Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potter 's bid for martyrdom came at twenty-five-foot Waimea in the winter of '86‐7 when the early rounds of the Billabong Pro were held at the Bay . |
| 2 | Whether the production work sharing is something that is still to be decided er at the start of that phase but on the equipment , we were er originally entitled to thirty three percent of the common equipment er when we last gave evidence to the committee the U K work share for equipment stood at some thirty six percent of those that had been selected at that time . |
| 3 | More training of young members should be provided as well as distribution of literature aimed at young people . |
| 4 | By 1736 the population of the town of Sheffield stood at 10,121 , which was about three and a half times higher than it had been a couple of generations earlier in 1672 . |
| 5 | British companies had to build their lines between revolutions and had to be prepared to accept the damage to bridges , track , and stations caused by civil war and insurgency , but the opportunities presented in the wheat-growing and stock-rearing of Argentina , the coffee , rubber , and minerals of Brazil , the gold , silver , copper , nitrates , and sheep-farming of Chile , the cattle of Uruguay , and the sugar , coffee , cocoa , tobacco , cotton , and cattle of Venezuela seemed at that time limitless . |
| 6 | In Clwyd , the terminal at Point of Ayr promised at most 132 jobs for the duration of the drilling process , she said . |
| 7 | Many simply went in and out of the factory without showing any emotion at all , relieved that weeks of uncertainty had at last come to an end . |
| 8 | To create a sense of occasion that is in keeping with the depth of emotion felt at such times is very difficult without recognized formalities and strong ritualistic content . |
| 9 | RIVAS OF BLOOD STEMMED AT LAST |
| 10 | The gentleman on the other side of Artemis laughed at that , but also into his napkin , adding ‘ bravo ’ in a low voice . |
| 11 | But when the action of splash and spray is considered , there arises the possibility of the rock bench extending above this , or , if the rocks are suitably stratified , of subsidiary benched at higher elevations . |
| 12 | The experiment , known as the Isotropic Lead Experiment , involved substituting a special isotope of lead mined at Broken Hill in New south Wales , Australia for the normal additive in all petrol sold in the area . |
| 13 | The problem is that for many centuries there were a number of variant systems in which the year of grace began at different times — 1 January , Christmas Day , the Annunciation , Easter Day , and 1 , 24 and 29 September . |
| 14 | ( h ) Octavian , later Augustus , heir to Julius Caesar , portrayed on a coin minted in 36–31 BC. ( c ) Antiochus III , King of Syria ( 223–187 BC ) , Is thought to have been the model for the portraits of Octavian made at this period . |
| 15 | Orders to the end of August stood at 1,423 : 708 in the UK , 325 in Europe and 390 elsewhere — whilst the total number of DRS6000 installations will stand at 6,000 by the end of the year , according to the company . |
| 16 | The centre of gravity had at last moved away from Berwick . |
| 17 | The abbot of Cîteaux enjoyed at first a patriarchal , supervisory role like his brother of Cluny ; but in the course of the 1120s and 1130s the machinery of the Order was perfected , and in principle every abbot of the Order went to Cîteaux every year for general chapter , and every abbot visited his abbey 's daughter houses every year . |
| 18 | Obviously the modern sophisticated reader will know that one can use the highest points in each square of a fine grid or take the heights of points picked at random to provide data . |
| 19 | Since many kinds of trilobites co-existed at any one time they were probably occupying different ecological niches , behaving in different ways , corresponding with the wide variation in shape that they show . |
| 20 | Analysing the 1966 data , at a time when the average level of unemployment stood at 2.6 per cent , he found that the rate for professional workers and those in supervisory grades was 0.6 and 1.3 per cent , respectively ( ‘ Is there a dual labour market in Great Britain ? ’ , |
| 21 | To the extent that freedom of expression figured at all , it was no more than as an implicit principle sitting silently in the gaps between the words . |
| 22 | When he sought to appeal , a preliminary objection was raised that an appeal did not lies , as the appeal was in a ‘ criminal cause or matter ’ in respect of which the Court of Appeal had at that time no jurisdiction . |
| 23 | The number of European households connected at the end of June stood at 24.4 million . |
| 24 | When Paul Devereux took over The Ley Hunter in 1976 , it was widely assumed that some form of energy existed at ancient sites , but there had been virtually no research to back these ideas up . |
| 25 | It 's true I think er as Mr said at some length er that er this measure would not prevent hunting in in most of the area in which it it takes place , through plenty of it happens of course well to the West of the A six er perhaps it might even get out there from time to time but our duty clearly is to see er that the right thing is done in the territory which is our responsibility and our other responsibility is surely to set an example of decent humanity . |
| 26 | Married couples without children , including ‘ empty nesters ’ ( older families whose children have left home ) as well as newly-married partners , form the largest single group of households at 36 per cent of the total , while the proportion of households comprising lone parents with children stood at 8 per cent in 1988 . |
| 27 | The discontent with Rome had at last resulted in rebellions of slaves and of the lower classes , indirectly or even directly supported by those who at the two opposite corners of the Roman Empire were trying to defend their own independence , the Spanish tribes and Mithridates , king of Pontus . |
| 28 | Talks in Whitehall aimed at restoring trade union rights to thousands of workers have collapsed after months of secret negotiations . |
| 29 | Talks in Whitehall aimed at restoring trade union rights to thousands of workers have collapsed after months of secret negotiations . |
| 30 | Employment in mining stood at 104 in 1964 and at 2,100 in 1977 , about 0.2 per cent of the workforce . |