Example sentences of "and [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 65,000 cheered powerful sets by Iron Maiden , the Almighty , W.A.S.P. , Skid Row , Slayer and Thunder at the 12-hour concert , which generated £3 million in ticket and merchandising sales . |
| 2 | Before routine use of prophylactic antibiotics we noted two infective complications , namely Straphylococcal septicaemia and cellulitis at the jugular vein puncture site ; both responded promptly to appropriate antibiotic treatment . |
| 3 | Maryon studied preventive dentistry and nutrition at the Royal Dental Hospital in London . |
| 4 | There was dissatisfaction because of inadequate consultation between Washington and London and discontent at the American inability to move more decisively towards a peace settlement . |
| 5 | They were waiting for them inside the restaurant , which turned out to be a smallish place that somehow managed to achieve an atmosphere of casualness and intimacy at the same time . |
| 6 | Similarly , unemployed people who can show they have used their time constructively , in study or voluntary work for example , will be able to match themselves to jobs demanding the qualities this demonstrates — initiative , hard work , flexibility , reliability , etc. — and possibly pick up some useful skills and experience at the same time . |
| 7 | An unpublished report prepared for the Supreme Soviet in 1990 by a commission of independent experts states that 437,000 people have been affected by a series of accidents and contamination at the nuclear weapons production plant at Kyshtym in the southern Urals over the past 45 years . |
| 8 | The simplest style is to block all headings and text at the left-hand margin . |
| 9 | Atari makes it more difficult by writing into the operating system ( the instructions that govern how the computer handles data ) an instruction that does not allow the computer to talk to disc drive and cartridge at the same time . |
| 10 | That is why Bruno was prepared to be duke of Lorraine and archbishop at the same time . |
| 11 | I potter and practise on my newly-restored Orange Beast , my socket set in the sidecar and patience at the ready . |
| 12 | ‘ The night flight to Beijing makes everything we have said about our disgust and revulsion at the Chinese Government 's action into empty words , ’ complained a congresswoman , Ms Nancy Pelosi , sponsor of the law vetoed by President Bush , which would have allowed Chinese students to remain in the US after their visas expired . |
| 13 | Derek Dean , director of policy and research at the Royal College of Nursing , advised of the ‘ false distinction ’ between the two services . |
| 14 | To give some idea of just how long Tom Weiskopf could hit a ball — and he was the longest driver of his time — Tommy Horton , who was playing with us , needed a driver and 4-iron at the 17th . |
| 15 | That of course puts a heavy burden on all of us , constrained as we are by having to work in underfunded , hard-pressed organisations pitted against monstrously powerful vested interests , and struggling often against ignorance and indifference at the same time . |
| 16 | And , thirdly , he presented the notion that this increasing state intervention and action at the local urban level inevitably ‘ politicizes ’ the provision of collective consumption and leads to the development of political activity expressed as ‘ urban social movements ’ . |
| 17 | Miranda left the room quickly , so that her mother should not see the redness that covered her face and neck at the very thought of seeing Miles in bed … in pyjamas . |
| 18 | ‘ I heard you could eat any amount of steak and you 'd lose loads of weight ’ , or ‘ did n't I read somewhere that you are n't supposed to eat carbohydrate and protein at the same meal ? ’ |
| 19 | Her diets ranged from the high protein steak and salad to the Hay diet , which cuts out eating starch and protein at the same time . |
| 20 | It was her deep sorrow and unhappiness at the tragic accident that had brought them to the United States , together with all the fraught , highly charged tension of having to be in Ross 's company for any length of time , which had taken its toll of her already precariously weak reserves of strength . |
| 21 | And after what seemed like an eternity the door opened — and she stared in surprise and disbelief at the tall black-haired man with the blue , blue eyes . |
| 22 | You do n't lose the use of your PC 's printer port because it 's duplicated on the back of the tape unit , though obviously you ca n't use both printer and tape at the same time . |
| 23 | He is now pursuing his clinical and research interests in diabetes and metabolism at the Clinical Research Centre , Harrow . |
| 24 | The tighter the constraint provided by the context , the greater the excitations and feedback at the higher level . |
| 25 | I was having Rob and Jen at the same time , and I used to get very wrapped up in myself when I was pregnant , you know — just not interested in things like sisters-in-law . |
| 26 | Blatcham station never exuded sweetness and light at the best of times , but the last train from London pulled into an atmosphere of peculiarly depressing gloom and resentment : gloom of the fatigued and silent travellers , and resentment of the station staff , who evidently considered it a gross imposition that they were compelled to keep open the station until 11.20 for a handful of passengers returning from some nocturnal debauch in the metropolis . |
| 27 | how can a thigh bone erm be strong and light at the same time ? , not in the bloody |
| 28 | how can the thigh bone yeah be strong and light at the same time cos it 's hollow |
| 29 | The difficulty we all share is how can one construct a planning framework which allows for strategically significant inward investment to be accommodated without declaring an open season of speculative proposals from developers and uncertainty at the local level up and down the county . |
| 30 | In geomorphology assessments of human impact have really been focused upon four themes if one includes consideration of hydrology and hydrogeomorphology at the same time . |