Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] be at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The release of life sentence prisoners is at the discretion of the Home Secretary , subject to a favourable recommendation by the Parole Board and to consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and , if he is available , the trial judge . |
| 2 | The probability So that while the mean position after n steps is at the origin , the root mean square ( r.m.s. ) path length is . |
| 3 | Some Women 's Action Groups were at the forefront of strike activity , sustaining its momentum ; indeed , many of the women involved were opposed to the final return to work , which they perceived as a capitulation by the men , after great hardship which had achieved little in tangible terms ( Young , 1985 ; Witham , 1986 ; Bloomfield , 1986 ) . |
| 4 | Above all , use was made of the great lake in front of the palace , the famous Étang des Carpes , where some of the fish were reputed to have been swimming since the days of Francis I. All sorts of pleasure boats were at the disposal of the guests , ranging from a Venetian gondola to a miniature frigate of the French navy — the latter the pride and joy of the Prince Imperial . |
| 5 | And Hodge and Whitby ( 1981 ) , the theory 's authors , have indeed argued that rural labour markets are at the core of the problem of rural depopulation in developed countries . |
| 6 | COUNCIL cleaners are at the centre of a row with a Cleveland school . |
| 7 | Police accident investigators are at the scene trying to piece together why a day trip to Canterbury and Leeds Castle near Maidstone for a group of American tourists ended in tragedy . |
| 8 | The diagram shows how the pattern would be repeated if the point cams were at the edge of the knitting , as viewed from the purl side of the knitting . |
| 9 | If enzyme deficiencies are at the root of the problem in chemical-sensitive patients then one might expect them to show the same sort of reaction to small amounts of a chemical as normal people show to large amounts of that chemical . |
| 10 | During 1980–81 Nigerian spending on development projects was at the rate of about $30 million a day . |
| 11 | This chapter details these processes as well as the IPG 's objectives , decisions and constraints and shows that although the activity takes place in London , bureaux needs are at the forefront of decision-making for the information system . |
| 12 | The largest of its Computing Surface machines is at the University of Edinburgh . |
| 13 | The Oak Naiads were at the centre of the group , with the Elms in attendance . |
| 14 | Burmese women were at the railway stations with food , fruit and water for the refugees on the crowded trains . |
| 15 | Those that are so general as to encompass many alternative learning paths are at the mercy of the pragmatic needs and preferences of SAT developers and the uncertainties of interpretation by teachers during classroom assessment . |
| 16 | The impact of these job losses has been severe : Scotch Whisky distilleries are at the heart of small rural communities in areas where few other job opportunities exist . |
| 17 | The West Indians are at the top and the Asians are at the bottom . ’ |
| 18 | It may be significant that it is the only instance where pooling the data has a strengthening effect on the correlations , supporting the view that communication problems are at the root of a large number of industrial problems in all cultures . |
| 19 | Transparent fold-up perspex chairs were at the table . |
| 20 | BANKS AND BUILDING SOCIETIES : COMING INTO LINE Building societies were at the forefront of financial sector reporting in 1987 . |
| 21 | I began by noting that in 1987 building societies were at the forefront of financial sector reporting , but the influence , in particular , of the EC has narrowed the gap over the past five years , so that the rules applicable to banks ( The Companies Act 1985 ( Bank Accounts ) Regulations 1991 ) and building societies ( the 1992 regulations ) are now very much in line . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) is right to point out that revelations such as these terrify people whose lifelong pension contributions are at the mercy of those responsible for the action taken at Mirror Group Newspapers . |
| 23 | Police officers were at the girl 's hospital bedside hoping she could give them more details of the attack . |
| 24 | Halifax Property Services is at the forefront of the housing market in Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | Halifax Property Services is at the forefront of the housing market in Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | Two main hardware tools are at the disposal of the designer , an in-circuit emulator and a logic analyser with processor 's code dis-assembler . |
| 27 | The transfer of information between computer systems is at the heart of our current computing strategy . |
| 28 | Reducing waiting lists is at the top of all politicians ' political agendas , regardless of their political persuasion . |
| 29 | The systems verifiers are at the end of a telephone and can be contacted by phoning the numbers below . |
| 30 | Morton , asked whether he believed Diana 's long-time friend and confidante would now publicly declare his love for her , said last night : ‘ The way things are at the moment , nothing at all would surprise me . |