Example sentences of "was [verb] at an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was realised at an early stage that the earthwork plan belied a very complex situation and that there were clearly at least two phases of development . |
| 2 | As mentioned earlier , it was realised at an early stage that the new certification framework would have to be underpinned by a documentation method that was easy for all to understand , cost effective and capable of responding to new developments in education and training . |
| 3 | It was decided at an early stage that future designs could no longer be coach-built on separate custom-made chassis , as was the case with the now-deleted Bentley Continental and Rolls-Royce Corniche coupes ( which still exist as convertibles ) , but would have to be built on the regular production lines at Crewe alongside the conventional monocoque four-door saloon models . |
| 4 | If the National Health Service Management Executive was to tackle this issue it might find that it was pushing at an open door . |
| 5 | A paper describing the inventory was presented at an international workshop in Prague . |
| 6 | It was agreed at an early stage ( principally at Citrine 's insistence ) that sales in urban and rural areas should be at common prices , so that many rural dwellers already having a supply had prices reduced , though new consumers distant from the mains still had to pay a one-off contribution or line rental ( which varied according to the Board ) to meet part of the cost of connection . |
| 7 | Sausalito , California-based design automation specialist Autodesk Inc , which has its UK base in Guildford , Surrey , has entered the home computer market with the launch of a new range of computer-aided design modules for Do-it-Yourself enthusiasts , interior and exterior designers as well as small business home renovation contractors : ‘ The Home Series ’ comprises four modules — one for designing landscapes , one for bathrooms , one for kitchens , and one for general home improvements ; the software was released in the US 18 months ago , and into Australia and the Benelux countries between six and nine months ago , but is now available in the UK via Solihull , West Midlands-based distributor , Force 2 International Ltd , at £60 per module including value-added tax ; the decision to release into the UK was taken after research from Banner & Co indicated that the UK home computer market was growing 25% per year , and a study by market research company , Jordans , indicated that the UK DIY market was growing at an average 3% ; according to marketing communications manager Karen Hiscock , ‘ the time was right ’ because people now want to do more with their personal computers than just play games or use the things as word processors . |
| 8 | In spite of this German industry expanded rapidly : between 1870 and 1913 the UK economy was growing at an annual rate of about 2.2 per cent ; the French economy at 2.6 per cent ; the US economy at 3.2 per cent ; and the German economy at a staggering 4.3 per cent . |
| 9 | If anything was growing at an alarming rate , it was the network of railway lines running out of the centre of London to outlying suburbs . |
| 10 | Precisely this question was raised at an earlier stage in our discussions , and I pointed out then that the Government had not come clean at all on the issue of freight and what would happen to freight . |
| 11 | It was moving at an incredible speed through the green desert . |
| 12 | Rod Richards , the Tory MP for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 13 | Rod Richards , the Tory Member for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 14 | Mr Smyth was speaking at an economic review seminar in Belfast organised by the Confederation of British Industry and First Trust Bank . |
| 15 | The government 's core rate of inflation on consumer products , excluding food and energy prices , was rising at an annual 3.8 per cent recently while it was nearly 6 per cent just a year ago . |
| 16 | Average base pay was rising at an annual rate of 7.3 p.c. in February but recession , the reduction in working hours and bonuses meant the increase in total pay was down to 6½ p.c. although still comfortably ahead of inflation . |
| 17 | Milan Drenchev , the leader of the Nikola Petkov Bulgarian National Agrarian Union ( BZNS ) , was replaced at an extraordinary party congress on Feb. 15-16 by Anastasiya Moser , the daughter of a noted agrarian leader , G. M. Dimitrov , who had emigrated to the USA in the mid 1940s . |
| 18 | He was sprawled at an unusual angle , arms and legs stuck out in all directions . |
| 19 | It was appreciated at an early stage that the efficacy of collocational information could vary greatly according to the domain from which it was taken . |
| 20 | A base metal exploration programme was abandoned at an early stage leaving a significant IP chargeability anomaly , without accompanying magnetic anomaly , untested ( MEG 113 ) . |
| 21 | Inflation was close to 7 per cent and the current-account deficit was running at an annual rate of around A$17,000 million . |
| 22 | I was involved at an abstract level with the struggles of the Vietnamese and the Palestinians far away , or the miners ( in 1974 ) nearer home . |
| 23 | It was learning at an early age that her natural mother had abandoned her which sent the shock waves vibrating through her childhood , adolescence and early adulthood . |
| 24 | Unbeknown to him , Mr Bill Muirhead of Saatchi and Saatchi , one of Mr Major 's key strategists , was sitting at an adjacent table and heard every word . |
| 25 | A man was sitting at an open window where he could watch the road . |
| 26 | I think there is a tendency erm for local authority planners to have horizons set by the end date of the current plan period , and work , try and work in that , sort of around the real world I think , where nothing happens , or nothing is conceivable , beyond that time period , erm , this particular approach , er does not work in the case of new settlements , there is no need when having established your design size for a new settlement that it necessarily all has to be built within current plan period , and I think this sort of approach is recognized in Cambridgeshire where , in case of the A forty five new settlement , a view was taken at an early stage that a new settlement of three thousand dwellings was needed to meet long term development needs in Cambridgeshire , an area where the planning issues and problems where very similar to those of York , and the approved structure plan in policy proposed that new settlement to be designated as three thousand , of which two thousand portion would be built within the current plan period , so it seems to me that the the question of size need not be an impediment to erm designation of a new settlement if the existing requirement and need are adjudged not to require the sort of new settlement size that we are creating . |
| 27 | Total government spending was put at an estimated SR753,000 million , of which SR498,000 million would be civil expenditure . |
| 28 | At a press conference confirming his promotion to regional inspector of constabulary from April 1 , Mr Dear denied he was leaving at an inappropriate time . |
| 29 | It would be anomalous if the right to rescind was lost at an earlier date when the misrepresentation does not become a term of the contract . |
| 30 | Only four years later , in 1965 , at the Congress in Llandudno , Wales , the issue was revived by a motion which was debated at an extraordinary meeting . |