Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Implicit in these works is the belief that national developments were unproblematically reflected at the local level , that the national was simply an aggregate of the local : ‘ There is a sense in which the achievements and failings of Labourism at the national level are mirrored at the local level , a sense in which constituency Labour parties are a microcosm of the national Labour Party ’ ( Forester 1976 p 71 ) . |
| 2 | But until very recently systems were generally aimed at the top end of the market , and the cost was high enough to make acquisition a major undertaking . |
| 3 | And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture . |
| 4 | The only problem was that the big men in Formula One were not delegated at the Plenary Conference of FISA and so did not have a vote . |
| 5 | The court decided that the adoption by the Secretary of State of this general policy , which had the result that the judicial views were not sought at the earliest opportunity after conviction and sentence , was unlawful . |
| 6 | It is difficult to compare the relatively large destabilising effect observed for the octamers in this study , to the smaller effect noted when single d3CA residues were incorporated into the d(GACGATATCGTC) 2 duplex , since the T m measurements were not performed at the same pH ( 4 ) . |
| 7 | The other IgG subclasses were not correlated at the cellular level in either ulcerative colitis or Crohn 's disease twins . |
| 8 | The Revenue has raised an assessment charging tax in excess of £20,000 and has refused retirement relief on the sale of the milk quota because no land was sold ; farming continued after the sale ( in the Revenue 's view the provisions of s 53(2)TA88 mean that when a farmer changes the nature of his farming there is a continuation of the old trade and that the old and the new are equally applicable for CGT purposes ) ; the sales of the herd and milk quota were not effected at the same time . |
| 9 | As a rule , political matters were not discussed at the Three Jolly Watermen . |
| 10 | The three squads making for the northern caisson , including Bob Burtenshaw 's men who were not needed at the southern caisson , were less fortunate . |
| 11 | These were further elaborated at the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe the following year . |
| 12 | They were usually billed as the star attraction so John obviously made a good profit out of them but they were still paid at the same rate as all his juveniles , five shillings a week . |
| 13 | Opportunities were also given at the Interior Design International Exhibition in London , where examples of the G.S.A. students ' work was shown on the Stoddard Sekers stand , including the stunning fresco print by John MacAulay which was featured on the stand ceiling . |
| 14 | Both the new version of the Programme and a revised set of party rules , which were also approved at the 27th Congress , included a reference to ‘ developed socialism ’ . |
| 15 | For a start their club , who were originally based at the old St Margaret 's baths , now have their headquarters in West Derby and do most of their training in Speke . |
| 16 | The principal one was that conversion and growth were particularly directed at the clerical-religious élite , where the annual retreat system formed the annual or biennial centre of the individual spiritual life . |
| 17 | I agree that it 's silly if they were n't played at the same time . |
| 18 | So I suppose whatever area you went into , erm you might find it a bit frustrating to start with , because you were n't looking at the big picture . |
| 19 | Half-finished seals were even found at the early settlement of Fournou Konh . |
| 20 | If they were previously operating at the desired ratio , the banks will now reduce their deposit liabilities , say , by calling in advances to their customers , by selling assets or by refusing to grant new advances . |
| 21 | The properties were previously shown at the lower of cost and net realisable value , as required by the Companies Act . |
| 22 | Although Attlee and Greenwood were ready to accept the invitation , they did not do so at once but made sure that both the National Executive and the annual Conference , which were conveniently meeting at the same time , it being the Whit weekend , were fully consulted and in agreement with their acceptance of office . |
| 23 | Even so , calls for a general strike to force the Government to end all support for intervention were heavily defeated at the Labour Party Conference in June . |
| 24 | Many of the banners carried by demonstrations were specifically aimed at the anti-immigration policies advocated by the National Front . |
| 25 | They were explicitly aimed at the unrespectable poor , subjecting their children to the full disciplinary regime of the new training schools . |