Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worldwide underwriting losses in Q3 down from $131m to $124.9m — despite losses on Hurricane Andrew' — produced deficit at the nine months down $71.4m from $419.9m ( representing 17.2% of premiums ) to $348.5m ( 13.3% of premiums ) . |
| 2 | The Orc army made camp at the Three Towers , the ancient Elf ruins on the borders of the Moot . |
| 3 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 4 | If that gap is n't narrowed , we could well see a backlash as business doing their bit for the environment lose heart at the apparent lack of consumer interest . |
| 5 | That the arbitrageur can lend money at the riskless rate of interest appears sensible , but it is more questionable to assume that he or she can borrow at the riskless rate ( although if the marginal arbitrageur is a large financial institution , the assumption may be reasonable ) . |
| 6 | The limpet , like Neopilina , produces shell at an equal rate right round the circumference of the mantle and so builds a simple pyramid . |
| 7 | And lose money at the same time . |
| 8 | If the terms of redemption merely provided for their redemption at par , their holders would be highly vulnerable ; for if interest rates fell since the date of issue it would clearly pay the company to redeem them and to borrow money at a lower rate of interest than the fixed dividend . |
| 9 | Nor , said Thomas Gisborne in 1795 , must he himself disdain to borrow money at the appropriate moment if he is not to put his credit to real and serious hazard . |
| 10 | I do n't understand your argument that having an E two type policy and without prejudice to what it may say , will make discussions at the local plan level about where boundaries are , more difficult or less difficult . |
| 11 | Display maps at the key positions should remove this problem . |
| 12 | This business was expanded by his son John Roberts , who also lent money at a vast interest rate to the tinners , who were traditionally improvident and poor . |
| 13 | It is common for pupils to grow in height as much as an inch and a half ; they appear to lose weight at the same time . |
| 14 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
| 15 | Miss F met Courtney at the Royal Free Hospital when she had her baby by caesarean section . |
| 16 | To get round the fact that the CSMA/CD carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection protocol prevents two nodes from transmitting data at the same time , so that video signals could get interrupted , isochronous Ethernet time-stamps the packets so they can be guaranteed to arrive at the recipient 's computer at the same time . |
| 17 | Individual small bids ( up to £100,000 ) may be submitted on a non-competitive basis and the bidder receives stock at the mean accepted price . |
| 18 | ‘ I met Veronica at the Anglo-Catholic church in putney — St Mark 's . |
| 19 | Contrary to the norm for a Yorkshire dale , the young men did venture outside to seek their partners and John met Marie at a fair . |
| 20 | Well I 've visited both Cambodia itself and the camps , er first of all in the camps , the situation is appalling because there are very many people who do not want to be in those camps and are really in effect being held there against their will , and what has been extraordinary until this year , is that the people who 've been holding them there against their will have been the Phol Pot dominated so-called coalition government and on the basis of the people being in the camps , that , that , that regime has gone on to claim recognition at the United Nations ; an appalling situation . |
| 21 | PC Kevin Williams , aged 28 , of Paddington Green and Sergeant Colin Moore , of West End Central , accused of perverting the course of justice , were sent on bail to stand trial at the Old Bailey by Bow Street magistrates yesterday . |
| 22 | Well the advice Mrs then is if you know what variety it is and you know it 's a variety tough enough to grow outdoors like er Peregrine , then send protection at the susceptible time of the year when the blossom 's out , otherwise er if it is a tend a more tender variety we do n't think er the thing is going to survive and certainly not going to fruit . |
| 23 | Cases of CJD rose from 32 in 1990/91 to 48 in 1992/93 but the rise " is not statistically significant " and reflects " inevitable fluctuations from year to year " , say researchers at the national CJD surveillance unit in Edinburgh . |
| 24 | He had been on the committee of the Scottish region , as it was ten called , since 1984 — ‘ they flung me on as naive new blood ’ — — and was vice-chairman for two years before becoming chairman at the tender age of 25 . |
| 25 | Her attempts to promote sales of the book by signing copies at a Long Island store ended abruptly when , following the bomb threat , police evacuated the store until closing time . |
| 26 | After signing copies at the official launch on Saturday , Bob , who lives on the edge of Hartburn , said : ‘ The initial print-run was 1,000 and more than 500 have been sold already . ’ |
| 27 | Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time . |
| 28 | Proof indeed that the Prehen youth policy might soon yield rewards at a higher level . |
| 29 | Health departments had achieved a clearer separation of purchases and provider functions , and much more effective methods of needs assessment at the district-wide level . |
| 30 | Their roots lay in another relatively new corporate phenomenon , that of management consultancy , which was gaining credence at the same time . |