Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequent criticism of the dearth of technical demonstrations at the Royal Welsh prompted MLC 's regional beef specialist , Brinley Davies , to stage a third day livestock ring presentation of practical genetics . |
| 2 | Erm and possibly the installation of mini roundabouts at the minor junctions erm would give us quite a lot of benefit . |
| 3 | The source potential and maturity of the 7000 ft of Cambrian shales at the Cooles Farm borehole have not been reported . |
| 4 | Lothian Regional councillors will put forward a case in favour of a postal referendum when the issue is discussed at a meeting of Labour groups at the start of the annual conference of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in Dunblane . |
| 5 | At a more practical level , but under the shadow of such an ideal , went the building of a series of administrative layers at the sensitive ideological point between the official state and the mass of the people . |
| 6 | The principal explanation is likely to be that so characteristic of English educational provision , where the strength of local initiatives is also a weakness ; where central government 's desire to support and disseminate a variety of innovative practices at the local level can lead to confusion and contradiction in national policy-making . |
| 7 | What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of placing a substantial number of political appointees at the head of each department when a new government assumes power ? |
| 8 | Now the remarkable circumstance , recorded by Anna Dostoevsky in her memoirs , is that her husband had a foreboding of political disturbances at the Academy , and fearing that his brother-in-law ‘ because of his youthfulness and weakness of character might take an active part in them ’ , he persuaded Anna 's mother it would be a good thing if the young man came to them in Dresden : which he did in October of 1869 , the month before Ivanov was murdered . |
| 9 | But this period captured the popular imagination because of the very high unemployment figures , the sudden departure from the gold standard in September 1931 and the drama of political events at the time . |
| 10 | ‘ There was a great number of rural workers at the doors of the new factories looking for employment . |
| 11 | The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has sentenced David James , former curator of Islamic manuscripts at the Chester Beatty Library , Dublin , to five years imprisonment on thirty-six charges of theft , carried out between 1983 and 1989 ( see The Art Newspaper , No. 17 , April 1992 , p.2 ) . |
| 12 | Dr David James , former Curator of Islamic manuscripts at the Chester Beatty Library , Dublin , appeared at Dublin Circuit Court on 19 February and pleaded guilty to thirty-six charges of theft ( see The Art Newspaper No.12 , November 1991 , p.1 ) . |
| 13 | She herself , praise be , had never been in a run with her … one night 's charity performance of Private Lives at the Arts Theatre had been quite enough , thank you . |
| 14 | Even for the full Welsh side to beat Australia — let alone the second string-would have seemed an outrageous dream a year ago in the wake of humiliating defeats at the hands of the world champions , 63–6 on tour Down Under , and 38–3 in the World Cup . |
| 15 | Until 1989 he was director of European affairs at the environmental and energy policy centre of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University , and until 1990 a broadcaster on the BBC and commercial radio , a company director and public affairs advisor . |
| 16 | By the bed of alpine strawberries at the bottom of the slope two small children stood hand in hand watching one of the young gardeners at work covering the plants with black netting . |
| 17 | Later this month it will be a permanent feature of full-time courses at the hotel school . |
| 18 | Kopyion sat on a chair , staring out of half-blind eyes at the screens and eating dates from a little box on his lap . |
| 19 | In February 1883 Ellice Hopkins addressed a mass meeting of working men at the mining village of Bishop Auckland , on the invitation of the Bishop of Durham . |
| 20 | Designs for Kedleston by James ‘ Athenian ’ Stuart and Robert Adam will also be shown , and this is doubly appropriate as the proceeds of the exhibition will be given to the Trust and will be used to store and display the unique collection of architectural drawings at the house in ideal museum-room conditions . |
| 21 | Delamotte belonged to that Society and was a member of the Society of Arts , and of the Society of Artists , having exhibited a number of architectural drawings at the Royal Academy . |
| 22 | The second is a tendency for subjects to recall central details of risky situations at the expense of peripheral details . |
| 23 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 24 | The T network is actually the star network considered in the context of direct currents at the end of section 3.2 where it was shown that it transforms into an equivalent delta network . |
| 25 | Here significant uplift of rift flanks has occurred although there is convincing evidence ( from the deposition of marine sediments at the time of rifting ) that rifting preceded uplift . |
| 26 | In many parts of the tropics there are mass spawnings of marine worms at the full moon at identical periods each year , the water glowing phosphorescent green during these mass nuptials . |
| 27 | The following table shows the proportions of non-publishing researchers at the universities which have a major interest in Scottish geology . |
| 28 | The following table shows the proportions of non-publishing researchers at the universities which have a major interest in Scottish geology . |
| 29 | Tom Bull-Dwyer 's middle managers stared unhappily out through the forest of tangled masts at the Needles , which seemed to be travelling past at a brisk walking pace . |
| 30 | In London , meanwhile , a Whitehall report citing all sorts of commercial opportunities at the British Museum has drawn a defensive response : suggestions that the museum might see itself more like a branch of the leisure industry have got the staff bristling with indignation . |