Example sentences of "at the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had thought the quantities of gilt ( never did she credit that it might be real gold ) an evidence of shocking vulgarity , had sneered at the bad taste of the ornate picture frames , at the ridiculous excesses of the pictures themselves , and had felt a solid , suburban scorn for the frayed and patched tapestry chair seats and the faded hangings : she had wondered why , if so rich , they did not throw out their tatty Persian coverings , and buy themselves a good bit of fitted Wilton or Axminster in a good plain colour . |
| 2 | Commenting on the report , WWF-UK 's forest conservation officer , Jean-Paul Jenrenaud , said : " We have spent too long pointing the finger at the tropical countries for cutting down their forests , without examining what is happening in our own backyard . " |
| 3 | Lorne Boswell , Scottish secretary of the actors ' union , Equity , said there was alarm at the low levels of grant for theatre companies . |
| 4 | This suggests that at the low concentrations of H 2 found in aquatic sediments , Fe(III) may be the preferred electron acceptor . |
| 5 | At the higher values of the Richardson number , the turbulence may be thought of as random superposition of internal waves ( Section 15.4 ) . |
| 6 | Both came to lead theoretically revolutionary parties , which they staffed at the higher levels with relatives or friends from their home region . |
| 7 | It was used in a similar way by the newly literate or semi-literate Bolsheviks at the higher levels of the Smolensk and Kursk guberniia party organizations , as can be seen from even a cursory reading of their minutes . |
| 8 | At the higher levels of education scientists , economists and others who may play a future role in policy making , research and administration must be helped to understand the problems of disadvantaged areas in relation to society and the economy as a whole . |
| 9 | I am prepared to argue that doing business involves , even at the lower levels in an organization but especially at the higher levels of management , semantic problem-solving ; for example , agreeing on boundaries , identifying individuals , establishing and maintaining classifications , conjecturing ways of doing things that belong in no existing formal schema . |
| 10 | At the higher levels of government , candidates are usually selected by the top leaders themselves , another element of ‘ top down ’ power , making the actual election process little more than a ‘ rubber stamping ’ exercise . |
| 11 | However , at the higher levels of attainment , boys are still achieving proportionally far better results than girls and are participating more . |
| 12 | I do not know whether the pattern which we see in this country — of significant differences between girls and boys appearing only at the higher levels of achievement — would also apply to the SIMS data . |
| 13 | The groups at the higher points on the diagram — that is , those with higher median levels of RNR — consist of households in which the elderly live with younger people and it is one or more of the younger members who own or rent the home . |
| 14 | ‘ At the end of the day the money has to be found and there must be an acknowledgement at the higher echelons of British Rail that Chester is a major tourist destination and deserves a station to match . ’ |
| 15 | President Chiluba has our best wishes to help him get on with the job ; we shall do our best to assist him , because the election was a fine example of the principles that we endorsed at the recent Heads of Government meeting in Harare . |
| 16 | I mean we 've only got to have a look at the recent events in London went on about the insurances over the bombings over the weekend have n't we ? |
| 17 | While McClure basks in his double glory , spare a thought for Lisnagarvey 's Noel Graham , who missed out at the semi-final stages in pairs and fours . |
| 18 | While McClure basks in his double glory , spare a thought for Lisnagarvey 's Noel Graham , who missed out at the semi-final stages in pairs and fours . |
| 19 | There is alarm at the subtle changes in reaction to the new insulin , which seems to give less warning of the danger of erratic sugar control . |
| 20 | They would operate from roomy vicarages with ample grounds and were welcome guests at the highest tables in their parishes . |
| 21 | Good presentation : dress standards of a person working at the highest levels of large corporations . |
| 22 | His success in being accepted at the highest levels of the League enabled him to provide graphic accounts of their meetings and organization . |
| 23 | Even at the highest levels of disability the majority with these problems are resident in the community . |
| 24 | The possibility of an encounter with their descendants , and the inevitability of the conflict which would follow , was the recurring nightmare which disturbed sleep at the highest levels of the Imperium . |
| 25 | At the highest levels of attainment in developed societies , like postgraduate research fellowships , or master classes in the arts , this is exactly what does happen — just as it always has with farmers , hunters , mothers , shamans , poets , and makers of things tangible or mental . |
| 26 | At the highest levels of constraint the pocket can eventually swallow up the point d , precluding the possibility of a higher quality solution . |
| 27 | It is clear that there were disagreements at the highest levels on the timing of the abolition of Pomgol and the export of grain . |
| 28 | At the highest levels by 1922 there was an almost complete overlap of personnel between party and Soviet committees . |
| 29 | To take one example , in October 1988 male unemployment in East London was at the highest levels in the South-East : 21 per cent in Tower Hamlets ; 18 per cent in Southwark and 14 per cent in Newham , reflecting the acute poverty and low levels of education in these areas . |
| 30 | At each stage in the cascade information about the retinal location of the input is lost and is replaced with information about the properties of the stimulus object until , at the highest levels in the system , the identity of the object or objects is encoded . |