Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ninety-three survivors were reviewed at a mean of 53 weeks after infarction . |
| 2 | Three subjects were taken at A level and they were usually taken as packages of closely related studies : physics , chemistry , and mathematics ; French , German , and English ; history , geography , and economics . |
| 3 | Each field started with 95 cells and images were taken at a rate of 12 frames per hour . |
| 4 | When interpreting these tables it should be remembered that no matter how many animals were stolen at a time the case was recorded as one theft . |
| 5 | Smokers were recruited at a smoking cessation clinic while the nonsmokers were recruited at a church meeting . |
| 6 | Windsurfers and cruising chutes were provided at a cost of £100 for two weeks each . |
| 7 | These roles were pursued at a time when the ideas , language , and values underpinning social care were changing rapidly and when resource constraints were worsening . |
| 8 | In two recent books which attempt to examine the philosophy and practice of a radical adult education , the only substantial references to education for trade unionists are historical ; yet both books were conceived at a time of unparalleled expansion in trade union education , underpinned by a sizeable government grant and the first statutory entitlements to paid educational leave for working-class people that Britain has ever experienced . |
| 9 | Seven 50 minute Medau sessions were given at a Kent County Council Fun Day for girls , part of the ‘ Ever thought of Sport ’ campaign at Buckmore Park Activity Centre , near Maidstone . |
| 10 | Initial responses were given at a meeting on 13 January . |
| 11 | This is understandable because the Gospels were written at a time when the Church had to exist in a Roman world . |
| 12 | Rollers were wound at an angle , spiralling hair around the curlers to give a firm pincurled result . |
| 13 | Monoclonal antibodies were used at a dilution of 1:2 . |
| 14 | NINETEEN blacks were massacred at a taxi-rank near Johannesburg last night in an attack the African National Congress said was aimed at derailing the transition to majority rule . |
| 15 | In the attack , at Forest Gate , east London , two petrol-filled milk bottles were hurled at a window . |
| 16 | If donations were taken at a service , they were left at the door either on the way in or on the way out . |
| 17 | Many concerns were raised at a staff meeting in November . |
| 18 | So Smith is arguing that Freud 's analyses were conducted at a time when society was still undergoing a fundamental shift towards not only an industrialised society but one characterised by the growth of large cities . |
| 19 | ( Notice that this requires that each of the original companies were producing at an output below minimum efficient scale . ) |
| 20 | The UN protection force , Unprofor , and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees had called for an air corridor after reports that refugees in Srebrenica were dying at a rate of 20 a day from exposure and starvation . |
| 21 | The strongest argument in favour of the taxpayers is the anomaly which would arise if the employer 's business were running at a loss or was subsidised by endowment . |
| 22 | During the 1980s , legislation and public subsidies were directed at an increase in owner-occupation and an attack on council housing . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , emergency control boards were established at a number of mines where strikes had been continuing . |
| 24 | Here took place the famous séries , five to a season , each one lasting eight days , when 80 guests were invited at a time and it was in the drawing up of these guest lists that the Empress deployed all her social skills . |
| 25 | NEW uniforms for Ballinacross Accordion Band were dedicated at a service in Knockloughrim Maghera yesterday . |
| 26 | Most of the English statements were written at a level of generality that allows for extremely wide interpretation . |
| 27 | For unlabelled RNAs , all ribotriphosphates were used at a concentration of 2.5 mM . |
| 28 | Later , an American naval officer and his wife were arrested at a roadblock . |
| 29 | All of these changes were happening at a time when the rapid expansion of television was encouraging even greater isolation . |
| 30 | Rapid changes in higher education were forecast at a meeting of Darlington Soroptimists . |