Example sentences of "were at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many short-term economies were at the long-term expense of both efficiency and effectiveness . |
| 2 | Although they were at the agricultural policies undoubtedly continue to be relevant , still have a significant part to play in many current situations . |
| 3 | I beg your pardon I beg your pardon twelve , these two things were separate you know one could be added to the other in looking an as it were at the total employment requirement . |
| 4 | They were at the Labour Party conference together last year and that 's when it began . |
| 5 | So they too were at the papal Curia ready with their reply when the monks of Canterbury arrived . |
| 6 | Now they were at the elegant pavement café beside the library . |
| 7 | Somebody told you that Vecchi and the girl were at the Regal Arms . |
| 8 | One night we had sat up late while Mum and Dad were at The Golden Cup and had cut up old Christmas decorations into tiny squares and diamonds and then hidden them in envelopes . |
| 9 | In making this break with tradition , James , it seems , had come to the conclusion that it was time for the intellectual elite to shut up and listen to the workers for a change for it was they who were at the sharp end of the production system and therefore they who first sensed any changes in patterns of production . |
| 10 | They were at the sharp end of an operation conceived at the Oxford based company Unipart . |
| 11 | This may well have provided relief and reassurance to those many antislavery people who were at the respectable fringes rather than the centre of religious , social and political power as well as for different and obvious reasons those who were closer to the centre . |
| 12 | In November we were at the annual bazaar at the English ( episcopal ) church , where we also made many contacts . |
| 13 | But the best chances were at the other end , and John Durnin who 's enjoying a new lease of life on the south coast should have set the ball rolling before half-time . |
| 14 | The band , dressed in evening wear and sitting on a raised dais , were at the far end of the hall . |
| 15 | Kāli and her cousin , Jit , were at the far end of the roof waving their arms , keeping the sheep contained at one end only , stopping them going back down the steps at the other side . |
| 16 | It was odd when he came to think about it , but every now and again one or two of them would be posted , yet the five men who had accompanied him from Cranwell , and whose beds were at the far end of the hut , were still here . |
| 17 | They were at the deep end of the pool and both trod water to keep afloat . |
| 18 | Yesterday , Paddy and the artist Pandora Sellars , who drew the illustrations for the stamps , were at the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow to publicise the issue , which celebrates the conference being held in the city-based Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre at the end of the month . |
| 19 | In ritual status they were at the very top of the system and ranked higher even than the kings . |
| 20 | The book-collector can obviously fight his corner here with examples from well-known authors and historic figures who either drew the cheques or were at the receiving end . |
| 21 | Of course , they were at the opposite ends of the price range . |
| 22 | We were at the opposite poles of humanity . |
| 23 | The results were at the top end of analysts ' expectations . |
| 24 | Dudley and colleagues quote the proportions of patients managed by nurse practitioners in their department on the two days in question and annually , which were substantial ; our census showed , however , that such proportions were by no means typical but were at the top end of the range . |
| 25 | Lloyds ' figures were at the top end of market expectations and , combined with an inflation-beating 11 per cent rise in the final dividend to 12.5p , helped the shares firm 6p to 534p yesterday . |
| 26 | Though the figures were at the top end of City expectations while the company is in the middle of a four-year business plan , the shares fell 2p to 168p . |
| 27 | The figures were at the top end of expectations and Bunzl 's shares firmed 2p to 132p . |
| 28 | One autumn day towards the end of 1973 , Bernard was driving through Oxford and , as was his wont , stopped off to see how things were at the local shop . |
| 29 | Ali , for example , in the same passage , speaks of " 40-akce medreses ' and medreses of less than 50 akce " ( whereas , of course , all medreses were at the 50-akce level ) . |
| 30 | They were at the High Council under the guidance of Cod . |