Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] at the [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | And lose money at the same time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Their roots lay in another relatively new corporate phenomenon , that of management consultancy , which was gaining credence at the same time . |
| 16 | Mr. C. H. L. Davis and Dr. H. Sihler were appointed Directors on 16 July 1992 , and Mr. B. R. O'Neill and Mr. P. E. Yea have been appointed Directors with effect from 1 April 1993 ; each will seek election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting . |
| 17 | It was a spectator sport where young men would show their courage by standing in the path of the maddened bull and then leaping side at the last moment . |
| 18 | If they start to fall beneath their percentile band then they are not growing or gaining weight at the expected rate and it is important to try to determine why this is happening . |
| 19 | Central London teachers are asked to provide tea at the next training day ( 17th October 1981 ) . |
| 20 | we went to meet mummy at the Jolly Farmers |
| 21 | Occasionally , one would flick snow at the other — although by now the snow was well trampled over a wide area . |
| 22 | In any event by 1606 he had certainly attracted patronage at the highest level : his sponsors for freedom of the City were Lady Arabella Stuart , third in line to the throne , and her future father-in-law Edward Seymour , Earl of Hertford [ qq.v . ] . |
| 23 | After a period of unemployment in 1919 he found work at the government-run Slough Transport Depot where he became chairman of the shop stewards ' committee , organizing strikes and demonstrations against its eventual closure in April 1920 . |
| 24 | When the German officer began to shout abuse at the Poles , this goat leant out of his window and shouted abuse at the German officer . |
| 25 | As in other carriers , a tube incorporates a wire hanger , only in this case the release of the bear takes place when the wire hits a line stop with its forward end , and is pushed clear of a slotted tube at the aft end . |
| 26 | This is because St James 's Church was not listed as a building of architectural or historic interest after it was declared redundant and thus the cost of the building work would attract Value Added Tax at the standard rate . |
| 27 | Allow finance to be equated to the resources needed to provide education at the required level ( ie achieve equilibrium ) |
| 28 | Having already come runner-up at the Hard Rock Café World Cup , Elkerton is now favourite to win the Triple Crown . |
| 29 | A famous 19th century thinker once observed that ‘ the class which has the means of material production at its disposal has control at the same time over the means of mental production ’ . |
| 30 | Mr Brown went to Saudi Arabia last February to increase efficiency at the British-run King Khaled National Guard Hospital , near the Saudi capital , Jeddah . |