Example sentences of "express at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The IDA also supported the IIRS , expressing complete confidence in it and rejecting the criticism of it expressed at the meeting .
2 But the horror which writers such as Dickens expressed at the cruelty of his times was prompted by no such knowledge .
3 Our audit opinion is expressed at the date below .
4 2 ) Some concern was expressed at the choice of the word ‘ Manifesto ’ .
5 Hilda Lodge said that some disappointment had been expressed at the lack of equipment used in display items and very little live piano music , which is our forte , was used to accompany them .
6 Ben also confirmed the view expressed at the beginning of this piece when he said , quite unprompted , that Roald Dahl 's stories , like no other writer 's , spoke directly to him .
7 To me , he wrote on 10 February as follows , the invective being tempered by the desire expressed at the beginning that we should have in due course a prolonged tête-à-tête :
8 Mr Walton 's view is expressed at the beginning of the novel and at the end .
9 Deep concern was expressed at the recklessness of the labour group , and the inevitable effect that such expenditure would have upon assessments and rates .
10 Satisfaction was also expressed at the performance of the Andean Development Corporation ( CAF ) .
11 Italy is of course the country where anything is possible , but legitimate concern has been expressed at the way in which the young Florentine judge has seen fit to take upon herself a role which properly belongs to the competent institutional authorities that of evaluating the appropriateness and the implementation of a particular restoration project .
12 Fury was expressed at the idea that some gay men might have to change their sexual habits and scorn poured on the idea of trying to tell that to the callers .
13 CONCERN as to whether the parish council were seen to be fully behind the scheme to build a replacement sports pavilion at Four Marks recreation ground were expressed at the council 's meeting on Tuesday last week .
14 The aim was expressed at the launch of a new report reviewing the role and prospects of the small firms sector in the economy , Small Firms in Britain , a publication which in some ways is the government 's answer to pressure for a regular ‘ report on small business ’ , similar to the weighty volume published annually in the United States .
15 Considerable hostility was expressed at the bifurcation of the profession for regulatory purposes into sole practitioners and others which question 2 appeared to be advocating .
16 Surprise was also expressed at the speed with which the results of the exercise were available .
17 Other fears expressed at the debate included the belief that republics with more recent experience of private farming , for example the three Baltic republics ( which had joined the Soviet Union only in 1940 ) , would develop at different rates to other parts of the country which had experienced only collectivized agriculture .
18 For example , his belief that the leader 's job was to set a policy and leave his subordinates to implement it — the belief that he had expressed at the War College in the 1920s ( see page 4 ) — got him into deep water in Algeria .
19 There was some concern expressed at the Director being singled out for criticism , but the Chief Officer considered that the criticism was necessary ‘ since it was the leadership which was stifling academic development and progress ’ .
20 Further dissatisfaction was expressed at the action taken .
21 Even more surprise was expressed at the sequencing of sentences in the descriptive frame of the story .
22 If the official receiver has a number of general proxies given to him , it is usual for him to vote with these proxies in accordance with the wishes of the majority as expressed at the meeting itself or by virtue of special proxies lodged .
23 Another concern of employees expressed at the meeting was that younger women were only offered ultrasound examinations while older women were receiving mammograms .
24 Its original preferred candidate was Ryzhkov , but fears were expressed at the meeting that if elected Ryzhkov would cede the post to Gorbachev , and it was therefore decided also to nominate Vadim Bakatin , the USSR Internal Affairs Minister .
25 An active member of the police Superintendents Association , Mr McLean says that at a recent meeting disgust was expressed at the Met 's failure to hit back at criticism of this kind — such as the comment by Bernie Grant , MP for Tottenham , that the divisional chief in his constituency was ‘ incompetent . ’
26 Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere .
27 Whilst we should be sceptical of rhetorical strategies adopted for tactical reasons , the opinions of prominent Tories expressed at the time of the Revolution itself deserve to be given more weight .
28 Mr Deputy Speaker that strong sympathy expressed at the time of the last debate on these matters was approved overwhelmingly by the Labour party conference last October and I state that for the record less there be any misunderstanding about our position on the issue of voting systems .
29 The problem is that arrogance and aggression are often expressed at the expense of other road users .
30 ‘ Regret was expressed at the vote on Maastricht amendment 28 , although we understand the reasons for it . ’
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