Example sentences of "[vb past] at an [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I therefore set about devising a better mathematical treatment , which I described at an informal seminar in Oxford at the end of November 1973 . |
| 2 | Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability . |
| 3 | He never visited the local pub ; he shopped at an anonymous supermarket in the county town ; he kept his house startlingly neat , but never invited anyone there . |
| 4 | POLLUTION watchdogs from across Europe gathered at an historic conference in Chester yesterday . |
| 5 | The agreement , reached at an informal conference in Amsterdam , was described by the EC Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , as a " turning point in environment policy , a shift from command-and-control methods to taking the environment into the market place " . |
| 6 | This they did at an Intergovernmental Conference in 1837 when Hessen , defensive of its national sovereignty , suggested a parallel currency rather like the hard ecu . |
| 7 | Capacity to learn about associations in the world is clearly of great value in a variable environment and appeared at an early stage in animal evolution . |
| 8 | INACCURATE reporting by the media — particularly newspapers — was condemned by Bob McInnes , Branch Banking Division 's Deputy Managing Director , when he spoke at an informal dinner in North Queensferry , Fife . |
| 9 | You said at an earlier stage in this conversation erm that it 's always the defeated parties who are blamed for starting wars . |