Example sentences of "[conj] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is because it is an area where Marx and Engels , misled by Morgan , went most wrong , yet where at the same time they made the best use of anthropology . |
| 2 | A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for . |
| 3 | Details were wanted on the number of Englishmen employed " in the Mynes or at the said worke , either for getting Oare or about roasting & melting furnace or hamers , & whether there be any skilful to manage those works if the now farmers should dye . " |
| 4 | Each genre established you as ‘ commander ’ at a particular level — for example as total military supremo controlling grand strategy , or at regimental level in charge of smaller units such as squads or platoons , or at the lowest level actually controlling individual tanks or airplanes . |
| 5 | In this type of case , the nearest equivalent to direct personal service on an individual defendant would be service at the registered office or ‘ seat ’ of a company , or at the principal place of business of some other type of business association , on a senior executive of the company or association . |
| 6 | Imagine yourself in the new office , or at the successful interview , or signing the contract — and see every detail as clearly as possible . |
| 7 | You spoke about what was said in the brochure that management charges had been or would be running at about a rate of inflation , we can see it on page fifty six , it 's better if you look at it I think , rather than I parrot phrase , see fifty six if you so kind now see fifty six is talking about at Broadstone will the management charges greatly increase the answer is no management service , er , sorry has appointed U K leading management specialist for several reasons , firstly because of their professional caring attitude , secondly because time has shown that management charges , rises the rate either slightly below or at the levelled inflation when that brochure was produced in respect of that development was that statement true or was it not ? |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it is a fact that during shiftwork and after time-zone transitions , body temperature and adrenalin rhythms have been used in addition to , or even in place of , measures of performance at ‘ real tasks ’ or at the simpler tests devised by psychologists . |
| 9 | I can normally be contacted on either or , or at the following address : . |
| 10 | No study looks systematically either at the role of girls vis-à-vis masculine delinquency , or at the possible importance of girls ' groups in female deviancy . |
| 11 | These kind of skills are not rewarded in school , where memory is more important , or at the lower levels of organisation . |
| 12 | Guests often spend as much time here as in the well-appointed lounges or at the friendly bar , before dining in the attractive restaurant which offers a choice of menu . |
| 13 | The gain may be taxed at the basic rate of income tax therefore or at the higher rate . |
| 14 | In the case of parish , town or community councillor the declaration must be made before or at the first meeting of the council after his election , or if the council at that meeting so permits , before or at a later meeting fixed by the council . |
| 15 | Provision is made for the election of members of a new divisional board , either at the meeting at which it was determined that a new division should be established or at the first meeting thereafter . |
| 16 | Provision is made for the election of members of a new divisional board , either at the meeting at which it was determined that a new division should be established or at the first meeting thereafter . |
| 17 | The more sceptical and critical attitude towards nationalism which appeared to develop in the postwar period , and the fresh attempts to create ( even within a limited area ) supranational organizations , or at the other end of the spectrum to revive local and regional communities , provided an opportunity to redirect the sense of belonging , at least to some extent , upon political units other than the nation state . |
| 18 | When you start to build bonfires in someone 's back garden , there 's never enough space between the fire and the property , and consequently you can get all sorts of damage er either of a minor nature of blistering , or at the other end of the scale complete burn out of the house . |
| 19 | Well I think one of the advantages of a nursery schooling is certainly a considerable amount of social interaction for the children , which very often they wo n't be obtaining , either if they 're living in high rise flats , or at the other end of the social spectrum if they 're parents are living in large houses with large gardens and no other children within the vicinity . |
| 20 | Or at the other end , we get a reaction which is entirely aggressive , because the child is trying to grapple with something he does n't understand , he does n't get a sense of caring feeling from the person trying to teach him , so he reacts aggressively . |
| 21 | Well I think one of the advantages of a nursery schooling is certainly a considerable amount of social interaction for the children , which very often they wo n't be obtaining , either if they 're living in high rise flats , or at the other end of the social spectrum if their parents are living in large houses with large gardens and no other children within the vicinity . |
| 22 | It can be so slight as to be hardly worth the name … or at the other extreme , it can almost totally paralyse action . ’ |
| 23 | The reason it 's in this format , is this is now the national standard form of accounts for social services , and the thinking behind it is , whether you were an authority that provided all of its services directly at one extreme , or at the other extreme , you were in a party that provided no direct services , and bought them all in from other providers , you would still need to meet , to meet those costs . |
| 24 | Laniel became premier in 1953 , announcing that his government ‘ was ready to seize all occasions to make peace , whether in Indo-China or at the international level ’ . |
| 25 | For young women the disease sanctions were even stronger and tended to be linked with childbearing threats , with the possibility opened up of cancer , insanity and TB , or at the least frigidity or nymphomania . |
| 26 | Almost half of Shrewsbury has Welsh blood , or at the least friends in Wales . |
| 27 | When a new issue of bonds is made , the Bank of England will set a minimum price somewhat below the £100 face value and then invite tenders for these bonds above or at the minimum price . |
| 28 | If the profit margins of manufacturers are too drastically reduced they may move their capital from the industrial to the financial sector ; if the political power of the unions is legislated against they may make their power felt at the economic level by going on strike , or at the political level by withdrawing from established parliamentary parties and so on . |
| 29 | It seems to us natural that love should be the commonest theme of serious imaginative literature : but a glance at classical antiquity or at the Dark Ages at once shows us that what we took for " nature " is really a special state of affairs , which will probably have an end , and which certainly had a beginning … |
| 30 | It is likely that this Daguerreotype was displayed by de St. Croix in the Argyll Rooms at 218 Regent Street or at the Royal Adelaide Gallery of Practical Science , West Strand — a few steps from the camera position at which the Daguerreotype plate was exposed . |