Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Effective cross-cultural briefing , such as that practised at the Farnham Castle International Briefing Centre , has to be more than the provision of information . |
| 2 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper Ms Lyles noted that while there have been major surveys of British watercolours in recent years ( such as that held at the British Museum in 1985 ) these have tended to be in-house shows , with the emphasis on highlights from individual collections . |
| 3 | Yet the Commonwealth was after all invented at a time when the British were more than ever enamoured of their capacity for effecting the bloodless obedience of subject peoples . |
| 4 | In their last financial years , only 39 FT-SE 100 companies ' audit fees increased above the rate of inflation ; 25 companies ' audit fees were cut from 1990 to 1991 ; 30 companies paid the same amount ; and the fees of six increased at a level below the rate of inflation . |
| 5 | During work on the building of the electricity pylons on Halling Marshes workmen digging out the footings for one of these discovered at a depth of 10 ft in the mud a dug-out canoe . |
| 6 | Since no detailed register of these existed at the point of emancipation , one of the main purposes of the post-1861 charters was to set them down on paper . |
| 7 | The robes were of black or crimson velvet — over body armour — and all of those seated at the desks wore identical long masks . |
| 8 | Some 51.2% of those questioned at the end of 1991 said that they planned to buy more hardware but only 40.3% actually did . |
| 9 | An interesting fact of large industrial organizations is that there is always a nearly unanimous clarity amongst those involved at the lower levels on who it is who is actually keeping the thing going , because in every organization somebody is . |
| 10 | The process normally occurs only at temperatures and pressures comparable with those found at the centre of the sun . |
| 11 | If you are called upon to plan a programme of independent items , such as those seen at the Reunion or at Area Rallies , consider the following points : — |
| 12 | To offset the trends towards monopolies in the media WACC will continue to promote alternative communication technologies such as those used at the grassroots , for example , community radio and computer networks . |
| 13 | If holist forms of explanation are to merit serious consideration , they must clearly be based on more than an uncritical acceptance of a crude version of historical materialism , and the claim that they are not threatened by counterfactuals such as those discussed at the start of the chapter must be given a less doctrinaire justification . |
| 14 | However , the University reserve the right to vary the charges from those confirmed at the time of booking by giving notice to the Organisers not less than 10 weeks in advance of the commencement of the conference/courses . |
| 15 | A variety of opinions was expressed in Committee , and at the end of our debates some of the opinions were slightly different from those held at the start of our Committee proceedings . |
| 16 | Imagine an economy in which firms , for whatever reason , agree to fix prices at the end of period t to cover period t + 1 and t + 2 and not to alter these prices in either period t + 1 or t + 2 if circumstances differ from those expected at the close of period t . |
| 17 | To what extent this is the case is a matter for debate ; however , the fact that trade with the developing nations is intended to play some part is indicated by the Guidelines for the Economic and Social Development of the USSR for 1981–5 and for the Period Ending in 1990 adopted at the 26th CPSU Congress in 1981 , which envisage ‘ [ the development ] , on a long-term and equitable basis , [ of a ] mutually beneficial exchange of goods … with developing countries ’ ( in Koshelev : 1982 , pp. 8–9 ) . |
| 18 | With senior cabinet colleagues making discreetly plain their desire to enter the ERM as soon as practicable , the Prime Minister ceased to give the impression that she wants to add further conditions to those announced at the Madrid summit in June . |
| 19 | If there is any difference in the size or quality of the rooms , please give the best ones to those named at the top of the list . |
| 20 | These levels of breeding success were very similar to those found at the same time in the London area and Leicestershire . |
| 21 | re-engagement , ie re-employment on terms which are not identical to those enjoyed at the date of your dismissal ; or |
| 22 | The stand and materials used were similar to those used at the Steam Engine Rally . |
| 23 | Tanjug also claimed 36 children were among those killed at the weekend and police fired into the bodies of the wounded . |
| 24 | This far exceeds more recent estimates for 1983 given at the On-line conference in December . |
| 25 | Janet had at first demurred at the room ever being used again , let alone so soon after Aunt Emily 's death . |
| 26 | They have to be placed , or at best thrown at the target , and even slinging some of the purpose-built smaller ones is inaccurate and slow . |