Example sentences of "who [was/were] at the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I appreciate that this view is somewhat unfashionable and would gain little support from the majority of teachers who were at the centre of the disruptions of recent years . |
| 2 | Most casualties ( 46% ) recorded involved people who were at the time of the incident standing in buses , but it is not always clear from the recorded data whether the passengers were standing due to the vehicle 's seating capacity being fully utilised or were on their feet moving towards a seat or the bus exit . |
| 3 | With a political prisoner escaped , all of us who were at the City of the Horizon must come under increased scrutiny . ’ |
| 4 | The collections indicated a wider hidden culture of support for ‘ the lads ’ who were at the forefront of the battle to restore national unity , in addition to the much smaller party political support they enjoyed in the South . |
| 5 | But while they gave support and commitment , it was lesbians who were at the forefront of change when the Girls ' Work Movement came to life in the late seventies and early eighties . |
| 6 | Harmsworth was one of many — others include Marconi and the pioneers of the film industry — who were at the forefront of what Briggs has called ‘ the development of the mass entertainment industry ’ at the turn of the century . |
| 7 | On the contrary , it was the most urbanized workers , those with the highest levels of skill , education and wages who were at the forefront of labour protest . |
| 8 | James Cropper who was at the centre of the efforts to establish a national antislavery body to work directly for emancipation declared roundly , ‘ We have no wild schemes of emancipation … we rather wish the thing may work its own way by the force of faith and the operation of circumstances . ’ |
| 9 | As their investigation progressed , so did their conviction that it was the President himself who was at the heart of the deception . |
| 10 | A police officer who was at the scene of the crash said , ‘ Mrs Gallagher was travelling on her own side when struck by a vehicle coming from the opposite direction on her side of the road . ’ |
| 11 | Princess Anne , who was at the helm of the boat she chose with his help , gazed back and told him simply : ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 12 | It was reported on April 11 , 1990 , that tapes of an interview held following the 1975 trial , between Gerard Conlon , one of the Four , and Peter ( now Sir Peter ) Imbert , now Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police , who was at the time of the trial a bomb squad superintendent , were becoming a source of conflict between the police and the defence lawyers at the judicial inquiry . |
| 13 | The partnership agreement sought to restrain outgoing partners over a period of five years from acting as a solicitor , notary , trade mark or patent agent or in any similar capacity in the Colony of Hong Kong whether as principal , clerk or assistant for any person , firm or company who was at the time of his ceasing to be a partner or had during the period of three years prior thereto been a client of the partnership … |
| 14 | And finally there is a statement from a woman called Sarah who was at the time of these events , church and her statement can be read because there is nothing in dispute in it . |
| 15 | The celebrated preacher , Edward Irving ( 1792–1834 ) , who was at the height of his powers and still at peace with the Church of Scotland , had returned from London one Sabbath evening to preach once more to his own people . |
| 16 | James Clamp , 23 , who was at the wheel of a car which struck a bridge parapet then burst into flames last June , was a disqualified driver . |