Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These nations were incensed at the arrogant attitudes of unlicensed purse-seiners which plundered the tuna stocks within their 200-mile zones . |
| 2 | In common with other recipients of Western development aid , Indonesia was concerned at the possible diversion of resources by donors towards Eastern Europe , and the prospect of a strong regional economic organization was therefore attractive . |
| 3 | Blacks were superior at the reactive activities . |
| 4 | He was in no state to break such news to a woman like Mrs Browning whose sensibilities were tender at the best of times . |
| 5 | This complex interaction is not large and is difficult to interpret , more important is the fact that no other interactions or main effects were significant at the 0.05 level . |
| 6 | Alexander was resident at the papal curia at the time of his election to Coventry in 1224 . |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were available at the intensive care unit at Sunderland general hospital in ( a ) December 1990 and ( b ) December 1991 . |
| 8 | Five beds were available at the intensive care unit throughout both of the months named . |
| 9 | The band were amazed at the high degree of autonomy they secured in the contract . |
| 10 | Tom was annoyed at the long silence that followed and was just about to say something when he caught sight of Willie 's face . |
| 11 | It must be a last resort in the sense that all else must first have been comprehensively considered and rejected — never because no other placement was available at the relevant time , because of inadequacies in staffing , because the child is simply being a nuisance or runs away from his accommodation and is not likely to suffer significant harm in doing so , and never as a form of punishment . |
| 12 | Officials at the Honduran Forestry Development Corporation were angry at the planned disruption of the area which the government has designated forest reserve . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll do that — later , ’ she replied , keeping her voice calm while checking to make sure the camping area was available at the required period . |
| 14 | By the end of her reign there are signs that some lawyers were concerned at the free use of proclamations . |
| 15 | In the 1970s , mortgage relief was available at the highest marginal tax rate up to £25,000 — the equivalent of £200,000 today — and school-fees could be paid by any number of schemes , such as grandparents covenanting part of their income . |
| 16 | Colombian and other diplomats at the Organisation of American States were furious at the legalistic wranglings the US delegation has been using to buy time at the OAS meetings in Washington . |
| 17 | She could tell by the insignia of his uniform that he did n't belong to the regiment billeted at the Hall whose tents were visible at the far end of the park when she cycled up to the house . |
| 18 | The success of the project was evident at the first concert last year . |
| 19 | Another ballot box was available at the central library . |
| 20 | The City was alarmed at the hefty slide into the red and a heavily reduced dividend payout and knocked 19p off the share price to 173p . |
| 21 | This perilous situation was unrecognized at the French Supreme Headquarters , but was swiftly apparent to the watchful and questioning Lanrezac . |
| 22 | Phil Hanlon , director of health promotion with Greater Glasgow Health Board , said the medical profession was alarmed at the statistical trend . |
| 23 | Despite the thick skirt and cardigan , Agnes was surprised at the delicate frailness of her , like one of those rather coy Parian ware figurines , and with much the same over-large blue eyes . |
| 24 | Chest and abdominal computed tomography was performed every six months when lymph node or lung involvement was present at the initial staging . |
| 25 | A practical testing of Professor David Tweedie 's long-held wish for a ‘ hanging case ’ for the Financial Reporting Review Panel was frustrated at the last minute when Trafalgar House backed down and agreed to restate its 1991 figures in its next published accounts . |
| 26 | Thus Davy was happy at the Royal Institution to give series of lectures on agricultural chemistry , and to work on tanning as well as on potassium and chlorine . |
| 27 | At Westminster MPs were astonished at the apparent suicide of a seemingly outgoing colleague with no problems . |
| 28 | His architectural predilections were evident at the Royal Academy in 1850 , with compositions called Palladiana and the Works of Vignola and , at the time of his appointment as an assessor , he had just started his best known work , the Italianate Clothworkers ' Hall in the City of London ( 1856–60 ) . |
| 29 | On 15 December 1806 John was married at the ancient parish church of St John the Baptist at Penistone , about a mile away from his new home , to a local girl named Mary Woodcock . |
| 30 | Pope John was present at the general congregation on 7 December . |