Example sentences of "[was/were] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The collections indicated a wider hidden culture of support for ‘ the lads ’ who were at the forefront of the battle to restore national unity , in addition to the much smaller party political support they enjoyed in the South . |
| 2 | inspectors from the Department of Transport were at the scene |
| 3 | CAMRA were at the forefront of the fight to rescue the brewery . |
| 4 | About 500 people were at the party , in a barn at Elmstone Hardwicke near Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . |
| 5 | These unfavourable contrasts were commonplace at the beginning of the decade and were at the heart of the centrist critique of two-party politics as then played . |
| 6 | WHEN the Indian princes were at the height of their outrageous fortune , the Maharajah of Bharatpur had 24 Rolls-Royces in his garage . |
| 7 | ‘ Her reports were at the best misleading and at worst untrue reports , ’ Mr McMillan said . |
| 8 | It was also during this period that we had the strangest set of photographs taken of us , by Peter Christopherson who worked for a design company , Hipgnosis — whose offices were at the back of our Denmark Street HQ — and who later joined Throbbing Gristle , a band best known for tabloid spreads on their occult practices . |
| 9 | Sheila and Mona were at the convent secondary school , Michael was finishing national school . |
| 10 | She must wait months , if not years , for an interview with an Entry Clearance Officer at a British diplomatic mission on the Indian subcontinent , go through endless interrogations about such subjects as the colour of the family 's goat or the number of rooms in the house she lives in or how many guests there were at the wedding and what happened on the wedding night . |
| 11 | Despite the initial support of the boycott by international operatic stars — most of whom were at the time on contract to work with him — Barneboim 's case did not excite much public sympathy in France . |
| 12 | And there was praise for the Barlow Clowes Investors Group , which , with Manchester solicitors Alexander Tatham , were at the forefront of the battle for compensation . |
| 13 | The first hurdle to be overcome was the development of a joint US/New Zealand resolution which would meet not only the concerns of the South Pacific nations which were at the forefront of the initiative , but also would not alienate the US , whose powerful political muscle would be required to gain the necessary support . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | All Friday , Saturday and Sunday we were at the house , and he was shooting cocaine all the time — shooting it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You were at the Republican National Convention . ’ |
| 17 | The toilets and bathrooms and showers were at the end of the hall on the second floor , and from my window I had a splendid view of the cathedral , whose Gothic , Renaissance and baroque styles mingled perfectly in the dark-rose-and-amber stone to give it almost the appearance of some natural rock formation . |
| 18 | It is clear that Sharon and Tracy were at the cutting edge of fashion even then they were still wearing 1976 's Bay City Rollers outfits . |
| 19 | It seemed quite strange to read an allegation about the Royal Show being merely a big local show placed on the same page in FARMERS WEEKLY as a paragraph mentioning the fact that German ministers were at the Royal Show to forge links between the UK farmers and farm businesses . |
| 20 | When you were at the cinema . |
| 21 | The central events of the Lord 's life had always been the pivots of the Christian year and the week ; the day of the Resurrection and Sunday , the Lord 's day , were at the centre of a cycle of festivals . |
| 22 | We were at the Border , about to cut across County Fermanagh in British Northern Ireland , the better to get to Dublin on time . |
| 23 | Soon we were at the village of Louth , which Gerry pronounced ‘ Lowth ’ . |
| 24 | Because Dannii was famous and they were at the same school , Kylie wanted to make a name for herself . |
| 25 | But in general economic goods were at the disposal of the household head . |
| 26 | Gareth had intelligently chosen smooth-barked saplings all the way and all the marks were at the same height , at about waist level , where painting came to him most naturally , it seemed . |
| 27 | They were at the foot of the Summit Icefield : only about 150 feet to go , and the weather reasonable . |
| 28 | Stinging , biting , their incessant attentions to warm-blooded creatures always raised the question as to their purpose — as if man 's comfort were at the heart of the purpose of creation . |
| 29 | Both Lynda La Plante , who wrote Prime Suspect , and Alan Bleasdale , author of GBH , were at the Broadcasting Press Guild annual awards yesterday , receiving prizes for their work . |
| 30 | Both Lynda La Plante , who wrote Prime Suspect , and Alan Bleasdale , author of GBH , were at the Broadcasting Press Guild annual awards yesterday , receiving prizes for their work . |