Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] [vb past] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In mid-1955 the foreign ministers of the Six met at Messina in Italy to launch ‘ a fresh advance towards the building of Europe ’ and to create a market ‘ free from all customs duties and all quantitative restrictions ’ . |
| 2 | Not that most of the 2,000 expected at Tabard 's Hertfordshire field will have any choice — the club does not possess a stand . |
| 3 | And as a bonus , IRAS should be able to send back information for at least nine months , instead of the seven expected at launch . |
| 4 | They have to do with programming : French culture and communications ministers in the 1980S protested at US cultural imperialism -thus , over five years , during prime-time viewing , French-made programmes were allegedly down by 30 percent and American-made programmes up by 60 percent ; France is battling to win ‘ la guerre des images ’ — star wars waged via the TV set . |
| 5 | However , the most distinctive part was not the chalk uplands but the little Thames-side hundred of Stoke , lying on the richest soil and closest to London , where little short of half the aggregate wealth belonged to just a dozen men — 2½ per cent of the listed inhabitants — rated at £40 and upwards , indeed practically one-third belonged to the five rated at £100 or more . |