Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] at " in BNC.

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31 The courts have at times taken an uncompromising attitude towards express legislative provisions designed to exclude judicial review .
32 De Smith has adumbrated four different tests which the courts have at one time or another used .
33 The courts look at the effect that costs will have on that person 's financial position and decide on the facts whether severe financial hardship will be suffered .
34 For the appellant Mr. Lester submits that it should now be appropriate for the courts to look at Hansard in order to ascertain the intention of the legislators as expressed in the proceedings on the Bill which has then been enacted in the statutory words requiring to be construed .
35 The ions appearing at the foot of the most recently reconnected field lines would be more energetic than the corresponding ions on field lines that were opened by a previous pulse of reconnection .
36 When the edge of the shadow cone cast by one atom crosses the position of a neighbouring atom , the ions concentrated at the edge of the cone make direct collisions with the neighbouring atom and are back scattered .
37 In the initial fervour of war , the Opera and the theatres had closed their doors , but both had opened again shortly before the Germans attacked at Verdun .
38 Yes they 're more sophisticated , and what I 'm concerned about is whether we have the right back up to be able to sustain a war erm there at present the war is more like a blitzkrieg which the Germans used at the start of the second world war
39 So do make sure that at least one of the contacts listed at the foot of the release is around to answer questions .
40 Of the ‘ preferred ’ fruit trees , the distributions of the adult trees of three of them closely resembled the seed shadows made by the tamarins in a way not unlike that of the birds mentioned at the end of section 6.2.1 .
41 They too have mastered the fundamentals of the Common Military Syilabus and will continue to build on the foundations laid at the WRAC Centre When they return to their units .
42 They had not yet given their opinion to the present proposal — given outline permission by East Hampshire District council 's northern area planning sub-committee on March 24th — because the plans had at that stage only been submitted in outline .
43 With the prisoners lodged at various police stations , Day and William Tidbury in Newbury , and Henry and Francis in Reading , evidence began to flood in .
44 At first , Charles found only 150 clansmen , all of them Macdonalds , waiting to greet him but then the distant skirl of bagpipes was heard and the Camerons , 700 or 800 strong , came down the hillside in orderly columns , escorting the prisoners captured at High Bridge .
45 Below , the prisoners sat at the far side of a rank of yellow-decked tables , with their little visitors — women , kids , the old — ranged opposite on kitchen chairs .
46 The prose does the work , the illustrations interfere at the worst and supplement at the best — so much for pictures in the classroom .
47 Members of the official opposition Conservative Party walked out en masse during de Klerk 's speech , the party 's leader , Andries Treurnicht , complaining that the proposals struck at the roots of white community life .
48 If the proposals announced at the end of last year by the Lord chancellor go through , up to 12 million people could find that they are not eligible or can not afford legal aid after April 1st .
49 As Personal Assistant to John Watson , prepare a report reviewing Palatine Ales ' position following the successful conclusion of the takeover battle , evaluating the proposals made at the last Board meeting , and submitting your recommendations regarding future policy .
50 None of the Six believed that the OEEC provided a meaningful alternative to the proposals discussed at Messina .
51 However , the proposals arise at a time when we are beginning to put in place the policy of care in the community , as enunciated in our White Paper ’ Caring for People ’ .
52 Interestingly , The Times reported at the time that not enough professional people served on juries , and that manual workers and the unemployed did not ‘ represent a cross section of society ’ made up by juries .
53 SIGNS OF THE TIMES looks at generational conflict re furnishing and pictures of Jesus .
54 The curlicues massed at his collar and from here a series of well-defined ginger ridges ascended to his nude pate .
55 But most of the groups had at least two members who were able to rectify the situation .
56 Yet in all save one of the cases decided at first instance , the court has held that the surety covenant does not touch and concern the land …
57 The state intervened in 1888 to establish the two separate types , which are both now relatively small : the bulls stand at 126–130cm and weigh about 750kg and the cows 118–124cm and 450kg .
58 Today the Danish Red is a large breed : the bulls stand at 155cm and weigh an average of 1,050kg , and the cows 137cm and 675kg .
59 There are two types : a smaller one in the mountains and a larger in the valleys ( the bulls stand at 141cm and weigh 800–1,200kg , the cows 130cm and 540–600kg ) .
60 Both the store manager and the personnel manger at Burger King did not like the use of the word power .
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