Example sentences of "while at the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , while at the peak of his long and difficult reign , and while engaged upon an ideal cause that represented all that he stood for in terms of imperial and religious aims , Frederick Barbarossa probably died from what we would now recognise as a massive heart failure . |
| 2 | She 'll have to go , he told himself , fearful for his sanity while at the mercy of Bessie 's constant chatter . |
| 3 | The structure of universities in Germany , France , Britain and the USA was very different , but everywhere they were by the end of the century centres of scientific research , while at the beginning of it they had mostly been very marginal to it . |
| 4 | While at the University of Chicago ( where he met Ulu Grosbard ) , he made his living as a night janitor , hotel desk clerk and delivery truck driver . |
| 5 | The similarly configured 486DX/33 machine — with more expansion slots , comes to £1,160 while at the top of the bottom is the floor-standing 66MHz 80486DX2 with six drive bays , six slots and a 170Mb disk for £1,810 . |
| 6 | In October 1975 OSHA recommended a further lowering of exposure levels while at the end of 1976 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) recommended a further lowering of the standard to the lower limit of detection by optical microscopy — 100.000 asbestos fibre per cubic metre — though NIOSH admitted that even at that level of exposure there is probably still an increased risk of cancer . |
| 7 | Between 1916 and 1920 membership of the NALRWU grew from 4000 to 93000 , while at the end of the same period the Workers ' Union ( the precursor of the TGWU ) contained an estimated 120000 farm workers . |
| 8 | Today , Muslims are classed as Arabs , while at the end of the Middle Ages and at the beginning of the modern period , they were classed as Turks . |
| 9 | The dissolution of BCP cells in the armed forces had already been ordered by the former politburo on Jan. 24 and had been accomplished by Feb. 15 , while at the end of January a congress of the Union of Journalists had banned party cells from newspapers and publishing houses . |
| 10 | While at the end of 1985 there were fears that the price of crude would drop as far as $15 , by the end of July 1986 a leading article in The Times reported that Brent crude stood at ‘ a paltry nine dollars a barrel ’ . |
| 11 | As turbulent conditions continued , it was then announced that base rate would rise further to 15 per cent the following day ( equal to its peak in 1989-90 ) , while at the close of business in London the pound stood at DM2.75 . |
| 12 | In August 33-year-old newsagent John Carson was shot while at the counter of his shop approximately yards from the scene of Tuesday 's murder . |
| 13 | While at the height of the Bank Holiday disturbances there was what was described as a ‘ Midnight Riot ’ in the vicinity of Euston Road when a policeman attempted to deal with a disorderly woman who ‘ began to shriek , and … screamed that she was being choked ’ . |
| 14 | While at the hand of a Gabo , a Victor Vasareley or a Ben Nicholson its poetry enjoys analogy and metaphor , its strength is based on scientific methodology , inductive and deductive reasoning ( ref : ‘ The Design Spectrum ’ , Chapter 15 ) . |
| 15 | The new editor of the Belfast Telegraph Edmund Curran won the 1992 United Kingdom Regional Editor of the year while at the helm of the Sunday Life . |