Example sentences of "at [art] [adj] [noun] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We know rather little about what kind of bargains are struck at the present time although inheritance is always a possible way of ensuring that the balance of support does not tip too much in one direction , even if its use is not spoken about openly .
2 Second , the hierarchy of residential roads has been deepened by the addition of a series of new classifications at the low-volume end as Figure 7.2 shows .
3 Independence of domestic policies Under the adjustable peg system , deficit countries had to direct fiscal and monetary policies at the external situation since expenditure-reducing was the only way in which the balance of payments could be improved without devaluation .
4 These changes also had a significant impact at the political level as government sought to introduce reforms to accommodate these changes .
5 The Jot 1.0 specification is designed to enable applications to share handwritten notes , sketches , signatures and other free-form data across the generality of computers from hand-held devices to mainframes , so that if someone scrawls a note and sends it over a modem , it will turn up at the other end as handwriting , regardless of the sending and receiving machines , provided only that they both implement Jot 1.0 .
6 Now that some manufacturers , including Citroen and Vauxhall , are beginning to list diesels at the same price as petrol versions , the sums may swing even further in the diesel 's favour .
7 Smith , Gregg and Andrews ( 1989 ) devised the following ranking of selection methods with respect to their predictive validity : graphology and astrology were at the same level as chance prediction , references and interviews were a little higher , then structured interviews , then biodata , personality tests and assessment centres for performance , then ability tests and work sample tests and finally , at the highest level , assessment centres for promotion .
8 They say cider should be taxed at the same level as wine .
9 However , they do appear to gently tighten and tone up the surface of the skin ( albeit temporarily ) and moisturise at the same time so skin feels softer and smoother .
10 Fear can not be experienced at the same time as love — whether we are talking of love of an individual , of mankind , of the world or of yourself .
11 But they will also be rivals when former Blue Peter girl Caron , 29 , presents a game show on Radio 5 — at the same time as mum is on air on Radio 2 .
12 David Elsworth is lucky to have such a superb performer as Barnbrook Again in his string at the same time as Desert Orchid .
13 When early retirement took place at the same time as redundancy , the fear of not getting financial compensation became a reason for taking early retirement .
14 It was something that had to be done at the same time as teaching , and was seen more , I suppose , as a chore rather than as something which would have any sort of positive spin-off for us .
15 Not all patients on corticosteroids at the same time as HRT lose bone .
16 Selection for resistance to mastitis and good fertility at the same time as selection for milk yield and quality is proving effective in the dairy cattle population of Norway .
17 The school-house , standing at ten o'clock , is a small Victorian building , erected at the same time as Thrush Green school .
18 At the same time as debt service ratios stood at record levels , higher levels of capital gearing , aggravated in some circumstances by house prices falling below the level of outstanding debt , may have made lenders less tolerant of arrears and less willing to help borrowers through remortgaging .
19 The inhibitory effect of TPA was the same whether it was added 30 or 10 minutes before challenge with histamine at 20°C , but TPA was ineffective if added at the same time as histamine ( Fig 3 ) .
20 Denial of the social reduces the felt value of design at the same time as activity is devalued .
21 It will be shown in the Midlands at the same time as Question Time on Thursdays .
22 This week saw the country 's biggest parent group , the Scottish Parent-Teacher Council , claim that chaos could result from devolving budgets at the same time as council reform .
23 The deeply unpopular Somerset was overthrown in October , and power passed to those who had opposed the war ; his successor , John Dudley , earl of Warwick , was only recognizing the inevitable when he gave up Boulogne at the same time as peace was made with Scotland in March 1550 , when the last stronghold held by the English , Lauder , capitulated .
24 McAndrew , sacked by Darlington at the same time as manager Frank Gray last season , welcomed a return to the game after a four-month break .
25 McQuillen was responsible for establishing Sun 's Scottish manufacturing plant in Linlithglow — ironically both McQuillen and Irishman Melia have done time at Digital Equipment Corp 's Galway plant in Ireland , the closure of which was formally announced last week , at the same time as news of the planned Sun centre emerged .
26 At the same time as slum dwellers have been queuing to see their local private doctor , ideas from the political right have influenced the policy guidelines of international organisations with clout in developing countries .
27 NOTE Some drugs can be dangerous when they are taken at the same time as alcohol .
28 Farmers argued that as their day already began at sunrise , they would gain nothing and would also lose an hour for their workers insisted on finishing at the same time as town dwellers .
29 Jacqueline de Romilly , Professor of Greek Literature at the Sorbonne , in her Messenger Lectures at Cornell University in 1967 on ‘ Time in Greek Tragedy ’ , has argued that it was no coincidence that Greek tragedy was born at the same time as historiography .
30 The main disadvantage to direct use lies in the fact that supply reaches its maximum at the same time as demand is at its minimum .
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