Example sentences of "occur at a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The reason for this is to prevent additional symptoms occurring at a time when you might be suffering from PMT .
2 Moreover , this is occurring at a time when few resources are available to enable them to deal with increased numbers .
3 For Iraq , the effect had been particularly severe , occurring at a time when the country was suffering a financial crisis as a result of having fought a war against Iran on behalf of all Arabs .
4 The second measure of objective risk is that used by Watts and Quimby ( 1980 ) , the total number of accidents occurring at a junction divided by the average traffic flow at the junction .
5 The pattern consisted of repetitive peristaltic contractions in the body of the oesophagus not related to swallowing and occurring at a rhythm of four to eight contractions per minute and lasting for periods of two to eight minutes .
6 Each branch point can be thought of as occurring at a cell division and so the branching pattern is also a cell lineage which starts with the multipotential stem cell .
7 In a study undertaken over a two-week period , Tom Tadecki , research director of the International Coalition Against Violent Entertainment , found that more than 33 per cent of its programmes involved some form of aggression , with violent acts occurring at a rate of 10 per hour .
8 The figures for BBC 1 and BBC 2 were 10 per cent , with violent acts occurring at a rate of 2.5 per hour on BBC 1 , and two on BBC 2 .
9 Lown and Wolf classified ventricular extrasystoles occurring at a rate of less than one per minute as isolated and of little prognostic significance , whereas those occurring at a rate of more than one per minute were more indicative of an unfavourable prognosis .
10 Lown and Wolf classified ventricular extrasystoles occurring at a rate of less than one per minute as isolated and of little prognostic significance , whereas those occurring at a rate of more than one per minute were more indicative of an unfavourable prognosis .
11 Other electrocardiographic abnormalities , in addition to ventricular extrasystoles occurring at a rate of more than 1/min , regarded as of ‘ sinister ’ importance — that is , markers of potentially serious complications are , ST segment increase or depression of more than 1 mm , supraventricular tachycardia ( three or more consecutive supraventricular extrasystoles at a rate of more than 130/min ) , second or third degree heart block , ventricular bigemini or trigemini , ventricular tachycardia , ventricular fibrillation or asystole .
12 The first clash occurred at a school managers ' meeting the following January .
13 A methane/air explosion occurred at a water pumping station .
14 Rhyming letters occurred at a frequency of 1 in 6 .
15 Despite this , the evacuation was successful , partly because the accident occurred at a weekend and the immediately affected area was sparsely populated .
16 Heysel occurred at a ground so dilapidated it would not be cleared to stage Fourth Division matches in this country .
17 ‘ Proof must be available that the offence occurred at a place coming within the definition at point ( B ) 4 ante .
18 The crucial events around which the case centred occurred at a dinner party given by the General , when Aitken and some others were present .
19 Pope Clement , however , was not inclined to agree and that occurred at a time when the people of England were annoyed at the imposition of heavy taxation by the Cardinal Morton , also Cardinal Wolsey .
20 It occurred at a time when abolitionist leaders hoped for improved treatment of slaves in the West Indies but had not focused on emancipation as an objective and had not specifically propagandised for it .
21 Their adoption in Britain occurred at a time of high unemployment .
22 This occurred at a time when the militancy of rank-and-file officers increased .
23 This occurred at a time when the Government support in the opinion polls was at one of its lowest ebbs and seemed a desperate attempt to create an atmosphere in which opposition to the Poll Tax became synonymous with criminality .
24 This occurred at a time when the future of the Harwell Laboratory , AEA 's main research establishment , had come under review .
25 In the Netherlands , however , it appears that for much of the past 30 years , a substantial reduction in levels of imprisonment occurred with no greater rise in crime than occurred in Britain ; and that reduction occurred at a time of rising crime in Holland .
26 The talks were the most significant in a 15-month series of deputy foreign ministerial level discussions in that they occurred at a time when the two countries appeared to be on the verge of restoring full diplomatic relations .
27 Certainly the fringe banking crisis of 1973–74 occurred at a time of a large inflow of new institutions into the market as a result of the perceived liberal market conditions brought about through competition and credit control .
28 It occurred at a moment in time when reading represented the chief leisure activity , apart from sex and drinking , for the British population .
29 Ronald Reagan 's election to the White House occurred at a moment when the credibility of the American presidency was at a particularly low ebb .
30 According to the historian Polybius , the founding of Rome occurred at an Olympiad dating corresponding to 750 BC .
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