Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | were in effect suggesting that the inner psychological motivations for racism existed at a deeper level of social reality than the socially shared norms of tolerance . |
| 2 | A pair of researchers arrived at the extraordinary conclusion that fusion of deuterons could be achieved without the application of massive external energy , which had previously been thought to be an indispensable condition . |
| 3 | In fact , Hainer Bastian see this exhibition as completing the vision of Picasso presented at the last great retrospective in New York twelve years ago , when the focus was on his Cubist , surrealist and classical phases . |
| 4 | IF there was one occasion that summed up sporting attitudes in l992 , it was Carl Lewis 's bizarre attempt to set an Olympic record for the greatest number of journalists asphyxiated at a single press conference . |
| 5 | EURO DISNEYLAND , a little bit of America in the flat farmlands of Seine-et-Marne to the east of Paris , opened an hour earlier than planned yesterday as thousands of visitors arrived at the Enchanted Kingdom . |
| 6 | The ground swell of concern continued at a sufficient level that the issue could not be ignored . |
| 7 | The left 's moment of revenge came at the Labour special conference at Wembley in 1980 . |
| 8 | In dogs , LAC type activity has been recorded originating from the interstitial cells of Cajal located at the submucosa-circular muscle interface of the colonic wall , where pacemaking takes place . |
| 9 | During the mela a slight outbreak of cholera occurred at a small station called Manickpore on the Jubbulpore line . |
| 10 | In principle , it would be quite possible to argue that this sense of obligation had weakened , even if the actual volume of support between kin remained at a substantial level , because more people are now in a situation where they need support , and because the economic circumstances of the majority of the population ( by comparison with a century earlier ) are much easier . |
| 11 | For example , the assumption of a single non-standard to standard continuum with RP located at the standard extremity led Macaulay in Glasgow to exclude from his analysis of the ( a ) variable items which belonged to the /a/ class of RP . |
| 12 | Negotiations in Renville arrived at a precarious agreement , signed on 17 January 1948 , by which the Van Mook Line was accepted , in return for virtually nothing . |
| 13 | It had been announced on Feb. 4 that food supplies in Russia stood at a critical level , with stocks about to run out within 20-40 days . |
| 14 | MOLLY SCRUTTON 's interest in movement began at an early age and led her to join a junior dance group and later a gymnastics club . |
| 15 | Fiscal reform , considered vital to improving the budgetary position and reducing inflation ( which in August stood at an annualized rate of 1,055.4 per cent ) , was also a priority . |
| 16 | But less than a month later , John Osborne 's Look Back in Anger arrived at the Royal Court , and elegant , well-made drawing-room plays like this were supposedly consigned to the dustbin of theatrical history . |
| 17 | Women in Britain enrolled at the Labour Exchanges for war work in the factories . |
| 18 | The decision to agree in principle came at a Labour group meeting at the start of COSLA 's annual conference . |
| 19 | Foreign investment in India remained at a low level during the 1980s when compared with similar international investment elsewhere in south and south-east Asia , despite the introduction of liberalization measures in 1985-86 which had boosted industrial investment and output . |
| 20 | In particular , the report highlighted ( i ) the low inflation ( which in June stood at an annualized rate of 3.3 per cent , lower , for the first time since 1973 , than that in Germany — 3.5 per cent in June ) ; ( ii ) the successful containment of the adverse effect of 1990 oil price rises ; and reduced public expenditure ; and ( iv ) lower VAT and company taxes . |
| 21 | POLLUTION watchdogs from across Europe gathered at an historic conference in Chester yesterday . |