Example sentences of "of [noun pl] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There are several methods of extending our rule to cope with this problem , all of which are essentially ways of considering programs restricted so that we only need worry about a finite set of values at a time . |
2 | This is done by , among other things , the sharing of stories , exchange of gossip , and a friendly and very sharp banter ( at which policemen are very good ) , during which sergeants sometimes have to struggle to rise above the one-line wit and are often themselves forced to succumb ( on the use of rituals at the beginning of work in American police departments see Niederhoffer 1967 ) . |
3 | This unexpected success was more to do with the low turn-out of bondholders at the meeting rather than any change of attitude . |
4 | To do so requires a comparison of the market-makers actual portfolio of investments at the time of the disclosure of the inside information , with the portfolio he could have had in the absence of the inside trade . |
5 | And the man who became articled to a firm of solicitors at the age of only 16 says his days as a judge were by far the most enjoyable of his career . |
6 | Miss C 's mother has never been told of the attack , because she was undergoing a series of operations at the time . |
7 | Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton disaster . |
8 | Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton accident . |
9 | It may be instructive that the prime mover in the action was an American bank ( Allied International ) which has subsequently ceased operations in London and which withdrew from the action on those grounds , although their vice president in charge of operations at the material time was , and still is , resident here . |
10 | I arrived quite blind after a great number of cocktails at the George with Claud . |
11 | The aircraft would be taxied into position at the base of the tower and connected to two cables , attached by way of mounts at the wing roots . |
12 | In fact , he made the initial call for me , as he has a lot of contacts at the station because of his job . ’ |
13 | We have always loved the idea of artists at the mercy of art , the dancing shoes that take over . |
14 | Whilst there was much talk of objects at the COSE initiative roll-out , firms associated with the effort do not yet seem to have decided if or how this playing field can be levelled , or whether basic object functionality is to be used to gain competitive advantage . |
15 | This was partly induced or caused by the development of courts at a distance from the curia but directly under the pope . |
16 | A series of improvements at the site in Barcelona have resulted in the annual rate of three day lost time accidents being reduced by a third . |
17 | President Guillermo Endara ended on March 13 a 13-day hunger strike which he had reportedly undertaken in solidarity with the most needy of Panamanians at a time of severe economic crisis . |
18 | The results often distort the real standing of riders at the top of the general classification , and the stage is cruel to its victims . |
19 | There was a spectacular incident at the finish of the race when Jonathan Aiken , in attempting to squeeze past a bunch of riders at the line , clipped a grass verge and bounced across the track but although he took a nasty looking fall he was uninjured . |
20 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
21 | A universal assay technology — called electro-rotation assay ( ERA ) — is capable of delivering accurate results in a matter of minutes at a fraction of the cost of existing diagnostic systems , its developer , Scientific Generics , claims . |
22 | Sedgley was sent on for Walsh in order to protect the two-goal lead , and Hendry was given a couple of minutes at the end so that Lineker could take a well-earned breather . |
23 | Her daughter , Lucy Packer ( 1970 ) besides mothering three sons has been appointed Head of Personnel at the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food . |
24 | Despite the positive aspects of school/authority relationships mentioned in this report thus far , there seems to be a gulf between the intentions of the Authority , ( the Directorate , QAU etc ) and the understandings of personnel at the school level . |
25 | Large turnover of personnel at the centre , but its prerogatives strengthened : a search for ‘ the best and the brightest ’ . |
26 | You spoke of personnel at the beginning ; the number of staff on the City Council in the last ten years has doubled . |
27 | Salisbury had remarked in 1911 that " whatever your own opinions , the Conservative party can only assimilate change gradually " , and this was certainly so in the case of personnel at the top . |
28 | The number of personnel at the ministries of Defence , Interior , Foreign Affairs and the Prosecutor 's office would be severely cut . |
29 | In Darlington the council calculates there are approximately 18,800 houses in the bottom band while the number of houses at the peak is negligible . |
30 | you see and I 'm glad I did n't miss it , I 'm glad I went through all what I did and , and this particular raid , you see , the siren went and they said a telegraph office read , you see , an and then I thought I 'll go to the back door and I went to the , well it was actually on the front of the station and I went to the front of the station and there was this plane swooping down like that and of course , you see , the bombs did n't fall down straight like that but they went as the plane went and they knocked down a row of houses at the end of the road . |