Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are innovative products at the forefront of market trends , not replicas of brand leading lines . |
| 2 | The gentlemen 's titles did not appear on the hand-painted signs at the foot of the staircase ; in certain other Oxford colleges such practices were countenanced ; not , Mr Bullins thought proudly , in Magdalen , which , in his opinion , was not only the most beautiful college in Oxford but also the only one of any consequence . |
| 3 | But all the low-tech equipment works very well together and even after three solid hours at the wheel on a variety of road conditions which varied from motorway to unclassified minor roads , there were no tell-tale aches or pains . |
| 4 | This gives some idea of Smith 's precocious accomplishments at the age of 12 . |
| 5 | Two full-time researchers at the RIIA will undertake a part of this research and coordinate a good deal of team work involving British academics and practitioners as well as in some cases scholars from Western Europe . |
| 6 | They were things that you took to enhance your experience and to make it more intense — to make your personal development became part of your life , It was a very high-minded approach and when one looks at what has happened to the drug scene today and one looks back to the prevailing attitudes at the time , one can see the absolute , total abhorrence among drug takers that I knew in those days of amphetamines , heroin , barbiturates , mandrax — all those things that had an adverse physical effect which were considered to by highly dangerous to one 's personal development and to one 's daily living . |
| 7 | Chopin 's ever-spellbinding cycle is mercilessly tragic — the three low notes at the end of the final Prélude leave no room for optimism — and one of the most impressive things about Dmitry Alexeev 's fine performance is the way in which he keeps intensity and concentration on the boil throughout all of the minor key pieces in the cycle 's latter half . |
| 8 | Many low income families may still face enforcement action through private bailiffs at the door , rather than less stringent repayment methods . |
| 9 | When economic distress forced a widespread unrest among the lower agricultural ranks at the height of Edward 's Protestant reforms in 1549 , Arundel had coped with it without overt force , using his traditional authority , with ‘ the people , having no small experience of his honor , and bearing dutiful affection unto him , as their ancient and chiefest lord of that country ’ . |
| 10 | Many players retained part-time jobs or worked odd shifts at the pit . |
| 11 | ‘ The system is characterised by union pluralism , complexity of the representative institutions at the enterprise level , and freedom to strike at any moment and on any issue ’ ( Delamotte , 1982 , p. 327 ) . |
| 12 | Afternoon and evening : private discussions at the guest house with people seeking advice on theses etc . |
| 13 | This procedure takes a new snapshot and does pixel counts for various subareas such as a narrow strips at the edge of the region of the reference area which is supposed to contain the reference card . |
| 14 | Lothian Regional councillors will put forward a case in favour of a postal referendum when the issue is discussed at a meeting of Labour groups at the start of the annual conference of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in Dunblane . |
| 15 | On 15 January 1862 he submitted proposals to the tsar which became " the basic blueprint " for his multifarious activities at the War Ministry . |
| 16 | Mosley himself admired Lloyd George 's qualities of leadership and had been impressed by his energy and administrative skills at the Ministry of Munitions from 1915 to 1916 . |
| 17 | The Wren insurance mutual of some 40 major firms is offering a package tied up with an optional extension to cover consequential losses at the owner/occupier/tenant 's expense . |
| 18 | During this year Mozart added to his expanding list of works another Mass ( K.66 ) and other sacred works , dance pieces , and three orchestral serenades , called Cassations , for the end-of-term festivities at the university . |
| 19 | He 's going on about damn baths at the moment . |
| 20 | There are one or two pointed apical papillae at the apex of the jaw flanked on each side by 6–7 pointed oral papillae . |
| 21 | This event will see all the usual attractions at the Midland Railway Centre including the Matthew Kirtley Museum , the Country Park and the new Animal Farm being augmented by the presence of the Fat Controller , and Oswald the Talking Engine . |
| 22 | If one partner opts out of the physical caring , decision-making and adolescent crises at the expense of the other , a load of resentment and dissatisfaction soon builds up . |
| 23 | Scientists have discovered that the tons of dust which fall into the ocean provide vital minerals ( particularly iron ) to plankton and krill , shrimp-like animals at the beginning of the food chain . |
| 24 | Kopyion sat on a chair , staring out of half-blind eyes at the screens and eating dates from a little box on his lap . |
| 25 | ‘ Most are used as free-standing units at the fill point , but we do have a few on bowsers and sprayers . |
| 26 | Stunned , he looked down through smoke-bleared eyes at the shotgun in his hands . |
| 27 | Then he stopped and leaned on the rail at the top of the companionway , staring with unseeing eyes at the deck below . |
| 28 | He was leaning against the trunk of the tree , staring with blank unseeing eyes at the ground . |
| 29 | Three Mutawas had been told of the indignation from the foreign community and they stood with the armed guards at the entry of the delivery theatre to ensure that no sympathetic foreigner assisted the girl to escape . |
| 30 | From the interior , in particular , the effect is three-dimensional and remarkable ; the tall piers at the crossing , with their alternating arch openings and windows , support the ribbed vault , which extends upwards on all eight sides of the panelled lantern . |