Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their membership , mainly middle-class , have met considerable difficulty in trying to achieve their limited goals — integrated schooling for the children of those parents who wish it — though some of the membership in the early days were aiming at a total integration of the schooling system . |
| 2 | But in reality such protests were conducted at a low level in order not to interfere with normal , and reasonably good , relations which British foreign secretaries wished to continue and nurture with the offending nations . |
| 3 | A total of 98 governments were represented at a 10-day conference in London on June 19-29 held to agree revisions to the Montreal protocol on the protection of the ozone layer . |
| 4 | TWO members of staff at a Merseyside casino were sacked after pork pies were thrown at a late-night party . |
| 5 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |
| 6 | Major structural changes were approved at a plenary session of the ruling Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( MPRP ) held on Oct. 3-4 . |
| 7 | TALENTED North-East writers were honoured at a special ceremony last night . |
| 8 | The reports from these committees were presented at a special general meeting on 17 May , as follows : |
| 9 | The terms were endorsed at a five-minute Cabinet that afternoon . |
| 10 | Two Irish sisters were arrested at a rented house in Southall , West London . |
| 11 | Seven knots were achieved at a comfortable 2.200rpm . |
| 12 | The belief expressed was that wage rates were held at a depressed level in the provinces of England compared to London . |
| 13 | Two chambermaids were standing at a respectful distance , watching his efforts in some awe . |
| 14 | Three Americans were held at a luxury flat in West London where cocaine worth £7 million was found . |
| 15 | These plans were aired at a recent conference celebrating the 80th birthday of Hans Kosterlitz , one of the discoverers of endogenous opiates . |
| 16 | Experiments illustrated in figure 1 on fires in a storage of goods on pallets in open racks showed that in three minutes after ignition , the flames were growing at a dangerous rate , and that after eight minutes the flames had encompassed the whole height of the racking ( 18 m ) and were producing large volumes of acrid smoke . |
| 17 | The results were announced at a special awards luncheon at The Savoy and the girls received their trophy in front of an audience of top chefs and leading personalities in the catering industry . |
| 18 | The two men were arrested at a Bosnian checkpoint last November when they made a wrong turn while driving through the Serb-held western outskirts of Sarajevo . |
| 19 | So if there 's any er er erm thought that the er ombudsman complaints were running at a high level as far as this committee 's interest were concerned , I can confirm that that is n't in fact the case . |
| 20 | Smokers were recruited at a smoking cessation clinic while the nonsmokers were recruited at a church meeting . |
| 21 | And we were living in very a abnormal times , and women were snatching at a little bit of happiness they could get , you know this is what it was . |
| 22 | On the same day some 300 students were arrested at a pro-SDF march at Yaoundé university . |
| 23 | In September 1871 Japan concluded a commercial treaty with China , under which consular jurisdiction was to operate in both countries , tariffs were fixed at a low level and there was no most-favoured-nation clause . |
| 24 | It happens erm I 've handled a case myself where shares were valued at a particular amount on the death and er in due course they needed to be sold as part of the administration unfortunately they 'd gone down er a fair amount in the mean time . |
| 25 | A fortnight ago , human remains were found at a remote clearing near Coppull in Central Lancashire . |
| 26 | The photographs were taken at a high water level . |