Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [conj] at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the benefit of hindsight it is possible at a later stage to determine whether the strategy provided a safeguard against these forces and , if not , whether the reasons were foreseen or at least foreseeable . |
| 2 | Amongst the Arab coalition forces the Saudi Arabian losses were given as at least 26 killed ( 19 of whom died in the Iraqi attack on Khafji — see p. 37938 ) and 10 missing ; Egyptian as 19 killed and 74 wounded ; and six dead from the United Arab Emirates . |
| 3 | In the next three days five other villages in north-east Armenia were attacked and at least 20 more hostages were taken , most of them Armenian policemen , but an attack on the village of Artzvashen was avoided when the 5,000 inhabitants complied with an ultimatum by troops surrounding the village to surrender weapons . |
| 4 | The quality of our people have to be second to none and so our only asset would again be sensible to ensure that the best people , that we recruited the best people and we retained the best people and we wanted to be profitable , wanted to be lean and mean , hungry and er any profitable organisation is going to be a better organisation as a result of improved profitability and we then finally wanted to improve the quality of our image out there in the market place , we were seen and at least that was I think the Department , certainly my perception we were seen er as being a sort of gentle giant out there . |
| 5 | Lewis and Penney were robbed or at least stopped by some great goalkeeping from Martin Taylor . |
| 6 | A very limited range of deprivation indicators were used and at least one of the regression coefficients included in the final model is not statistically significant . |
| 7 | Scores of businesses were damaged and at least 12 buildings may have to be demolished . |
| 8 | Scores of businesses were damaged and at least 12 buildings may have to be demolished . |
| 9 | Only 120 of the 3400 rebels taken prisoner were executed and at least 40 of these were deserters from the royal army . |
| 10 | Two vans were seized and at least five people arrested . |
| 11 | The demonstration was attacked by the military , several women were arrested and at least two shot with rubber bullets . |
| 12 | Four people were killed and at least 200 injured in Dhaka and Chittagong during nationwide strikes on June 20 and 21 called to press for the trial of Gholam Azam , leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami Bangladesh , on charges of crimes committed during the country 's 1971 war of independence . |