Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car 's previous owner was the late cricketer , Sir George ‘ Gubby ’ Allen , and was snaffled up by Mogg for £8,000 at the recent auction of Allen 's belongings . |
| 2 | The car 's previous owner was the late cricketer , Sir George ‘ Gubby ’ Allen , and was snaffled up by Mogg for £8,000 at the recent auction of Allen 's belongings . |
| 3 | The first is that the form which study skills development has typically taken in project schools is by no means at the radical end of the spectrum in terms of the different ideologies of education which we described in Chapter 3 . |
| 4 | Mr Michael Rowley , finance director , said the group had foreseen the problems and had made an effort to increase income from interest , which came in at £64,000 as against a charge of £78,000 at the halfway stage last year . |
| 5 | Every other member of staff at the now-closed villa was interviewed but all denied any knowledge of ‘ inappropriate actions ’ . |
| 6 | This policy issue must be cleared before the basic personnel decisions about selection and training of staff at the various levels can be made and before the information presentations can be designed . |
| 7 | ‘ I know several members of staff at the Versorelli Institute quite well . |
| 8 | Because industrial growth has been so fast there is virtually full employment , with a particular shortage of staff at the clerical/secretarial level , since the new generation of university-educated Singaporeans is aiming for the higher paid jobs . |
| 9 | The charges arose from a 1983 investigation of alleged sexual abuse by Buckey , his mother Peggy McMartin Buckey , and several members of staff at the family-owned McMartin kindergarten in Los Angeles . |
| 10 | Jean-Louis Bianco was previously chief of staff at the presidential office . |
| 11 | On the staff side we have recruited nine individuals , er , but since we 've lost three members of staff at the same time , that is a net increase of six , and since most of them are part-time , there 's actually only three full-time equivalents , we 've been able to do that entirely within the we had on establishments at work . |
| 12 | A member of staff at the Royal United Hospital said staff were reduced to tears by the tragedy . |
| 13 | Lyricist Tim Rice , one of the forces behind worldwide musical smashes Chess , Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita , summed up : ‘ You ca n't fool hundreds of thousands , or millions of people at the same time with absolute garbage for record after record . |
| 14 | The arrival of large groups of people at the same time will always mean pressure on the reception staff , hall porters and other departments . |
| 15 | And th and then we have Mr Lilley saying that there were lots of people at the Tory Party Conference , remember , he had his little list that he was going to go through and and erm chop out all the , the social security scroungers and people who abused the system . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm one of the team of people at the Foreign Office that will be constantly working on Michael 's case . |
| 17 | From 1321 to 1325 he was also in charge of works at the royal castle there . |
| 18 | The neck itself is made from Canadian maple and feels fairly slim for a five — 45mm across the nut , with a depth of just 23mm and a width of 60mm at the twelfth fret . |
| 19 | To take an oversimplified example : if an investor buys marks at three to the pound , and the pound falls until it is valued at just two marks , every pound of the original stake will be worth £1.50 at the new rate . |
| 20 | Unlike previous years the majority of sales were at the cheapest end of the price range , between £100 and £500 with works at the top price of £1,750 harder to shift . |
| 21 | It is equally relevant when providing a nursing service for people at the other end of the lifespan — the elderly . |
| 22 | ‘ So , we are really talking , I believe , about developing democracy and accountability and power for people at the very grassroots of the community ’ . |
| 23 | Meanwhile despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of London 's Docklands , the team is waiting optimistically in the wings to cater for staff at the new Texaco headquarters in Canary Wharf . |
| 24 | These studies were to be carried out collaboratively between regional and district officers , and to be completed within six months , to minimize the uncertainty for staff at the two hospitals . |
| 25 | Tyndale 's main problem for the rest of his life was to find a base on the Continent where there was a printing press , where its use by him would be tolerated by the authorities , and from which his translations and publications could be sent to England , either through sales at the great annual book fair at Frankfurt or by river and sea , hidden among the goods of friendly merchants . |
| 26 | MID WYND International Investment Trust achieved accelerated growth in the first half-year , as net asset value per share leapt by 16.3 per cent , from 280.9p at the previous year-end to 326.8p in the six months to 31 December , 1992 . |
| 27 | Then he holed from 20ft at the long second and six feet at the fifth and sixth to maintain his record of not having suffered a failure in Europe since the Cannes Open two years ago . |
| 28 | ‘ Scotty ’ Gilmour , who formerly worked for Tony Jacklin , duly performed the aiming function , and a birdie from 15ft at the seventeenth partially repaired the damage . |
| 29 | But Arnold Palmer , needing a birdie at each of the last two holes , sank a 30ft putt at the 17th and hit an approach shot to within 6ft at the last . |
| 30 | Kite , the US Open champion , had a seven at the fourth but recovered with six birdies for a 69 , while Norman failed to join Faldo in the lead by missing from 8ft at the 18th for a 71 . |