Example sentences of "at [adj] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A five-month strike involving tax collectors , customs officers , statisticians and government accounts officers protesting at low wages as well as at archaic and deteriorating facilities ended in November 1989 . |
| 2 | They should now be secured by carefully bending their leads , using long-nosed pliers , at right angles as shown . |
| 3 | There were nearly twice as many accidents at private parties as there were nn er public displays . |
| 4 | The Conservative Party continued the Labour practice of remaining aloof , though never actively criticising attempts at European union as long as they did not threaten what Britain conceived to be its own vital interests . |
| 5 | Erm , but sole , we 're looking at sole proprietor as well , there 's some good things in that , I E they 're cheap to set up , stuff like that , so they 're not bad as they go , but , I suppose well I 'll have to sell when I 've got more money , I did n't get any replies today not a single blooming one , I 'm a bit cheesed off , so erm , I think I might ring back that one of the ones that I did get a reply from and say thank you . |
| 6 | Samuel Barber 's Adagio for Strings was well enough played but lacked the last ounce of passion , and suffered badly from the aurally obtrusive air conditioning system , Randall Thompson 's Alleluya showed that the Festival Chorus on this occasion were equally as adept at unaccompanied singing as their counterparts had been last week . |
| 7 | Two local characters used to have a game of dominoes at each pub as well as a pint ! |
| 8 | In Salamanca we often smiled at each other as we passed along a street called Street of the Two Poets — or was it a little plaza ? |
| 9 | A taxi driver told Gloucester Crown Court that he saw two drivers laughing at each other as they roared past him nose-to-tail just before the crash . |
| 10 | We did n't look at each other as he kissed me perfunctorily good-bye . |
| 11 | A shadow seemed to have fallen over them , perhaps a premonition that they would never see each other again , and they stared at each other as though trying to commit each other 's features to memory . |
| 12 | When the doorbell pinged , they all turned again like puppets operated by one grand master , nodding and smiling at each other as Leo came in . |
| 13 | The two mums smiled at each other as Stuart and Linda raced off down the aisle . |
| 14 | Lizzie and Henry again looked at each other as they followed her into the room , and sat on the couch . |
| 15 | And will you please look at each other as though you are in love . |
| 16 | They did not look at each other as they spoke , and when Damian moved away from her he avoided her eyes . |
| 17 | The problem is how to represent the knowledge at each level as multiple constraints that may be mutually conflicting . |
| 18 | They proceeded slowly back uphill , with Hyacinth walking taller at each step as she appreciated the glamour of her new condition . |
| 19 | Each will be of equal width and length and the shape is created by a curved taper which will be directly related to the circumference of the ‘ chute at each stage as it progresses from the open mouth to the crown . |
| 20 | The cars in Underground trains have a door at each end as well as the double-and single-leaf doors for passenger use . |
| 21 | ‘ The list includes special deals which have been negotiated at specific hotels as well as agreements with two major chains , ’ said . |
| 22 | Two fingers I had waved at that driver as he thundered past me , cursing me through the open cab window and fighting the wheel , and those two fingers I now regretted having on my hand . |
| 23 | Therefore , it makes sense that the branch , in the first instance , should be addressed by these people so that we can make up our minds at that level as to who we feel will be the best person to start recommending to go forward . |
| 24 | Now , I think what we 've got to try and ensure is that , that rural counties like Shropshire get a fair crack at that money as well , and we need to be starting to develop and I 'll touch on this if I come , gentlemen , when I come on to development strategy , we need to be developing a regeneration strategy for the county , so that bids to the government for funding from the regeneration budget and from this , from the regen from the er , the single regeneration agency , er , are seen against the background of a cohesive strategy , and we , I think we will be much more successful when we go for government money bids , on that particular basis . |
| 25 | 3.17 In Bayley v Bloomsbury Health Authority ( Kemp & Kemp , Vol 2 , para E3-012 , Henry J said , in making an award to a student nurse who had suffered a prolapsed lumbar disc at the age of 20 , that there was a world of difference between such an injury happening to a victim at that age as opposed to the age of 33 , the age of a plaintiff who had suffered a comparable injury in a case to which he had been referred . |
| 26 | They were interrupted at that moment as Janice came hurrying over to greet them . |
| 27 | Now there look at that lot as well . |
| 28 | I think if we go through and have a look at these other ones that Jenny has done and you make a decision at that point as to whether . |
| 29 | At that time as only the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire LEAs were involved , the third LEA place was allocated to the Bedfordshire WEA Federation to represent the student body . |
| 30 | As antimalarial drugs were desperately needed during the war , it is startling to realize that chloroquine was first synthesized several years before the war and recognized at that time as having antimalarial activity . |