Example sentences of "[adj] and at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But globalisation means that companies have to invest where they can produce cheapest and at the best quality and where they can earn profits . |
| 2 | And it applied also to the Chartists — ‘ A nation can not become free and at the same time continue to oppress other nations ’ . |
| 3 | There are insult-words for women who have too much sex ( slag ) and women who have too little ( pricktease ) ; women can be tasty and at the same time cunts . |
| 4 | As stated above production has almost halved since 1979 and at the same time the price of its premium Bonny light crude has fallen from $40 per barrel to $28.65 and is always threatened by the North Sea producers . |
| 5 | The change effected by Gandhi by the use of satyāgraha , however , makes his principle more explicit and at the same time links it more closely with his concept of Truth ( Satya ) , and non-violence ( ahi sā ) . |
| 6 | China had established diplomatic relations with Russia on Dec. 27 , 1991 and at the same time recognized the 10 other republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) and Georgia . |
| 7 | Yet while it may not be possible , in a given case , to come to a clear decision one way or the other , it can not , I shall argue , be coherently assumed that a decision is logically impossible and at the same time insisted that the object in question exists in an ontological sense . |
| 8 | Gaidar , in a visit to the industrial Urals region on Nov. 18-19 and at a pre-Congress meeting of deputies from Russia 's southern region on Nov. 23 , spoke of preparations to give more economic and political autonomy to the regions in the 1993 draft budget . |
| 9 | It had become less simple and at the same time less complicated than that . |
| 10 | Bombs exploded in front of the United States embassy on Sept. 26 and at the US-Chilean Cultural Institute on Dec. 28 , the latter attack being attributed to the FPMR . |
| 11 | Port books have been neglected in the past as a source for internal trade in the proto-industrial period because of the nature of the source — it is vast and at the same time problematic . |
| 12 | You will find that the normal aircraft compass is quite useless unless you are flying straight and at a steady speed . |
| 13 | Above all , it has been unable to bring the highly differentiated elements of strategy and social constituencies together behind a convincing vision of a more deeply democratic and at the same time thoroughly 20th-century , socially just society . |
| 14 | Elaborate precautions were taken to avoid disputes over precedence between the representatives of France and Spain ( the long-standing rivalry between these two states was the most serious potential source of this kind of friction ) by placing them both on the king 's right and at the same distance from him . |
| 15 | Even with everything mechanical working and at the right temperature , you can still unbalance the biological and most important part of the system very easily . |
| 16 | They have clients who wish to sell certain products and services and their task is to enable their clients to reach as many potential customers as possible and at the lowest possible cost . |
| 17 | Our brief was to board and rummage as many of these foreign vessels as possible and at the same time carry out checks on the British boats to control any possible lead in duty free stores . |
| 18 | For example , the index of the information system was computerised in 1986 and at the same time was expanded , and made to encompass extensive cross-referencing ( see Figure 5.3 ) . |
| 19 | She had seen nothing of them and heard nothing except their horn in the recesses of the forest , a joyous and at the same time a melancholy sound which filled her captors with unease . |
| 20 | There we shall look at the functions and services supplied by each and at the significant features of their balance sheets . |
| 21 | As she lay in the heat , she felt drowsy and at the same time tinglingly alive . |
| 22 | gold is virtually indestructible and at the same time is recognisable to most people ; |
| 23 | Renters were younger and at an earlier stage in the developmental cycle . |
| 24 | He was wearing a grey suit with a light polo-neck sweater which made him look younger and at the same time more intimidating than he had the day before . |
| 25 | Mozart , knowing that his father would be devastated by the news , sought to prepare him as gently as possible for it by writing to him that she was gravely ill and at the same time writing to their close friend , Bullinger , telling him the whole story , in the hope that Bullinger could support and comfort his father and sister when he finally broke the news to them , which he was intending to do in a second letter to his father . |
| 26 | It is perhaps because they are both unique and at the same time a faithful continuation of ancestral traditions that oriental rugs are objects of allure and fascination for the West . |
| 27 | Three countries-Brazil , India and Japan-were initially identified in May as candidates for such retaliatory action ( see p. 36926 ) ; at a special GATT Council meeting on June 21 and at the subsequent regular meeting on June 21-22 these three all expressed the apprehension that eventual US action under this provision would undermine GATT and the Uruguay Round , whereas the USA maintained that no trade action had yet been taken and assured the Council of its continuing strong commitment to both GATT itself and to the Uruguay Round . |
| 28 | The early divisions of the mouse embryo seem much more sloppy and between the 8- and 16-cell stages the surface of the clump of cells becomes smooth and at the 32-cell stage there is a single layer of cells enclosing some cells on the inside . |
| 29 | The police believe we drive too fast and at a special motor racing exhibition later this week they 'll be demonstrating how to handle modern , high performance cars . |
| 30 | Create a proactive cultural awareness of risk issues at corporate and at the individual level . |