Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Tory back-bencher dismissed the VAT proposal as ‘ mental ’ while others predicted that the Government would eventually be forced to scrap it altogether or at least reduce the planned amount . |
| 2 | Radiation in the optical range and at radio frequencies can be detected either locally or at Earth stations . |
| 3 | By an amended respondent 's notice the natural mother supported the local authority 's appeal on the grounds advanced by their notice of appeal and further or alternatively sought to contend that the judge ( 1 ) had been wrong in law , fact or both to hear and determine the applications for leave when the mother was not a party to the applications and was not aware of them and the judge had not been apprised properly or at all of her wishes in the matter ; ( 2 ) had acted contrary to the rules of natural justice and to section 10(9) ( d ) ( ii ) of the Act of 1989 ; and ( 3 ) ought to have required the mother to be notified of the application pursuant to rule 4.3(2) ( b ) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 , rule 4.4 and Appendix III . |
| 4 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 5 | Underlining the absurdity of Ireland 's proportional representation system — and make no mistake about it , if we had a proportional system in Britain , it would n't be that nice Paddy Ashdown holding the balance of power , it would more likely be the Reverend Ian Paisley and a couple of Welsh Nationalists — the issue of whether or not Cable & Wireless Plc can buy a stake in Telecom Eireann could bring the coalition government down : Fianna Fail realises that in order to bring in outside investment into the debt-strapped state phone company and increase the lamentable penetration of just 31 phone lines per 100 people , there is little alternative to privatising the company outright or at least bringing an outside investor , but Dick Spring , deputy prime minister and leader of the Labour Party , minority partner in the coalition , issued a statement saying that any privatisation ‘ would represent a breach of the programme of government . ’ |
| 6 | When the South American travellers arrived here , they were beginning to feel comfortable within or at least aware of the vast map of the subcontinent . |
| 7 | This may range from small areas of earthworks within or at one end of a settlement , to large areas of earthworks with only a few farms and cottages in use today . |
| 8 | ‘ Live a little or at least die quietly . ’ |
| 9 | Police determination to control the volume and the effect of picketing made movement around the country and demonstrations at collieries extremely difficult ; ‘ much secondary picketing was prevented from taking place , effectively or at all , by police action rather than the intervention of the civil courts , and it is this factor that is at the heart of complaints that the police broke the strike , or were used to break it ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 148 ) . |
| 10 | Wedding rituals in either case are a classic example of how the statements made by participants in a particular context should not be taken literally or at face value but must be interpreted as standing for something else , rich in ambiguity and figures of speech . |
| 11 | But if you want to stay pure , desist entirely or at the most succumb to apple pie , unenhanced by cream or ice cream . |
| 12 | Paragraph 21 exposes a gap , pointing out that an innocent acquisition followed by a dishonest decision to keep or dispose of the property was in general not larceny and that larceny by finding was committed only where at the time of the finding the finder believed that the owner could be discovered by taking reasonable steps . |
| 13 | Furthermore , neither Roosevelt nor the State Department was persuaded that the British would necessarily or at least wholeheartedly support the United States over the whole range of its postwar interests and aspirations . |
| 14 | You spoke about what was said in the brochure that management charges had been or would be running at about a rate of inflation , we can see it on page fifty six , it 's better if you look at it I think , rather than I parrot phrase , see fifty six if you so kind now see fifty six is talking about at Broadstone will the management charges greatly increase the answer is no management service , er , sorry has appointed U K leading management specialist for several reasons , firstly because of their professional caring attitude , secondly because time has shown that management charges , rises the rate either slightly below or at the levelled inflation when that brochure was produced in respect of that development was that statement true or was it not ? |
| 15 | one of the things said there is , time has shown the management charges rise at a rate either slightly below or at the level of inflation , a fine record not easily beaten what , what do you say about whether or not that was accurate in nineteen eighty five for instance ? |
| 16 | You should have some success when dealing with practical or financial matters at the start of the month , but what comes to light either personally or at work on the 12th or 16th may leave you feeling deflated . |
| 17 | loss of a particular market whether held daily or at intervals |
| 18 | The bringing together of workers was therefore not only on a larger scale but also more continuous than at other oil industry sites , including the isolated platform construction yards at Kishorn , Nigg , and Ardeseir in Highland Region , where many workers travelled from home daily or at least went home at weekends . |
| 19 | The copper content varied from place to place but rich solid chalcopyrite was found in places , particularly where veins came together or at junctions with cross-faults to form " bunches " . |
| 20 | He sent a little prayer ceilingwards that at least there would be no dinner jackets , then ran a comb through his hair as an afterthought . |
| 21 | These purchase notice provisions are restricted to owner occupiers of houses and small businesses who can show that they have made reasonable attempts to sell their property but have found it impossible to do so except at a substantially depreciated price because of certain defined planning actions . |
| 22 | He concludes : ‘ So although at first it is also natural for civilized people to condemn out of hand what I had just witnessed as disgraceful heathen bestiality , they , too , if they were honest might come to feel it was at least partly redeemed by the genuine religious conviction on which it is based . ’ |
| 23 | Whether or not those complaints were justified is another matter ; enough that at the time I felt they were . |
| 24 | Got a bit grazed on the coral , but the national health service here better than at home ! |
| 25 | In the annual review ( July 1984 ) of the members of the International Energy Agency , ( which was the body established to co-ordinate the response of the industrialised , non-Communist countries to the 1974 oil shock ) it was stated that , ‘ long-term prospects for meeting energy requirements and maintaining energy security are now better than at any time since 1973 . |
| 26 | As the result of lengthy investigations into the Duzme Mustafa revolt , Mehmed Sah was implicated in that affair ; and , Husameddin relates , " Molla Fenari grieved greatly that at the end of the investigations , in the year 832 , Mehmed Sah Efendi passed over the bridge of death together with Candarlizade Ibrahim Pasa and the Grand Vezir Haci Ivaz Pasa . " |
| 27 | Socially , they were rarely seen together except at John Lehmann 's . |
| 28 | Try and get a dual flight on the airfield so that at least you know something about the airfield and its surrounds . |
| 29 | Fortunately , with weight shift , moving forwards causes a nose-up rather than a nose-down effect so that at least it does not accentuate the pitching movement and make the sensation worse . |
| 30 | On the positive side one could cite the wider political knowledge acquired by a territory invaded on all sides during 1917–21 , so that at least the many peasants , caught up in military life , like our travelling soldier , might acquire broader interests . |