Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun pl] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the average number of sexual partners for women now aged between 25 and 34 , say researchers at the University College of London . |
| 2 | HARES are steadily disappearing from the British countryside , say researchers at the Game Conservancy in Hampshire . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly , several estate agents report difficulties at the moment in attracting enough serious bidders . |
| 4 | Press announcements at the time of the cancelled shows this summer claimed that Morrissey fans who sent ‘ proof of purchase ’ of Glastonbury or Finsbury Park tickets to a PO Box number would receive free Alexandra Palace tickets . |
| 5 | It is suspected that such a high figure would only apply to non-specialist journals such as Nature and Science , which rapidly report results at the forefront of science , and that the rejected papers were later accepted by specialist journals publishing less urgent research . |
| 6 | It is suspected that such a high figure would only apply to non-specialist journals such as Nature and Science , which rapidly report results at the forefront of science , and that the rejected papers were later accepted by specialist journals publishing less urgent research . |
| 7 | If , as expected , the 1,700 aggrieved names on the Feltrim syndicates appoint solicitors at the end of this month , then some 15% of all names would be part of such action groups . |
| 8 | They also affect those — such as special-needs teachers or welfare assistants — who hold posts at the school but are not funded through the delegated school budget . |
| 9 | Trickle filters at the moment appear to be all the rage , but no doubt you will have noticed their main usage has been applied to invert systems , where the organic load is not so great . |
| 10 | Legislative changes in benefit regulations of course cause difficulties at the Department of Social Security which is already unable to cope . |
| 11 | Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples receive flowers at the Country House Hotel , a bottle of sparkling wine at Il Maniero . |
| 12 | We will make aid more effective , work more closely with non-governmental agencies , put women at the heart of our programme and , in co-ordination with other donors , reduce the share of tied aid . |
| 13 | THE FA have agreed to let managers climb Wembley 's 39 steps and receive momentoes at the end of this season 's FA Cup Final . |
| 14 | Yes , that was some time ago when I was working as a hostess with the British Council and used to collect meet VIPs at the station and bring them here to the university . |
| 15 | Edison 's first machine was the ‘ tinfoil phonograph ’ ( 1 ) , in which sound waves at the mouthpiece vibrated a diaphragm , and created undulations in a stretched layer of tinfoil wrapped round a cylindrical drum . |
| 16 | Today , these words embarrass officials at the department . |
| 17 | Some local education authorities assess children at the end of primary school in order to make allocations to secondary schools . |
| 18 | Account executives at the insurer , who monitor its agents , had Wright marked down as a man with constant cash flow problems — he was always hassling them for his commission . |
| 19 | Top management at TV group Granada face a potentially rough ride when they confront shareholders at the company 's annual meeting today . |
| 20 | The move follows a recent incident in which promenade chalets at the resort were damaged and concern has been voiced that the troublemakers could hit summer trade . |
| 21 | But as It celebrated a year of publication it had grown from twelve to twenty pages , with the ‘ What 's Happening ’ section now , significantly , filling two tightly set pages at the back , and the Arts Lab offering a ‘ Black Power Week ’ complete with Stokeley Carmichael — bundled out of the country post Dialectics of Liberation — on film , and ‘ Michael Abdul Malik and guests ’ . |
| 22 | I remember arguments at the beginning of 1991 about the precise number . |
| 23 | Andrea Dworkin , in her book Pornography : Men Possessing Women ( 1981 ) , argues that porn lies at the heart of male supremacy , of the oppression of women . |
| 24 | In his model firms set prices at the end of period t - 1 to cover period t . |
| 25 | Has it got : a moat ; a gatehouse ; outer walls ; concentric defences ; projecting towers ; a drawbridge ; portcullis ; draw bars at the gate ; a keep ; towers ; murder holes ? |
| 26 | Over the months one of the D ring rivets at the flex point of the boot has started to dig into my foot , so although the padding inside the boot is OK , it could be better . |
| 27 | I find comparisons at the moment impossible to contemplate as this reading is so shattering as to rule out any other . |
| 28 | Both federal and state leaders at the conference warned , however , that the reforms would face stiff opposition from vested interests in state governments , public service , trade unions and the business community . |
| 29 | A judicial investigation had opened on July 7 , 1989 , into the possible involvement of Blecha , Gratz and a former Federal Chancellor , Alfred ( Fred ) Sinowatz , and the court dealing with the affair began preliminary inquiries in September into the role played by the SPÖ Finance Minister , Ferdinand Lacina ( Minister for Transport and State Industries at the time ) ; similar inquiries were also initiated into the former Defence Minister , Friedhelm Frischenschläger ( FPÖ ) , and a former Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Minister , Erwin Lanc ( SPÖ ) . |
| 30 | It said little about the state of football at Athletico , but quite a lot about the lefty , New Age lecturers who encourage students at the Tech . |