Example sentences of "they were at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the yield on 30-year Treasury bonds at 8.25% and that on three-month bills at 6.6% , long- and short-term interest rates are now lower than they were at the end of the two previous deep recessions , in 1981 and 1973 . |
| 2 | Because Dannii was famous and they were at the same school , Kylie wanted to make a name for herself . |
| 3 | They were at the foot of the Summit Icefield : only about 150 feet to go , and the weather reasonable . |
| 4 | As the campaign enters the final furlong the Tories in the campaign team know they are no closer to finding a magic formula than they were at the outset . |
| 5 | The issues raised by these comments are as relevant today as they were at the time . |
| 6 | Another five minutes and they were at the edge of the meadow . |
| 7 | They were at the forefront of sports photographers excelling at their work . |
| 8 | The main force should have got into the town under the cover of a raid by the RAF , but by the time they were at the foot of the escarpment , this was almost over . |
| 9 | They were at the bottom of the hill . |
| 10 | Spokesman Mr. Robinson said they were at the meeting to voice their objections to an application by Greenbanks Nursing Home to enlarge its premises . |
| 11 | Although incomes in the 1980s were substantially higher in real terms than they were at the end of the 1950s , there has been no sustained decrease in inequality ; in fact , as we saw in chapter 5 ( figure 5.5 ) , income inequality in Britain increased sharply after 1976 . |
| 12 | The shorter estimate comes from one or two ‘ optimists ’ within the electricity supply industry who believe that the opponents to the plans to build the Sizewell PWR will prove less persistent than they were at the inquiry into the plans to expand the nuclear fuel plant at Windscale in Cumbria . |
| 13 | For the press the facilities were as basic as they were at the hotel . |
| 14 | They were at the top of the hill now , and by common consent they came to a standstill . |
| 15 | There was a master over-ride switch outside each of the stages , allowing them to pass swiftly through until they were at the deepest level . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | While they were at the pub a fight broke out , which was declared incidental to the case in question , during the course of which a beer glass had been hurled against the ceiling and landed close to them . |
| 18 | In that year , Haringey 's Labour councillors learned more about heterosexism than they would ever have believed possible , and they have become far more articulate in their defence of lesbian and gay rights than they were at the time of their election . |
| 19 | They were at the top of the stairs when Zach touched his shoulder . |
| 20 | They were at the core of it , the focus of all his striving , the clue to everything . |
| 21 | As Sawyer and Darton wrote so tellingly in English Books : ‘ The Running Stationers , as they were at the last called , bore a light but precious fardel : just the Short History of the English People — no more . ‘ |
| 22 | Theoretically , every person was subject to the whim of the sultan , which in practice meant they were at the mercy of his capricious subordinates . |
| 23 | Alongside Ernest Bevin 's conduct of the Ministry of Labour , they were at the forefront of the process by which workers came to see their interests as identified with the extension of state power in economic life . |
| 24 | Barely pause and they were at the foot of a steep corner crack . |
| 25 | They were at the World Classics to win since those upstart Aussies already had one major tournament to boast about this year , and they were not getting their hands on this one . |
| 26 | The sharpest criticisms of this approach have been made — as they were at the time — from extreme left-wing but non-Stalinist positions . |
| 27 | They were at the hatch . |
| 28 | Luckily too old to know any better : the amazing Cramps THE CRAMPS : Off The Bone THE ULTIMATE collection of gassed-out , greased-up garage rock from the top gorehounds when they were at the peak of their creativity . |
| 29 | AFRICA is the only continent in the poor world where people ended the 1980s worse off than they were at the start . |
| 30 | They are thus almost as dear as they were at the end of 1989 , when the p/e ratio peaked at 18 before a nearly successful coup sank the stockmarket and all who sailed in her . |