Example sentences of "were at [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm |
| 2 | But a few years ago we were at a session in a pub one night erm playing music and er there was about twenty of us and about two o'clock in the morning the police raided it and we all had our names taken and we were all up in court and we were all fined I think three pound for being er drinking after hours and Tony was drinking a cup of coffee . |
| 3 | He and I were at a lobby at the House of Commons yesterday , in er , celebration of the mobility allowance , which campaigned very successfully , and we , in the Community Transport field , have very close working relationships and communication . |
| 4 | Traffic out of Paris to the south-west was interrupted for about 90 minutes and trains in the southern Midi-Pyrenees region were at a standstill for seven hours . |
| 5 | All approaches to the Lakeside shopping centre at Thurrock , Essex , were at a standstill with six-mile jams on the M25 . |
| 6 | The pressure intensified and opium sales were at a standstill by 1838 when Lin Tse-hsu was appointed imperial commissioner in Canton . |
| 7 | It was a reddish glow , moving unsteadily towards where we were at a height of about fifteen or sixteen feet . |
| 8 | I was talking recently with a group of fourth-year boys — the girls were at a talk on sex education . |
| 9 | For example , Matthew Paris , the medieval author of Historia Anglorum and who used the Nativity reckoning , wrote in consequence that certain eminent people were born , or died , on certain dates which were at a variance of a full year with the Historical . |
| 10 | He accused his country 's batsmen of playing ‘ shots as if they were at a gunfight in the old Wild West ’ . |
| 11 | Younger , unattached people were at a premium in Southland . |
| 12 | Formal guidelines covering team objectives and operational policies were at a minimum in 1982 . |
| 13 | But women were less offended by the sight of a woman masturbating than men were at the sight of a man masturbating . |
| 14 | Although clear guidelines were set down for teachers on the minimum time commitment and core content of each of the projects , the organisation and management of the projects were at the discretion of the teacher . |
| 15 | Until the changes introduced by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Act ( HASSASSA ) 1983 were implemented in January 1984 , access arrangements to many children in care were at the discretion of the local authority , and not the subject of court scrutiny . |
| 16 | Soon we were at the village of Louth , which Gerry pronounced ‘ Lowth ’ . |
| 17 | During the days I go and see my friends , most of the people who were at the hotel at the same time as I was have been moved up here . |
| 18 | These unfavourable contrasts were commonplace at the beginning of the decade and were at the heart of the centrist critique of two-party politics as then played . |
| 19 | Stinging , biting , their incessant attentions to warm-blooded creatures always raised the question as to their purpose — as if man 's comfort were at the heart of the purpose of creation . |
| 20 | These books speak of betrayal — of betrayal of the ideals of a public library system , of the system of higher education and the education of our teachers , and , at the highest level , of gifts and endowments and the historical integrity of collections that were at the heart of the country 's literary culture . |
| 21 | Greg Mackey — the Australian stand-off who turned down Hull 's contract offer last month to re-join Warrington — and Welsh scrum half Kevin Ellis were at the heart of the Wire 's classy , high speed football . |
| 22 | The structural changes which were at the heart of Big Bang necessitated a radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework . |
| 23 | For many decades studies of rural land use and landscape were at the heart of all rural geographical work , and land use and landscape studies are still of intrinsic interest to many rural geographers . |
| 24 | However , we are concerned about the distinct lack of any clear recognition that the principles of environmental sustainability , which were at the heart of the White Paper , should underpin the future development of industry , commerce and small businesses . |
| 25 | The exclusion of certain clergy is less easy to justify ( a relic of the time when religious disputes were at the heart of national affairs ) , as is the exclusion of 18- to 20-year-olds : when the voting age was lowered in 1969 , the age of eligibility for candidature was not . |
| 26 | They were at the top of the hill now , and by common consent they came to a standstill . |
| 27 | His harsh voice shouted at them as if they were at the top of the rigging , rather than a stone 's throw from his feet . |
| 28 | We had Desmond Child producing at the time when Bon Jovi were at the top of the ladder . |
| 29 | They were at the top of the stairs when Zach touched his shoulder . |
| 30 | It was easy to laugh because they were at the top of the path now , coming out of the Grove into sunlight . |