Example sentences of "europe at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Havel , who opened a series of talks on Eastern Europe at the ICA two years ago , has yet to accept the unpaid post . |
| 2 | Liberals and Socialists agreed that the only purpose served by an Anglo-German war would be to place Europe at the mercy of the Russian autocracy . |
| 3 | This ‘ doctrine invented in Europe at the beginning of the nineteenth century ’ was then exported to other parts of the world as a result of colonial expansion , and this — rather than any popular revolt against colonial rule — accounts for the nationalist movements of the twentieth century , led by nationalist intellectuals who are ‘ marginal ’ to their own societies . |
| 4 | The courses offered cover a huge range of time , from the origins of the human species , through the millennia of prehistory , the early civilizations of Mesopotamia , Egypt and the East Mediterranean and down to Celtic Europe at the beginning of Roman imperial expansion in Western Europe . |
| 5 | The family was forced to flee ahead of the Russian advance in 1916 , and eventually settled in Vienna , where Erika learned her first card game , Preference , common in central Europe at the time . |
| 6 | Bronze easting of Thor the thunder God who was worshipped extensively in northern Europe at the time of Charlemagne 's enforced military evangelism . |
| 7 | It thereby created the largest telecommunications company in Europe at the time . |
| 8 | The same was true of cattle in much of Europe at the time , and probably reflected neglected animal husbandry and a failure to breed selectively in a period when crop-growing was far more important than livestock . |
| 9 | In other parts of western Europe at the time , such homogeneity was not typical . |
| 10 | Unlike Chinese porcelain , very popular in Europe at the time , the french porcelain was made from a previously fired glassy mixture , rather than from feldspar and kaolin . |
| 11 | Dan and Julian had left college and were busking round Europe at the time — bongos and guitar , covers of ‘ Like A Hurricane ’ , you get the picture . |
| 12 | Tax rates vary from one country to another : a prime example being VAT , which in some parts of Europe at the time of writing is over 20 per cent on certain items . |
| 13 | An ambitious exhibition for Columbus year at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin until 3 January has tackled three broad themes : Europe at the time of Columbus 's discovery , the New World in 1492 and the consequences for both continents . |
| 14 | These were of a markedly superior quality to anything which could be produced in Europe at the time ; indeed , by comparison , the British had not by then developed any significant dyeing technology . |
| 15 | The prevalent merchant culture in the early Italian city-republics , notably in Florence — one of the largest cities in Europe at the time and one which is well known for its lauda tradition — provided the ideal climate for the development of the lay companies . |
| 16 | Economic conditions in Europe at the time when the decision is taken will be crucial in determining whether that will be achievable . |
| 17 | The imperial interventions in papal affairs and in the city 's government also halted the development of a controlled state as found elsewhere in Europe at the time . |
| 18 | Moslem Spain was the most cultured society in Western Europe at the time . |
| 19 | Senator Robert Dole , the Republican leader in the US Senate , went further than most by calling for aid to be diverted to East Europe at the expense of long-standing recipients such as Egypt . |
| 20 | Legal & General 's Michael Payne says that over the next few years he expects his fund ‘ will grow more in Europe at the expense of UK equities , ’ particularly now that entry into the ERM has reduced the currency risk . |
| 21 | This is not to say that removal of the clitoris was a routine operation either in the States or in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 22 | They have had a 50-year run for their money , but as in Europe at the end of the 19th century ( a more appropriate historical comparison than the endless 1920s/1930s imagery ) there is a great hunger for new forms of governance . |
| 23 | The major social base of European racist movements such as the French National Front appears to be in the native working class , the major activists or such movements appear to be working-class young men — skinheads and the like — and a long era of full or virtually guaranteed employment ended , in western Europe during the 1970s , in central and eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s . |
| 24 | Ruritania and its dynastic problems remain separate from the complexities of Europe at the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | The Russian Revolution , and the revolutions in Central Europe at the end of the First World War , took place after military defeats ; and while in China the revolutionary movement led by the Communist Party was finally victorious in a civil war fought after the defeat of Japan in the Second World War , that victory was nevertheless largely due to the earlier defeat and retreat of the Chinese Nationalist armies in the war with Japan , and to the success of the Communist Party in organizing guerrilla warfare in the Japanese-occupied areas . |
| 26 | And when the walls came tumbling down in Eastern Europe at the end of 1989 to reveal cowering and bitter populations , overflowing prisons and mental hospitals , ruthless armies of secret police and state informers , corrupt politicians and equality in misery only , they might have wondered how their parents could have given even a second thought to the self-evidently corrupt , ruthless and authoritarian appeal of the ideal of ‘ World Communism ’ . |
| 27 | Four standard-bearing newspapers ; lofty themes like ‘ Europe at the crossroads of history ’ and ‘ The future of religion ’ ; eminent contributors like Nestor Almendros and Hans Kung . |
| 28 | How is it that the United States ' ( and British ) military machine — more American troops and weapons than in Europe at the height of the cold war — is pounding away , day after day , at a low-tech Third World enemy ? |
| 29 | Ceilings under the agreement included : USA – 250,000 troops ( a substantial reduction from an estimated 350,000 US troops stationed in Europe at the height of the Cold War ) ; Russia – 1,450,000 ; Ukraine – 450,000 ; Germany — 345,000 ; France – 325,000 ; United Kingdom – 260,000 ; Poland accepted a ceiling of 75,000 and Hungary 100,000 . |
| 30 | Although it has n't it has n't come to that in Germany , I mean we 'll probably be the poor man of Europe at the moment are n't we ? |