Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun sg] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Health departments had achieved a clearer separation of purchases and provider functions , and much more effective methods of needs assessment at the district-wide level . |
| 2 | A famous 19th century thinker once observed that ‘ the class which has the means of material production at its disposal has control at the same time over the means of mental production ’ . |
| 3 | The sail effect of wind on the top foliage therefore concentrates stress at the top tie and in the vulnerable buds , which will be weak anyway for at least the first year or two . |
| 4 | This increases competition at the retail level , all other things being equal , compared with the no-restraint position , and so reduces retail margins ( see Waterson , 1990 ) . |
| 5 | Relations with Iraq had been broken off at the time of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and US diplomatic business in Baghdad was handled by a US Interests section at the Belgian embassy ( headed by the author of an authoritative work on Kurdish affairs , William Eagleton Jnr ) . |
| 6 | Under a residual value system , prevention typically takes place at the tertiary level : work with children and families in imminent danger of separation , often through court proceedings . |
| 7 | Reading or writing ( using BGET# , BPUT# , INPUT# or PRINT# ) takes place at the current position of the pointer . |
| 8 | Reading or writing , using INPUT# and PRINT# , ( and BGET# and BPUT# — explained later ) , takes place at the current position of the pointer . |
| 9 | It is recognised that signs , leaflets and labels have their place , but that the most effective communication takes place at the personal level . |
| 10 | This year 's International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show takes place at the Seventh Regiment Armory from 24 to 29 October . |
| 11 | This year 's FIAC ( Foire internationale de l'art contemporain ) takes place at the Grand Palais from 24 October to 1 November . |
| 12 | In the limit when R = 0 , α is zero and undamped continuous oscillation takes place at the resonant pulsatance . |
| 13 | Steps one and two takes place at the first appointment and steps three and four at the second . |
| 14 | This ceremony takes place at the same time as the annual celebration for the freedom of the city by 38 Regiment of the Royal Engineers . |
| 15 | Obviously , when capital is financed from revenue , the accounting takes place at the same time as the financing . |
| 16 | The second practice run takes place at the same time on Thursday . |
| 17 | The conference takes place at the Royal Society of Arts on 27 May . |
| 18 | You 'll find the British Mohair Spinners of Bradford at this year 's knitting event which takes place at the Royal Highland Showground in Edinburgh , Scotland between 23–25 October . |
| 19 | Surprisingly the WGMS makes no provision in the present context for postal ballots , which are arguably preferable to voting that requires attendance at the relevant meeting . |
| 20 | He pokes fun at the modern person who says : |
| 21 | THE Princess of Wales has obtained a copy of the video version of Pallas 2 , the spoof soap opera which pokes fun at the Royal Family and which will be shown next week on Channel 4 . |
| 22 | Rassendyll accepts the plan in a spirit of adventure and with some reluctance sacrifices his beard to the need of the moment ( a practical detail which helps veracity at the right time ) . |
| 23 | Against it , I shall argue first that what Quine means by verificationism is not the only empirical theory of meaning , and second that a theory which abandons atomism at the observational level in favour of a more complete holism would be generally preferable both for empiricists and for others . |
| 24 | Newson ( HAS March 11 ) when he expresses concern at the rapid decline of the industry and the rather callous abandonment of the skilled workforce within it , a testament no doubt which many a Durham and Yorkshire mining village could bear witness to . |
| 25 | expresses concern at the racial discrimination and anti-semitism present in some areas of the administration of criminal justice ; |
| 26 | If the widening of the 20 per cent lower income tax band to £3,000 in 1993/94 is taken into account ( which will be worth a further £25 a year to all basic and higher rate taxpayers ) , then the net effect of this and the change in the MCA on a married man aged under 65 who pays tax at the basic rate of 25 per cent will be an increase in tax of £1.17 a week or about £61 a year . |
| 27 | As a recent and fundamentally sympathetic editor , Professor C. Wright Mills , put it , Veblen was blinded by the assumption quoted from his own book that ‘ the accumulation of wealth at the upper end of the pecuniary scale implies privation at the lower end of the scale ’ . |
| 28 | This personal and inner satisfaction gives way at the next stage to taking account of the viewpoints of others , and the experience of others . |
| 29 | There 's not much support in the village apart from the non-stipendiary , Deaconess Tilley , who does half-time at the primary school and a bit in the parish if she feels like it . |
| 30 | Every atom seeks equilibrium at the lowest energy level , giving off surplus energy as radiation . |