Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at an [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In SPAR , however , reference resolution is able to overturn any preferences applied at an earlier stage . |
| 2 | The JMU will take a dim view of any practice in which it discovers repeat breaches or a failure to meet undertakings given at an earlier inspection , regardless of whether or not these were the subject of subsequent correspondence with the Institute ( the fact that they were raised and documented at the closing meeting with the Inspector is a sufficient record ) . |
| 3 | The epithets " naughty " and " dirty " arise , perhaps reinforcing terms used at an earlier stage as regards the eliminatory functions or inadvertent sexual display . |
| 4 | Implementing decisions taken at an earlier gathering [ see p. 39115 ] , delegates also approved a " shadow government " by electing a three-member presidential council ( one Kurd , one Shia and one Sunni ) , with rotating primacy , which then chose a 25-member executive committee ( one Assyrian , one Turkoman , five Kurds , the remaining 18 seats divided between Shias , Sunnis and Arab tribes ) . |
| 5 | To allow pupils to start at an earlier age , teaching will start in P6 , though our system is designed to cope with entrants at P7 and S1 as well . |
| 6 | Already for a number of years , employers have not been able to oblige women to retire at an earlier age than their male colleagues but by law must have a common retirement age that applies equally to both sexes . |
| 7 | Others intercede at an earlier stage , working along the routes that the municipal trucks take . |
| 8 | However , it has been argued that certain clauses operate at an earlier stage so as to define and restrict the extent of the contractual obligation undertaken and so prevent there being any breach of contract . |