Example sentences of "take [noun sg] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , any covenant that takes effect at a date calculated by reference to the expiry of the term , will be unenforceable if the power is exercised . |
| 2 | The reason for this is that sperm production takes place at a temperature a couple of degrees lower than body temperature , so the process has to take place outside the body to function properly . |
| 3 | If the relocation takes place at a time when it is important for a child to complete a course of education , e.g. GCE examinations , the company will pay reasonable board and lodging costs for the child up to a maximum of £200 per month for the remainder of that school term or until all examinations are complete within that academic year . |
| 4 | In the context of inflationary scenarios this formation takes place at a time ( refs 14 , 15 ) . |
| 5 | This takes place at a time prearranged to be mutually convenient . |
| 6 | The subduction takes place at an angle — the Pacific Plate is being forced down , but forced onwards too , so the line of its descent is a gentle plane inclined at perhaps 30° . |
| 7 | Nobutoshi Akao takes office at a time when the country is increasingly coming under fire from environmentalists for ignoring global priorities . |
| 8 | This will take place at a celebration breakfast for Opportunity 2000 's first anniversary on 17 November at the Park Lane Hotel . |
| 9 | Throughout implementation of the job , communication will take place at a variety of levels and the skill with which it is handled will often dictate the ultimate success of the job . |
| 10 | He is leading an English team to compete in the first ever Irish staging of the Jack Charlton Trout Cup — an event which will take place at a lake near Bantry in County Cork on March 29 and 30 . |
| 11 | Ideally , further education activities should take place at a time when the qualified staff can most easily be spared . |
| 12 | This should take place at a time when the individual is able to engage in detailed discussion . |
| 13 | Such effects could take place at a number of different levels within the political system : an individual 's relationship to another could change as a result of the media just as an individual 's relationship to an institution could change as an outcome of media work , and so on . |
| 14 | Virtually nothing is known of Freeman 's early years ; he shrouded his early life in great mystery and even the details of his secondary schooling — which apparently took place at a boarding-school in north London — remained unknown to his closest relatives . |
| 15 | His 1939 journey took place at a time when anti-British sentiments were beginning to reach Hadhramaut from Cairo and there was increasing criticism of the privileges of sayyid rulers . |
| 16 | The controversy which surrounded these events , and which periodically exercised the District Executive and enlivened the District Council , took place at a time when tutor-organisers were less established figures than they were to be in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 17 | Early trials of the new drug took place at a time when the transplantation of kidneys and other organs was being vigorously investigated . |
| 18 | The conference took place at a time of great political turmoil , and there were calls for the resignation of President Collor and an end to corruption . |
| 19 | True , but in some cases that did not amount to all that much , and while inter-war legislation obviously provided the experience for the post-war Planning Acts which followed , the development of statutory land-use control took place at a time when particular environmental changes seemed to be little affected by formal planning powers . |
| 20 | The withdrawal of most full-time students ' entitlement to those benefits took place at a time when substantial additional resources were being made available to students through the education system . |
| 21 | The session took place at a time of intense political debate in China , with Deng Xiaoping , the country 's " elder statesman " leader , leading a drive for the implementation of more fundamental economic reforms [ see pp. 38813-14 ; 38764 ; 38722 ] . |
| 22 | This left-wing revival among the electorate took place at a time when some devoted socialists were becoming disillusioned with the prospects of actually accomplishing any sort of social revolution during the war itself . |
| 23 | The Spanish Civil War took place at a time of growing tension in Europe , on account of the increasingly belligerent attitude of Hitler 's Germany and the less bellicose , but also expansionist , intentions of fascist Italy . |
| 24 | The areas enclosed in the south of the county were on average larger than those in the east , so it is likely that enclosure there took place at a time when conditions were more conducive to the practice . |
| 25 | As a result , the purchaser can now be held responsible for all dismissal claims by employees dismissed in connection with the sale even if the dismissals took place at a time earlier than literally " immediately before " the transfer . |
| 26 | The incident took place at a house on Jerviston Street in New Stevenson at around eight o'clock last night . |
| 27 | The court held that trespass to air space was not committed where the flight took place at a height which did not affect the use of the land . |
| 28 | Duns Scotus is a major figure for the ecumenical movement in Scotland and that fact was recognised when the service took place at an evening prayer meeting attended by many non-Catholics , rather than during mass , as would have been normal . |
| 29 | It was as if things were taking place at a distance , in some dream-like realm . |
| 30 | But those big percentage reductions are taking place at a point on the network where the southern bypass has already reduced the flows , so th those parts of the network would be much less in need of relief . |