Example sentences of "their [noun sg] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If foreign bankers thought that the UK was not serious about balancing its books at some future time , they would be reluctant to lend their money at low interest . |
| 2 | More and more worried teenagers spend their Easter at intensive revision courses , such as those run by Cherwell Tutors in Oxford . |
| 3 | Clearly the nature of the defences and their effect at individual sites may be yet another indicator of different levels of complexity and status . |
| 4 | For example , the two charges may be of some atomic distance ( of the order of 10 -10 m ) apart , whereas we are interested in their effect at macroscopic distances ; or take the so-called dipole aerial where the assumed separation of charges is small in comparison with the wavelength of oscillation . |
| 5 | It is never their fault at local level . |
| 6 | Their attempt at automatic application of the ANLT parser to the noun phrases failed due to ‘ inadequacies of grammatical coverage and because of resource limitations with long and multiply-ambiguous NPs ’ which resulted in ‘ very high numbers of automatically generated parses ’ . |
| 7 | But if they were always selling their stock at genuine bargain prices , they would never make any money . |
| 8 | Research projects on many topics are carried out at the CTVM , overseas , and elsewhere in the Edinburgh area and students and staff present their work at weekly seminars . |
| 9 | The early Turbomeca Marbore IIs fitted to G-FUGA are unsophisticated single-stage centrifugal-compressor straight turbojets with minimal automatic controls , so the pilot is entirely responsible for their well-being at low rpm , and woe betide him if he tries to hurry them . |
| 10 | American disinterest in their fate has meant the stalling of negotiations with the PLO towards a settlement and the apparently indefinite toleration by the West of their ill-treatment at Israeli hands . |
| 11 | One reason for the ubiquity of chants lies in the fact that a large number of fans move around the country to support their team at away games . |
| 12 | The Big Six , in their statement , aimed most of their wrath at joint and several liability , something UK accountants would also like to see changed . |
| 13 | Douglas , 20 , and Scott Wood , 19 , were found dead in the wrecked Metro on a twisting side road between Crieff and Comrie , less than a mile from their flat at Strowan Stables , near Crieff . |
| 14 | No , the fans were only being impatient with three false starts and directed their anger at 30-year-old Johnson for causing the final one . |
| 15 | Prejudice against deaf drivers nevertheless persists and continues to require intervention by the BDA on their behalf at regular intervals . |
| 16 | By this stage formal lectures will normally have ceased , and students will meet their supervisor at regular intervals during the preparation of the dissertation . |
| 17 | Rather than declaring nuclear-free zones or criticising Chile , French local politicians ( who are often also national politicians ) are judged very much on their performance at local level in delivering services . |
| 18 | One of the basic factors we have to bear in mind about fungi is that , unlike insects , which make their attack at certain predictable times depending on their life cycles , fungal attack in one form or another is about and ready to take advantage of any weakness for much longer periods — in fact , at almost any time of the year . |
| 19 | Training is not only highly desirable but is now a statutory requirement and last year 2,000 U.K. Rentokil staff and 145 managers attended courses and seminars in addition to their training at local branch level . |
| 20 | The emphasis with the old , as with any other age-group , should be on prevention before the need for cure arises , and some elderly people suffer quite unnecessarily from the ‘ silent ’ types of illness which show no dramatic symptoms in their early stages ( such as anaemia ) , and which might well be diagnosed if they visited their doctor at six-monthly intervals when feeling at all ‘ off colour ’ . |
| 21 | You must also understand the functions and inherent errors in the control and performance instruments and understand how to check their accuracy at recognised stages . |
| 22 | The BRC squad includes Rodney Wilson and David Webb who both learnt their rowing at Methodist College and continued at Queen 's before moving up to BRC . |
| 23 | ‘ Danish farmers are also keen to try their hand at outdoor systems , which we have seen emerging in the UK over the past five years , and trials have already begun . ’ |
| 24 | their application at international level ( see Chapter 1 ) ; |
| 25 | There are no high or low seasons for business people and they will often require their accommodation at short notice . |
| 26 | They will highlight their plight at UNCED and call for greater urgency in efforts to combat the greenhouse effect . |
| 27 | A Brady-plan sell-off of their debt at bargain-basement rates might damage their standing . |
| 28 | In summary , the service and intermediate classes will be compared with the working class in their attendance at selective as opposed to non-selective schools . |
| 29 | All applications for the post were to be accompanied by testimonials ‘ from the place of their medical education and of their attendance at medical and anatomical lectures ’ . |
| 30 | This form covers : the type of O licence needed , haulier 's status , previous experience , relevant convictions ( if any ) , financial position , maintenance arrangements for vehicles , details of nominated transport managers ( not needed for restricted O licence ) , particulars of advertisement of application , a list of vehicles and their location at proposed operating centres , plus a declaration by the haulier that he will abide by the rules of the O licensing system . |