Example sentences of "at the [noun] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three years did n't seem such a long time when one of them had elapsed , and although Robyn was satisfied that she was highly valued by her colleagues , the talk at the University these days was all of further cuts , of tightening belts , deteriorating staff-student ratios . |
| 2 | Elswick , led by second place M45 Harry Matthews , won the team event at the North Eastern Vets Cross-Country Championships . |
| 3 | Dr Brian Murphy and his colleagues , at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the US National Institutes of Health have overcome this dilemma by growing a bird flu virus which does not cause human disease together with a strain of human flu virus . |
| 4 | An independent report supporting allegations that senior managers in the procurement office at the US National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) have systematically discriminated against African-Americans and have operated a ‘ social network ’ in which sexual favours are exchanged for career advancement has become the focus of a campaign by two civil rights organizations to improve conditions for blacks at NIH . |
| 5 | He worked at the course twelve hours a day and found it exhausting but staggeringly easy . |
| 6 | Pressed by the men , they offered various compromises at the April 1910 negotiations of which the minutes have been kept . " |
| 7 | In 1981 the CUC acted corporately with a timely and well organised protest at the Government financial cuts . |
| 8 | I never cease to be amazed at the damage human beings do to one another . |
| 9 | They look at the newspaper front pages then back to the report . |
| 10 | The first of them was the Breton Louison Bobet , who rode into Paris at the head three times running from 1953–5 . |
| 11 | Yeah I was looking at the petrol driven ones . |
| 12 | Both those obstacles had been foreseen by the anti-Keynesians at the Treasury thirty years before . |
| 13 | Eddie has been at the surgery 18 months and would not be able to survive in the wild . |
| 14 | There was a small explosion at the ramparts several yards away , but it was nothing to worry about … only Harry trying to free the long , iron six-pounder in which the head of a French cynic , Voltaire , had become jammed … rather surprisingly , the Collector thought , a narrow , lozenge-shaped head like that ; Harry had been unable to ram the head home to the cartridge and so , according to normal procedure , was obliged to destroy the charge by pouring water down the vent ; followed by a small quantity of powder , also through the vent , to blow out his makeshift shot . |
| 15 | The new president in office at the EC Social Affairs Council , Tristan Garel-Jones , told the European Parliament in July that he was ready to place a great deal of importance on social problems and to work for the improvement of social conditions for all European citizens . |
| 16 | However , it is at the CID social functions which are sprinkled throughout the year ( especially at Christmas and any departmental promotion ) that you can clearly observe the CID style . |
| 17 | Since this decision has caused controversy , we thought it important to disclose the details and results of the analysis used at the Barcelona Olympic Games . |
| 18 | Kat brought it right back to basics : ‘ Good thing they do n't burn at the stake these days . ’ |
| 19 | At the weekend senior managers expressed optimism about the future . |
| 20 | Only much later , in court , did it transpire that the witness could not possibly have seen the suspect 's face at the distance 75 metres in conditions of semi-darkness . |
| 21 | Leaving behind wounded legend Lester Piggott , the British retreated with heads hung low after the 7–0 hammering by the Americans at the $10 million Breeders ' Cup world championships . |
| 22 | At the outset two points should be made clear . |
| 23 | At the outset these honours were merely purchased , but in later creations the augmentations came with the grants . |
| 24 | The Guildhall dinner at the Seatrade Annual Awards for Achievement , whose guest of honour was the Duke of York , was one of the division 's largest formal events . |
| 25 | In May , the RIBA Council agreed that in view of the changing social and political climate in South Africa it would welcome the opportunity to consider recognition of the courses at the South African schools which were de-recognised in 1986 . |
| 26 | Reaching the foot of the stairs , he saw movement off to his right along the corridor , but ignored it and launched himself bodily at the door six feet to his left marked CONTROL . |
| 27 | Er trains are all okay say British Rail no problems there no problems at the airport two motorways are all fine as well . |
| 28 | A native speaker of German and trained teacher of English , who was a ( successful ) candidate for a Lektorin post at the LTC some years ago was asked at interview to explain when to say ‘ in die Schule ’ and when to say ‘ in der Schule ’ . |
| 29 | One further difficulty facing Scotland today was the associated sideshow of parades , prayers and speeches — including the official opening address by that onetime prop forward , now Fijian PM Major General Sitiveni Rabuka — which necessitated their arrival at the stadium SIX hours before their first tie . |
| 30 | CAN you imagine a situation at a cemetery — the funeral procession arriving , formally attired people getting out of cars at a marked spot , but some of these well-dressed mourners removing their jackets , rolling up sleeves , unloading picks and spades from the boot and starting to dig the grave ; possibly with the professionals cum gardeners watching from a distance and gloating at the mess these amateurs are making ? |