Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 If we look back to the middle years of the nineteenth century and to the debates about the extension of the franchise to the working class then hopes were expressed as to how voters should behave at the same time as there was anxiety and fear as to how they would actually behave .
2 If the rent under the sublease is made to increase at the same rate as the rent under the headlease , and the rent under the headlease is less than a market rent at the date of grant of the sublease , the rent under the sublease may well exceed the true market rent after the first rent review .
3 The air is compressed at the same frequency as the vibrations and then expands , compressing the air next to it .
4 As a result the DES ( 1983 ) forecasts assumed that mature entry rates would fall at the same speed as the fall in 21–25 years olds — who constitute the majority of entrants to HE aged over 20 .
5 His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War .
6 The diplomatic or business historian may gaze at the e-text archive and ask who decided what , but in situations which involve rule based elements in a Decision Support System ( DSS ) , the historian may well ask whose decision ?
7 A nineteen twenties warplane is to be rebuilt at the same factory where it was made .
8 In other words , the real cost of employing labour rose at the same rate as productivity — over 3 per cent a year ( figure 8.3 ) .
9 This is occurring at the same time as the Commission is using the single market as an excuse to augment its power for political means .
10 So , we 're in a pretty strong position to make acquisitions if they appear at the right price and they fit our strategic framework .
11 First , just two appear at the front end as distinct blocks of tissue and then , about each hour , another pair are added behind them and a wave of formation proceeds backwards so that at the end of a few days there are 46 somites .
12 Did you see that one advertising triple glazing at the same time as his double would you believe ?
13 b , Cell bodies of the trigeminal nerve in r3 of a normal embryo are not located at the ventral midline but are distributed more laterally ( arrowhead ) and send their axons directly lateral before turning anteriorly and crossing into r2. c , DiI retrograde tracing of the facial motor nerve in a normal embryo shows that the cell bodies in r5 ( indicated by the white arrow ) are located along the midline and project their axons anteriorly into r4 .
14 So the neurotransmitters then bind to receptors which are which are the same as the channels , the channel is both the receptor , the ligan binder , and er and an ion channel , and it 's located at the postsynaptic membrane or at the surface of the muss muscle fibre if we 're dealing with a neuromuscular junction .
15 I knock at the wood-plank door and it sounds as empty as a politician 's promise .
16 Referring to the customer , he said : ‘ He was committed at the very moment that he put his money into the machine .
17 The Pizazz + Windows 3 Print Utility is installed at the same time as Pizazz Plus Screen Capture .
18 These points are being forgotten at the very time that they have become most pressing — for the transition from communism in Russia and Eastern Europe has added greatly to the demands that are being placed on western aid budgets .
19 You can not deduce from the fact that it was happening at the same time that it was a cause .
20 Rangers ' pitch will now be lifted at the earliest opportunity and a new one laid in its place , so long as the work can be carried out in time for the new season .
21 but , erm , she was hoping to come to the meeting this evening , but she phoned at the last minute and said she could n't make it , but erm , I do n't know if it would be more appropriate perhaps for the schools groups to get in touch with her and I
22 For keyboard operators this means seating at the correct height and having a work station where the wrists are straight and the elbows bent at 90° .
23 Ancistrus hoplogenys were added at the same time as the Corys .
24 The inhibitory effect of TPA was the same whether it was added 30 or 10 minutes before challenge with histamine at 20°C , but TPA was ineffective if added at the same time as histamine ( Fig 3 ) .
25 But when I substituted ‘ anorexia nervosa ’ for ‘ mental illness ’ I could see the truth in what Szasz was saying , and realise at the same time that his judgement was not so harsh .
26 In normal embryos this surface polarity is indicative of a profound reorganization of the embryo which develops at the 8-cell stage and is thought to underlie the process of cell divergence ( 2 ) .
27 How often do you meet and how many people there , you 're showing interest but you 're also qualifying at the same time and it 's not padding , it 's actually useful information because you 're thinking well that 's worth pursuing the R N I , yes but there 's money there .
28 Sanjurjo perished at the very outset when the plane taking him back to Spain from his Portuguese exile crashed on take-off .
29 This shows the present-value profiles for two bonds A and B , trading at the same price and yield to maturity , and having the same duration .
30 Right , er we mentioned at the last meeting that Richard was on our side in our attempts to bring back the schools liaison officers into the fold .
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