Example sentences of "in [noun sg] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LIVERPOOL shook their heads in disbelief at the cruel circumstances of the heaviest defeat Graeme Souness has suffered as a manager . |
| 2 | Businessmen and elderly women picked their way over the broken concrete and steel to stare in disbelief at the crippled buildings with their bulging walls and blackened balconies . |
| 3 | Granted this set of policies , Aëtius can scarcely have been well placed to gather the confederacy which kept Attila in check at the Catalaunian Plains . |
| 4 | She sighed in delight at the delicious possibilities for revenge … |
| 5 | Frances joined us from PMD where she worked in marketing Bullion Products for two years , prior to that she had worked in marketing at the Financial Times . |
| 6 | In part , the difference in behaviour at the three sites reflects the relationship between a lava and its gas content , a topic which will be discussed further in the next section . |
| 7 | Thus in a case such as Anisminic one would say , inter alia , that if there is property in Egypt , which belongs to a British national or successor in title at the relevant dates , which has been seized , the FCC shall award compensation . |
| 8 | This is not always appreciated by those who point to this success compared to the systems in use at the larger institutions . |
| 9 | The Atlantic has waged an unceasing war against this gaunt headland ever since the beginning of time , hurling its waves in fury at the unyielding rocks without respite ; there is always the noise of thrashing waters . |
| 10 | Commenting on the success of the fundamentalist candidates , the Independent of June 20 speculated that many merchants had cast anti-PLO votes in protest at the endless strikes and closures imposed by the intifada leadership . |
| 11 | A 12-hour general strike in Caracas , the first for 31 years , was organized on May 18 by the Confederation of Venezuelan Workers ( Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela — CTV ) in protest at the economic measures and was widely observed . |
| 12 | During the Congress Communications and Transport Secretary Mubarak al-Shamikh resigned in protest at the exorbitant fares and corruption in the state-owned Jerma bus company , and Secretary for Higher Education Ahmed Ibrahim also resigned , reportedly after criticism from delegates . |
| 13 | Several hundred Kurds picketed the Home Office in protest at the continuing detentions and the deportations back to Turkey where they are said to face oppression and torture . |
| 14 | By looking in detail at the different responses this process elicited , I want to raise some questions about reading as a specific social activity . |
| 15 | Let us now look in detail at the linguistic abilities required to handle intentional mode explanations . |
| 16 | The crucial difference between a social democratic view of the state and the one taken here , is that we recognise that the bureaucracy itself is political in the course of exercising its executive powers , particularly in the realm of policy-making at the upper levels and in implementation at the lower levels . |