Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no attempt to come to terms with the central issue of wage determination : an issue commented upon at the time but one whose importance was to become far clearer in hindsight to politicians and economists alike [ Meade , 1982 ] . |
| 2 | He wore a cap and a longish mac done up at the neck . |
| 3 | Yet most would want to agree that such belief ought not to be contradictory in any way ( while bearing in mind the distinction between paradox and contradiction referred to at the end of Chapter 6 ) . |
| 4 | Provided that the sale of debt is in excess of what the government intends to spend , a process referred to at the moment as ‘ overfunding ’ , then a shortage of liquidity has been created . |
| 5 | In the article referred to at the outset , Susan Sontag remarks that camp ‘ is a solvent of morality . |
| 6 | The Northern Ireland case illustrates a critical point hinted at at the beginning of this section which has important methodological implications for any researcher working with ethnicity as a speaker variable : ethnicity is a culturally created category , in no sense objectively ‘ given ’ or verifiable . |
| 7 | ‘ The case may be said to be a good example of the stringency with which the courts scrutinise transactions of guarantee entered into at the instance of a debtor who is likely to be in a position to exert influence on the surety and in circumstances in which the surety can derive no conceivable benefit from the transaction . |
| 8 | In those circumstances , it was hardly surprising that the judge found the two appellants in contempt and made the order referred to at the outset of this judgment . |