Example sentences of "of [noun pl] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | This unexpected success was more to do with the low turn-out of bondholders at the meeting rather than any change of attitude . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Miss C 's mother has never been told of the attack , because she was undergoing a series of operations at the time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 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 accident . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In fact , he made the initial call for me , as he has a lot of contacts at the station because of his job . ’ |
| 11 | We have always loved the idea of artists at the mercy of art , the dancing shoes that take over . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The results often distort the real standing of riders at the top of the general classification , and the stage is cruel to its victims . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Her daughter , Lucy Packer ( 1970 ) besides mothering three sons has been appointed Head of Personnel at the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Large turnover of personnel at the centre , but its prerogatives strengthened : a search for ‘ the best and the brightest ’ . |
| 19 | You spoke of personnel at the beginning ; the number of staff on the City Council in the last ten years has doubled . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In characteristic style , Professor Tweedie is determined to stamp on loose interpretation now , before the issue gets out of hand , and is not beyond threatening to throw an encyclopaedia of rules at the profession if it can not be trusted to follow the spirit of the ASB 's principles . |
| 24 | The temptation to link the change with the disruption to equatorial atmospheric conditions produced by the El Chichon eruption in April is strong , and lends weight to the argument of researchers at the University of East Anglia that the major effect of the volcano on climate occurred soon after the eruption ( see next week 's New Scientist ) . |
| 25 | But his co-accused , Robert Henry ( 24 ) , of Rathmore Drive , Rathcoole , denies murdering Mr McTasney and possession of firearms at the time of the shooting . |
| 26 | A smaller passage also occurs in spring , when there are frequent reports of birds at the coast between early March and late May ; often these birds have been reported as flying north . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know if it 's of any help but — er — I made a couple of notes at the time . |
| 28 | Also press the small sprays of buds at the tip of the stem , thinning out any buds that are too thick and bulky . |
| 29 | The weekend incident led to angry scenes and a furious exchange of views at the end of the match between Dooley and Stoke assistant coach , Tony Brindley . |
| 30 | He had established himself spectacularly in this sphere in 1786 by outbidding the king for the Bedford Book of Hours at the Duchess of Portland 's sale , and his library contained many choice early printed books and manuscripts . |