Example sentences of "was [vb pp] at an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was calculated that the estimated time en route would have been approximately three hours and thirty-one minutes with a fuel reserve of thirty-two minutes if the flight was flown at an altitude of 31,000 feet , and a fuel reserve of nineteen minutes if the flight was flown at 28,000 feet . |
| 2 | Thus , at Great Houghton near Barnsley Sir Edward Rhodes built a chapel c. 1650 in his own grounds and Dissenting forms of worship were used there well into the eighteenth century , but it was reported at an archbishop 's visitation in 1743 that the family had returned to the Anglican fold and ‘ This Chapel is now united to the Church of England ’ . |
| 3 | He was educated at an orphanage in Blackheath . |
| 4 | The 100 kg of nitrogen-methane and ammonium nitrate was detonated at an altitude of 300 km , just poleward of an auroral arc . |
| 5 | Press accounts of the IAEA 's report based on the preliminary findings of its sixth inspection team [ see p. 38451 ] indicated that there was conclusive proof of an extensive Iraqi nuclear weapons programme , the hub of which was located at an installation in Al Atheer , about 60 km south of Baghdad . |
| 6 | The plea was made at an Institute of Petroleum conference in London by Alfred DeCrane , chairman of Texaco , who warned of the danger of rushing through measures that would lead to a new set of problems . |
| 7 | Thorold Mackie had been told that it would be extremely serious if there had been a leak and he had replied : ‘ I hear what you 're saying , ’ it was alleged at an insider dealing trial at the High Court in Edinburgh . |
| 8 | After 15 minutes , fluorescence was measured at an excitation wavelength of 390 nm and an emission wavelength of 480 nm by means of fluorescence spectrophotometry ( RF-500 , Shimadzu , Kyoto , Japan ) using bovine serum albumin as the standard . |
| 9 | On the facts presented in the pleadings , provided that the defendant could show some independent evidence that his COMBI truck was sold at an undervalue , he would probably succeed in his defence and counterclaim . |
| 10 | The cash for York Against Cancer was raised at an event in the British Embassy at Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , organised by Mary Masefield , whose husband is a pilot based in Saudi . |
| 11 | In 1989 with 163,000 members £1.72m was raised , an average of £10.55 per member , yet in 1990 with 177,000 members £1.77m was raised at an average of £10 per member . |
| 12 | BROOKSIDE actor Dean Sullivan who plays roguish Jimmy Corkhill stepped into a real-life drama when he made a citizen 's arrest after a valuable painting was damaged at an art gallery . |
| 13 | The maximum O 3 reduction ( 18–20% ) was observed at an altitude around 24–25km . |
| 14 | A STOLEN caravan was stripped of over £2,000 worth of property when it was stored at an East Durham farm , a court heard yesterday . |
| 15 | He was seated at an easel . |
| 16 | It was directed at an audience to which a man of lesser wit and native grace might have been tempted to talk down ( it has to be remembered that by this time Boulestin and his restaurant had already become almost legendary ) but this was a trap into which he was at the same time too subtle and too naturally courteous to fall . |
| 17 | The decision to withdraw from CODESA was taken at an emergency meeting of the national executive committee ( NEC ) of the ANC on June 23 . |
| 18 | The immediate future of the school was discussed at an emergency meeting this morning , the intention is to get the ninety pupils back behind desks as soon as possible . |
| 19 | The device was thrown at an army patrol in Shambles Lane , but failed to explode . |
| 20 | A decision announced by the government on Dec. 28 to free from prison a dozen former officers connected with the 1967-74 military dictatorship , was revoked at an emergency Cabinet meeting on Dec. 30 . |
| 21 | Steven Jarvis , who was 21 months old , was found dead at his home in Thornhill , Southampton , last November and a verdict of accidental death was recorded at an inquest last week . |
| 22 | A verdict of accidental death was recorded at an inquest last week . |
| 23 | The quarrel was embedded at an angle . |
| 24 | The leaflet was launched at an event for employers held at the end of June 1993 . |