Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , he reckons that the bigger the mainframe , the cheaper relatively it is to buy — 10% cheaper , in fact , at the top than at the bottom end of the range . |
| 2 | Why give out the message that certain sexual activities are risky whilst at the same time conveniently ignoring the real needs of lesbians ? |
| 3 | It would appear from Donoghue v. Stevenson and Australian Knitting Mills Ltd. v. Grant [ 1936 ] A.C. 85 that it would be immaterial whether at the time of fault the victim was in existence or not , so long as the victim was a member of a class which might reasonably and probably be affected by the act of carelessness . |
| 4 | Ken commented earlier that er er prior to the Financial Services Act coming into force which I think was some time in nineteen eighty-eight , the er D T I was responsible and there come back to the D T I if these sort of things had applied and er compensation effectively by the D T I for mal-administration or whatever so that er say we do n't pretend to be pension experts , so any retrospection that I would suggest might well be appropriate as at the date of the Financial Services Act becoming into force . |
| 5 | In Japan , the relationship between maternal age and late fetal death ratios is " J " shaped at most birth orders , but the pattern is more variable in the two central European countries , where the ratios are either increasing with successive age classes ( beginning with the youngest ) as the first , third ( except at age group 25–29 years ) and sixth and higher orders , or the relation is " J " shaped ( somewhat lower at ages 20–24 than at ages under 20 and increasing thereafter , with the highest risks at the oldest ages ) as at the second and fourth orders of reverse " J " shaped as at the fifth birth order . |
| 6 | Here the colour tones overall , are more subdued than at the Cornmarket auction , with a multitude of tweed or tan flat caps and Lincolnshire green ‘ wellies ’ , bodywarmers and anoraks . |
| 7 | The protocol at Ingard House was far more elaborate than at the head office of the bank . |
| 8 | Even if one of the two exceptions applies , dismissal will still be unfair if at the time of the dismissal there was a suitable alternative vacancy which was not offered in accordance with the detailed requirements of the employment protection legislation . |
| 9 | But Christine felt vexed when at the next Pack Meeting Sarah lost points for the Six through being a slowcoach . |
| 10 | Firstly , when we were first discussing the sale , the market was somewhat more buoyant than at the present time . |
| 11 | In our squadron was a man I call an elderly because at the time he was about forty to forty five years old and we were all a bunch of kids . |
| 12 | To the best of our knowledge and belief there are no material undisclosed liabilities or contingencies existing as at the date of this letter relating to the Group that would be the responsibility of a purchaser subsequent to the purchase of the shares of the Group other than any such liabilities or contingencies of which a prudent purchaser might reasonably be expected to know having made appropriate enquiries . |
| 13 | Excess is insidious because at the time it seems a bonus but later on it can be an expense that diverts resources from development areas . |
| 14 | If the pond-building books fail to acknowledge Murphy 's Law , it is nowhere more evident than at the point where neat diagrams demonstrate the laying of slabs over flap of liner . |
| 15 | The team looks more mature than at the start of the season . |
| 16 | It is subdivided into three geographical and administrative regions which are independent except at the highest level . |
| 17 | We are also gravely concerned because at the Lavenham parish meeting Mr Tony Webster of Atlas Aggregates categorically refused to give an assurance that in the future they would not apply to extend the mining operation to other parts of Cross Green Farm . |
| 18 | Sometimes service charges will have been paid on account in advance , and sometimes the 'service charge year " will be only halfway through and a balance will remain payable by the seller to the landlord or management company and the precise amount will not be ascertainable as at the date of completion . |
| 19 | If there is a twist to the plot , then it is nowhere more apparent than at the window management level where , it seems , Hewlett-Packard Co is determined to make its Visual User Environment stick . |
| 20 | If there is a twist to the plot , then it is nowhere more apparent than at the window management level where , it seems , Hewlett-Packard is determined to make its Visual User Environment stick . |
| 21 | They were noticeably more outspoken than at the outset . |
| 22 | His leadership was never less disputed than at the present moment . |
| 23 | This makes monitoring and evaluation more difficult except at the casual , ‘ How do you feel it went ? ’ level . |
| 24 | Had Mafart and Prieur simply abandoned the camper and boarded the flight they would have left the country undetected because at the time the police believed they were still driving around the country . |
| 25 | Of course it will be difficult because at the moment the er the legal minimum is thirty miles an hour in , in any city , but we 'd like to see Oxford as a pilot for a twenty mile an hour speed limit which is no good if you leave the roads as they are . |
| 26 | The practice is classed as having been professionally marginal because at the time of the research it was new to the town . |
| 27 | Moral : never start a big warren system other than at the beginning of the day 's work , since you need to complete it if at all possible rather than have to extend the work into another day . |
| 28 | The assumptions are made that : ( i ) the load is applied along the axis of the bar ; ( ii ) no surface tractions exist other than at the ends of the bar ; ( iii ) the distribution of stress is uniform across the bar ; and ( iv ) the bar does not bend or twist . |
| 29 | Upon termination of the retainer , the client is entitled to be handed back all relevant papers ( ie documents prepared by the solicitor for the benefit of and paid for by the client , eg instructions to counsel , copy letters to third parties etc , and documents prepared by a third party during the retainer and sent to the solicitor other than at the latter 's expense , eg vouchers for the solicitor 's disbursements ) and other property which may be in the solicitor 's possession , though the solicitor does have a lien in respect of his unpaid costs . |
| 30 | Er I think er it 's easy to talk about taking off two and a half percent here and there , I could probably put forward a number of reasons why it could add on two and a half percent , five percent to the figures and indeed I 'd be very disappointed if at the end of the day , we did n't achieve er greater reductions because once you get out long distance through traffic , er whose prime purpose is to move from A to B as quickly as possible , once you do that it gives you the opportunity then of bringing in the sorts of measures to improve pedestrian safety , er to slow traffic down , introduce traffic calming , which you ca n't do on primary routes . |