Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [be] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money was raised at various sponsored events and raffles and charities were chosen by the staff . |
| 2 | Relevant factors included ( 1 ) the hirer 's lack of expertise in the plant hire business ; ( 2 ) that the contract was arranged at short notice and was for a short period of hire ; it was therefore difficult for the plaintiff hirers to arrange insurance cover ; ( 3 ) that the clause was not the subject of negotiation ; ( 4 ) that the hirers had little or no control over the way the driver did his job . |
| 3 | The two types of mirror look much the same after being buried for centuries , but when the microstructure is examined at high magnification , as in Figures 5.15e and f , it is possible to distinguish between tinned bronze and the high-tin alloy . |
| 4 | As well as being present in Kuala Lumpur , the University was represented at major education exhibitions and other recruitment events in . |
| 5 | The course was aimed at improving negotiating skills which are needed because I must be capable of negotiating with management over pay and conditions . |
| 6 | The thinking was done at various times before — and will , no doubt , be re-done by the reader . |
| 7 | The object of the research is to look at corporate strategy and structure in the aerospace and airline sectors using a recently developed analytical technique , synergy mapping . |
| 8 | Fibre optics , communications systems , integrated circuits and digital signal processing were all well represented and , strikingly , most of the research is aimed at practical applications . |
| 9 | Eye witnesses say the car was travelling at high speed along the road shortly before the accident . |
| 10 | All the equipment was created by Olympic coach Bill Crosgrave and the programme is aimed at improving children 's skills of balance , co-ordination , agility and climbing . |
| 11 | The programme was filmed at Associated British Elstree Studios , with a few outside scenes shot in Cornwall . |
| 12 | Rugby club chairman John Redmayne said the club was looking at alternative sites . |
| 13 | The 18-year-old was shot at close range outside a post office in Exeter , Devon . |
| 14 | With different rolls being exposed to several subjects of different contrasts this is still possible with APE 100 and Rodinal if the developer is used at different dilutions . |
| 15 | The locals knew that the trough was traversed at regular intervals by natural rock bridges showing just above the mud Over the centuries , millions of rip tides had worn away the softer sandstone , leaving the harder rock strata a convenient , if slippery way for the knowing locals to gain access to the sands . |
| 16 | The revelation was discussed at closed sessions of the Senate select committee on intelligence , chaired by Democrat David Boren . |
| 17 | But the truth was arrived at through probabilities . |
| 18 | The Soviet Union , holding the presidency of the Council for September , had urged that the meeting be held at ministerial rather than the customary ambassadorial level , and all but two of the 15 members responded by sending their Foreign Ministers . |
| 19 | The cladding is cut from the rods before the fuel is reprocessed at British Nuclear Fuel 's Sellafield ( formerly Windscale ) works . |
| 20 | If you wish to send an item that exceeds the weight limit on your pre-paid SWIFTPACK the excess is charged at normal airmail rates . |
| 21 | The water was running at normal winter level with just a tinge of colour . |
| 22 | Organiser Dr John Apps said the event was aimed at increasing funding for the NHS and at introducing a 10pc limit on private beds . |
| 23 | It may look to some extent like the original , it may even retain traces of the original , but the many pieces that make the whole were added at different times and have been the subject of change and much repair work . |
| 24 | The day was chosen at random , and although subjectively it felt like quite a difficult one , apart from the fact that staff were asked to complete personal diaries , it was potentially just like any other . |
| 25 | For 21 subjects ( 16 patients and five controls ) the count was made at different times by three independent observers , two of whom were unaware of the diagnosis . |
| 26 | ‘ You just have to wonder if those members of the disciplinary committee really care about where the game is going at international level . |
| 27 | They will be moved to the ‘ death house ’ into a room that is often adjacent to the electric chair where they may hear the chair being tested at regular intervals . |
| 28 | A large supply voltage and phase resistance are only required when the motor is operating at high speeds . |
| 29 | [ 5.1 5(a) ] and [ 5.15(b) ] a low value of H improves the effective speed range of the motor , so if the motor is to operate at high speeds its permanent . |
| 30 | The code is reviewed at regular intervals . |