that broadcasters are not entirely blameless in this respect : ‘ More should no doubt have been done at an earlier stage in development of RDS to give the receiver manufacturing industry some guidelines setting out the minimum levels of RDS performance that should be achieved ’ . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , therefore , import penetration increased from the mid 1960s onwards and then moved at an alarming rate in the early 1970s . |
| 8 | Challenges on this ground can be made at an earlier stage in the reference by a construction summons , which is a procedure by which a party who disputes the meaning of a document can apply to the court for a ruling . |
| 9 | On this model of organic relationships , the lower animals are merely immature versions of humankind : they develop along the same scale but mature at an earlier point in the process . |
| 10 | Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability . |
| 11 | If true , it should follow that antral cancer would be more common and would occur at an early age in those parts of the world where the majority of the population already have serum antibodies to the organism before adult life . |
| 12 | The Communist International , founded at an unrepresentative gathering in March 1919 , was intended to supply decisive leadership ; the ‘ workers of the world ’ would do the rest . |
| 13 | In rich societies , on the other hand , most people do have enough discretionary income left ( or have easy access to credit ) after they have paid for their food and shelter , though the numbers who do not appear to be growing at an alarming rate in some rich countries ( as the growth of homelessness in the United States and the United Kingdom seems to suggest ) . |
| 14 | While bird-watching is often used at an early stage in research to try to develop hypotheses and to make sure one does have some idea of how people behave before going any further , there is no reason why one should not develop more systematic recording schedules to standardize the observations and to develop more of a survey approach . |
| 15 | The split was formally approved at an extraordinary congress in Prague on Feb. 23 . |
| 16 | ( d ) Offices and employments As a matter of prudence , agreement should be reached at an early stage in the life of any firm whose partners , or some of them , are likely to find themselves appointed to some professional or public office as to : ( 1 ) whether remuneration from such offices should in principle be accounted for as part of the profits of the firm ( Clause 10.06 ) ; and ( 2 ) the amount of time any partner should be permitted to devote to such activities ( before his profit share suffers some downward adjustment ) . |
| 17 | Before I accept the Secretary of State 's olive branch and damn my political career in front of my colleagues on the Opposition Front Bench , will he clarify at an early stage in the Standing Committee the position about nurses in Wales , England , Scotland and Northern Ireland who take courses and then return to their own districts ? |
| 18 | Precisely this question was raised at an earlier stage in our discussions , and I pointed out then that the Government had not come clean at all on the issue of freight and what would happen to freight . |
| 19 | Speaking at an international conference in London on the transportation and disposal of hazardous waste on Oct. 4 , 1989 , the European Communities ( EC ) Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa Di Meana , said that proposals to make producers of toxic waste liable for the damage and injury they might cause were being drawn up by the EC Commission . |
| 20 | He never visited the local pub ; he shopped at an anonymous supermarket in the county town ; he kept his house startlingly neat , but never invited anyone there . |
| 21 | A few weeks later I received an invitation to compete at an international meeting in Gateshead , the Amoco Games . |
| 22 | Impending bankruptcy It may be preferred to activate the power to expel at an earlier date in the bankruptcy process so as to minimise the damage caused to the firm by protracted , and possibly contested proceedings . |
| 23 | The Financial Times of Feb. 28 commented that the move was likely to add to inflation , already running at an annual rate in excess of 100 per cent . |
| 24 | The teams were introduced at an auspicious moment in that the social services department budget had improved suddenly and substantially , enabling the CMHTs to be staffed with social workers specifically appointed for their commitment to the developmental ideal . |
| 25 | The Commandment anticipates The Form but is less comprehensive in its analysis , whereas in Ego Dormio although he does not borrow Victorine terminology for his analysis , he nevertheless outlines a growth in religious experience similar to that in The Form but starting at an earlier stage in religious life . |
| 26 | POLLUTION watchdogs from across Europe gathered at an historic conference in Chester yesterday . |
| 27 | The agreement , reached at an informal conference in Amsterdam , was described by the EC Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , as a " turning point in environment policy , a shift from command-and-control methods to taking the environment into the market place " . |
| 28 | However , atherosclerosis appears to be more extensive and to develop at an earlier age in diabetic patients ( Robertson & Strong , 1968 ) . |
| 29 | The Commission would have increased powers , including for the first time the power to propose legislation in the highly-sensitive area of home affairs on such issues as the right of asylum , immigration and residency rights ( hitherto discussed at an intergovernmental level in the " Trevi group " ) . |
| 30 | This they did at an Intergovernmental Conference in 1837 when Hessen , defensive of its national sovereignty , suggested a parallel currency rather like the hard ecu . |