Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun pl] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Display maps at the key positions should remove this problem . |
| 2 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
| 3 | Cases of CJD rose from 32 in 1990/91 to 48 in 1992/93 but the rise " is not statistically significant " and reflects " inevitable fluctuations from year to year " , say researchers at the national CJD surveillance unit in Edinburgh . |
| 4 | If he 's lucky , once he 's typed his copy he can use special phone and fax lines at the nearby headquarters of Unprofor , the United Nations peace keeping force , which also controls other necessary supplies . |
| 5 | The owners also get various benefits such as copies of the annual report and accounts , the right to attend , speak and propose motions at the annual general meeting , shareholder discounts on the firm 's product , and so on . |
| 6 | But radiation from VDUs at very low frequencies may give cause for concern , say scientists at the Ginadian Centre for Occupational Health and safety . |
| 7 | Press conferences At the national level , press conferences can often prove to be a waste of time and effort . |
| 8 | Here the organisers have set up an international event where walkers , climbers and people everywhere can do something they enjoy doing and benefit others at the same time . |
| 9 | All he does is press the record and stop buttons at the appropriate times . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll give the missus one and give thanks at the same time , how 's that ? |
| 11 | In the opinion of Books Etc , ‘ this unfair distribution method should now cease , and accordingly , may we please be given the opportunity of subscribing to your complete paperback list and obtain deliveries at the same time as all other bookshops in the UK ? ’ |
| 12 | These results could not be explained by expectations about the effects of influenza or by changes in mood , and they confirm findings at the Medical Research Council Common Cold Unit with experimentally induced illnesses . |
| 13 | ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’ |
| 14 | These machine tools at the old railworks in Swindon have been wrecked . |
| 15 | Miklós Mojzer addressed the problems of the art trade in Hungary , where as yet no lists exist for objects considered part of the national heritage , while Lubomir Slavicek focused on financial , management , and display problems at the National Gallery in Prague . |
| 16 | Nearly 4,000 objectors from all over the country — including religious pilgrims who attend retreats at the Franciscan Friary opposite the convent have signed protest petitions . |
| 17 | An electoral chain of command pushes orders up so that the people control things at the same time as those in authority are responsible down to the people or to the government of the people . |
| 18 | Lepine yells at the three students on the lectern to get out , but nobody moves . |
| 19 | That is why I was able to be a soldier ; we keep armies at the ready all the time . ’ |
| 20 | I would go to France , and there make enquiries at the Ministière de la Défence Nationale in Paris . |
| 21 | Although it is not necessary to mark each package in the list , all endorsement marks given must be the same as it is not possible to accept some packages and reject others at the same time . |
| 22 | Note that you can not mix endorsement marks , ie. you can not accept some and reject others at the same time . |
| 23 | Private firms must be formidably efficient to overcome these handicaps and offer facilities at the same or lower prices . |
| 24 | What she could do she had no idea ; but she would stand on the cliff top at Dover and heave rocks at the arrogant sods , if that was what it took . |
| 25 | However , he did admit that there is a get-out clause written in to the contract involving Hapag Lloyd who share facilities at the Royal Seaforth Container Terminal which has been negotiated on cheaper terms than the previous agreement . |
| 26 | Gandalf remarks at the same time that he sent Gwaihir the eagle to watch the River ; presumably he was the eagle Aragorn saw , but thought nothing of , as he stared out from Amon Hen on the first page of The Two Towers . |
| 27 | At Beckford , on the southern slopes of Bredon Hill , you can visit Beckford Silk Centre and view the processes involved in the dyeing and printing of their unusual silks , and make purchases at the adjacent store . |
| 28 | If you block paragraphs at the left-hand margin , then headings may be either blocked or centred . |
| 29 | ( The fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would have if she lived to the end of her child-bearing years and bore children at the prevailing rate for each age during that period . ) |
| 30 | Throw stones at the British army from a fortress of council cement . |