Example sentences of "at which it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So small an area of land was available in Barbados when it turned to sugar in the 1640s that land prices were pushed up to ten times the level at which it had been sold for growing tobacco . |
| 2 | The late eighteenth-century evidence adduced by Wyld and others is therefore likely to indicate the date at which it had become stigmatized as a ‘ vulgarism ’ , rather than its date of origin . |
| 3 | Unfortunately the CIG meeting on 14 July , at which it had been planned to discuss the revamping of the Infopack , had to be cancelled because of the large number of apologies due to holidays and sickness . |
| 4 | Unfortunately the CIG meeting on 14 July , at which it had been planned to discuss the revamping of the Infopack , had to be cancelled because of the large number of apologies due to holidays and sickness . |
| 5 | The move was announced as the Soviet Union came under increasing pressure to hold a summit meeting , at which it had been planned to initiate major changes in the organization , as agreed in principle at the June 1990 summit of the Pact [ see p. 37550 ] . |
| 6 | However , after the general election the new government ended in May Iceland 's boycott of the negotiations , at which it had previously been represented in an observer capacity only . |
| 7 | Yet there must have been a point at which it had clearly failed as a general expedient , and some may always have considered it shameful . |
| 8 | It allocated securities repurchase funds to commercial banks at a minimum 8.25 per cent , unchanged from the rate at which it had fed funds to the market over the last two weeks . |
| 9 | It seems that the mode of politics in any situation is governed as much by the actors and interests involved , as by the geographical scale at which it takes place . |
| 10 | When an ion approaches a surface , the angle at which it scatters depends on how directly it collides with a surface atom . |
| 11 | Another factor is whether or not the death of a plant or animal necessarily coincided with the point at which it ceased to exchange carbon with the environment . |
| 12 | The matter is now governed by section 6 of the Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 which provides that if the improver acted in the mistaken but honest belief that he had a good title , an allowance is to be made for the extent to which the value of the goods at the time at which it falls to be assessed , is attributable to the improvement . |
| 13 | Its surface area would dissipate heat continually at the same rate at which it exceeded ambient temperature , and it would need 8100 kilocalories of solar radiation in addition to its metabolic increment . |
| 14 | Braintree says the southern link road was included in the package simply to push the overall cost up to a level at which it became eligible for government funding . |
| 15 | Braintree says the southern link road was included in the package simply to push the overall cost up to a level at which it became eligible for government funding . |
| 16 | Moreover , the provinces believe there is no need to determine if the management of the blood-supply system was negligent in the pace at which it implemented heat treatment and blood screening measures . |
| 17 | The pain , which was due to the pressure of the cancer on a nerve , was entirely relieved by the shrinking of the growth , to the extent at which it caused no further suffering . |
| 18 | When examined closely , this turns out to be a half-truth , and as with many half-truths , exploring the point at which it breaks down can be instructive . |
| 19 | It 's which ra how m it 's the rate at which it uses |
| 20 | The rate at which it uses energy , it 's the rate at which it 's using the energy . |
| 21 | At this point the rate at which iodine passes from CCl4 to water equals the rate at which it passes from water to CCl4. |
| 22 | Ideally , the Bank would like to sell all tap stock at or above the published issue price — minimum tender price or certified price at which it acquired the stock — but this is not always possible ; inevitably there are occasions when the Bank is holding unsold stock and when rates of interest rise and bond prices fall . |
| 23 | The Slovene League of Communists ( LC ) , which at the end of January had plunged the federal League of Communists of Yugoslavia ( LCY ) into crisis by abandoning the 14th extraordinary LCY congress [ see p. 37172 ] , on Feb. 4 held a party conference at which it renounced its links with the LCY . |
| 24 | The rate at which it does this is measured as a " time constant " — defined as the time it takes for the output to return 63 per cent of the way to baseline , after a shift in input voltage level . |
| 25 | Make your conversational contribution such as is required , at the stage at which it occurs , by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged . |
| 26 | These principles are expressed as follows : ( 13 ) The co-operative principle make your contribution such as is required , at the stage at which it occurs , by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged ( 14 ) The maxim of Quality try to make your contribution one that is true , specifically : ( i ) do not say what you believe to be false ( ii ) do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence ( 15 ) The maxim of Quantity ( i ) make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange ( ii ) do not make your contribution more informative than is required ( 16 ) The maxim of Relevance make your contributions relevant ( 17 ) The maxim of Manner be perspicuous , and specifically : ( i ) avoid obscurity ( ii ) avoid ambiguity ( iii ) be brief ( iv ) be orderly In short , these maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient , rational , co-operative way : they should speak sincerely , relevantly and clearly , while providing sufficient information . |
| 27 | Apart from the lithological details of the rock , the height of the cliff must have a considerable effect on the rate at which it weathers back . |
| 28 | This is another of those methodological issues which can quickly rise to the point at which it becomes a major issue of principle , and usually a matter of philosophical principle at that . |
| 29 | The brotherhood of man did not end with the immediate family of siblings at which it began . |
| 30 | Her hair was long , and it was impossible to tell the place at which it merged with the fabric . |