Example sentences of "of [noun] at the [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the majority view is that the public are well served by highly-skilled professionals trying to manage the increasing risks associated with the type of work at the commercial and spiritual hearts of their livelihoods . |
| 2 | Further evidence of the Metropolitan 's heightened attention to textiles is the imminent completion of a well-illustrated catalogue of the medieval tapestries , being written on contract by Adolfo Cavallo , former curator of textiles at the Metropolitan and the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . |
| 3 | It is true that the Hwicce appear to have been within the sphere of influence of the Mercian king from the reign of Wulfhere at the latest and Penda 's presence at Cirencester c. 630 certainly reveals Mercian involvement with the region at a still earlier date . |
| 4 | As far as the contribution of the residual factors is concerned , Denison estimated that for the period 1929–57 , economies of scale at the national and local level accounted for 0.35 per cent and advances in knowledge for 0.58 per cent . |
| 5 | Such increases can be achieved without additional visits in the routine immunisation schedule , and would also provide an added incentive for programme managers to ensure high rates of compliance at the 6 or 9 month visit for measles vaccination . |
| 6 | Would the reserve powers still be available to the Secretary of State at the second or third sale ? |
| 7 | The answer given by Tristan Garel-Jones , a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , was instructive . |
| 8 | As early as 4 April 1990 there was the following exchange between him and Francis Maude , then Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office : |
| 9 | On the issue of United Kingdom participation in UNESCO ( the United States , United Kingdom and Singapore having withdrawn from the organization in 1984-85 — see pp. 33499-501 ) Mayor held talks on Feb. 28 with the UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , Timothy Sainsbury , and on March 15 the House of Commons foreign affairs committee issued its first report on reforms within UNESCO , indicating that if Mayor succeeded in reforming the organization 's administration , the UK should rejoin . |
| 10 | Other signs of South Yemen 's rapprochement with the West and pro-Western Arab states had been the visits ( i ) on Dec. 4 , 1989 , by the United Kingdom Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , William Waldegrave , the first UK minister to visit since independence ; and ( ii ) on Dec. 29-30 by the Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti . |
| 11 | Timothy Sainsbury , the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , on March 7 insisted in the British House of Commons that the UK had no intention of giving up sovereignty of the islands and that the issue was not on the political agenda . |
| 12 | Francis Maude , hitherto a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , took over Lilley 's former post as Financial Secretary to the Treasury ; Tristan Garel-Jones and the Earl of Caithness became Ministers of State at the Foreign Office , and Alastair Goodlad took over from Garel-Jones as Treasurer of Her Majesty 's Household ( Deputy Chief Whip ) . |
| 13 | In evidence to the UK House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs on July 11 , 1990 , Francis Maude , then a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with special responsibilities for Hong Kong , stated that with regard to the influx of Vietnamese " boat people " into the colony , he did not exclude mandatory repatriation in future and said that the voluntary scheme was working well . |
| 14 | A bomb taped under the speaker 's lectern at the Royal Overseas League building in London was defused on Sept. 27 just before the opening of an international conference on terrorism which William Waldegrave , Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , had been due to address . |
| 15 | In January 1989 Arafat held talks in Tunis with a UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , William Waldegrave , a meeting which the latter described as a major development in British foreign policy . |
| 16 | William Waldegrave , a UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Colonial Office , meets with Yassir Arafat in Tunis . |
| 17 | In April the UK government announced its decision not to renew its membership following formal talks in February between the Director-General and a UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office [ see p. 37335 ] . |
| 18 | Five permanent UN Security Council members Qian Qichen ( Chinese Foreign Minister ) Boris Pankin ( Soviet Foreign Minister ) Roland Dumas ( French Foreign Minister ; PICC co-chair ) James Baker ( US Secretary of State ) Earl of Caithness ( UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ) |
| 19 | Sir Patrick Wright GCMG ( 61 ) joined BP 's board in 1991 , having been Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service . |
| 20 | Sera were scored as positive for SMA-AA when at least two of the following reactivities were present : kidney peritubular and glomerular positivity , actin cables on HEp-2 cells , counterimmunoelectrophoresis with actin as antigen , positivity of phalloidin treated rat liver cell actin ( submembranous deposits of microfilaments at the sinusoidal and biliary portions ) . |
| 21 | The possibility of automatization of tasks at the tactical or even strategical level appears to be consistent with views of driver behaviour which regard normal driving as being primarily controlled by the simple maintenance of safety margins ( e.g. Summala , 1976 ; Summala , 1988 ) . |
| 22 | Wadkins got away with not the best of drives at the 18th but he had a gap , hit a five-iron to 45ft and then holed it across all sorts of slopes and burrows . |