Example sentences of "and [noun sg] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 65,000 cheered powerful sets by Iron Maiden , the Almighty , W.A.S.P. , Skid Row , Slayer and Thunder at the 12-hour concert , which generated £3 million in ticket and merchandising sales . |
| 2 | Before routine use of prophylactic antibiotics we noted two infective complications , namely Straphylococcal septicaemia and cellulitis at the jugular vein puncture site ; both responded promptly to appropriate antibiotic treatment . |
| 3 | There was dissatisfaction because of inadequate consultation between Washington and London and discontent at the American inability to move more decisively towards a peace settlement . |
| 4 | They were waiting for them inside the restaurant , which turned out to be a smallish place that somehow managed to achieve an atmosphere of casualness and intimacy at the same time . |
| 5 | Similarly , unemployed people who can show they have used their time constructively , in study or voluntary work for example , will be able to match themselves to jobs demanding the qualities this demonstrates — initiative , hard work , flexibility , reliability , etc. — and possibly pick up some useful skills and experience at the same time . |
| 6 | An unpublished report prepared for the Supreme Soviet in 1990 by a commission of independent experts states that 437,000 people have been affected by a series of accidents and contamination at the nuclear weapons production plant at Kyshtym in the southern Urals over the past 45 years . |
| 7 | The simplest style is to block all headings and text at the left-hand margin . |
| 8 | Atari makes it more difficult by writing into the operating system ( the instructions that govern how the computer handles data ) an instruction that does not allow the computer to talk to disc drive and cartridge at the same time . |
| 9 | That is why Bruno was prepared to be duke of Lorraine and archbishop at the same time . |
| 10 | ‘ The night flight to Beijing makes everything we have said about our disgust and revulsion at the Chinese Government 's action into empty words , ’ complained a congresswoman , Ms Nancy Pelosi , sponsor of the law vetoed by President Bush , which would have allowed Chinese students to remain in the US after their visas expired . |
| 11 | Derek Dean , director of policy and research at the Royal College of Nursing , advised of the ‘ false distinction ’ between the two services . |
| 12 | That of course puts a heavy burden on all of us , constrained as we are by having to work in underfunded , hard-pressed organisations pitted against monstrously powerful vested interests , and struggling often against ignorance and indifference at the same time . |
| 13 | Miranda left the room quickly , so that her mother should not see the redness that covered her face and neck at the very thought of seeing Miles in bed … in pyjamas . |
| 14 | Her diets ranged from the high protein steak and salad to the Hay diet , which cuts out eating starch and protein at the same time . |
| 15 | ‘ I heard you could eat any amount of steak and you 'd lose loads of weight ’ , or ‘ did n't I read somewhere that you are n't supposed to eat carbohydrate and protein at the same meal ? ’ |
| 16 | It was her deep sorrow and unhappiness at the tragic accident that had brought them to the United States , together with all the fraught , highly charged tension of having to be in Ross 's company for any length of time , which had taken its toll of her already precariously weak reserves of strength . |
| 17 | You do n't lose the use of your PC 's printer port because it 's duplicated on the back of the tape unit , though obviously you ca n't use both printer and tape at the same time . |
| 18 | He is now pursuing his clinical and research interests in diabetes and metabolism at the Clinical Research Centre , Harrow . |
| 19 | The tighter the constraint provided by the context , the greater the excitations and feedback at the higher level . |
| 20 | I was having Rob and Jen at the same time , and I used to get very wrapped up in myself when I was pregnant , you know — just not interested in things like sisters-in-law . |
| 21 | how can a thigh bone erm be strong and light at the same time ? , not in the bloody |
| 22 | how can the thigh bone yeah be strong and light at the same time cos it 's hollow |
| 23 | The difficulty we all share is how can one construct a planning framework which allows for strategically significant inward investment to be accommodated without declaring an open season of speculative proposals from developers and uncertainty at the local level up and down the county . |
| 24 | In geomorphology assessments of human impact have really been focused upon four themes if one includes consideration of hydrology and hydrogeomorphology at the same time . |
| 25 | Yes , let there be solemnity and reverence at the high points of our celebration . |
| 26 | ‘ Mr Swinton is reticent about everything to do with the painting except to express his relief and delight at the perfect union of conception and execution . |
| 27 | Realizing that my opponent and I were safely separated , I struggled violently , hurling threats and abuse at the poor boy , while praying that my large saviour would n't let go of me . |
| 28 | That makes them victim and hero at the same time , which makes them irresistible — they command both protection and admiration . |
| 29 | The sense of outrage on the part of both Marx and Braverman at the crippling effects ( physical or spiritual ) on many workers of the division of labour within capitalist enterprises is fully justified , but their unitary and rationalistic conception of the total subordination of labour to capital leads them to an overestimation of the role this division of labour must play in the formation of social collectivities : the extraction of any ‘ skill ’ content from labour for the mass of workers ; the homogenisation of ‘ simple labour ’ in all branches of production ; the cheapening of labour power ; increasingly intolerable oppression — these tendencies are bound to overwhelm any secondary differentiation of the workers by branch or by enterprise and lead to the formation of a revolutionary proletariat . |
| 30 | This second video was shown and discussed with the staff and child at the special school . |