Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interest charges where halved at I£2.53m , following a reduction in bank debt from I£47.6m to I£8.8m . |
| 2 | This was carried out in two centres on an outpatient basis using local anaesthesia and intravenous sedation where indicated at one to four weekly intervals until obliteration of all varices had been achieved . |
| 3 | There 's more of the giant baby who has a neat vocabulary but still ca n't manage to stay upright , more discussions and observations on life in general , and yet another head-to-head where talking at cross purposes is turned into an art form . |
| 4 | Prices , where stated at all , were scribbled in decorative script upon tiny cards , an afterthought . |
| 5 | A single 9.3-metre-wide carriageway realignment of the Edinburgh/Kilmarnock road ( A71 ) has been provided with localised dualling where required at junctions west of the Bypass . |
| 6 | I could not have looked out of the window if I had tried , the chores were all done , and there was nothing whatever to do except sit at that table and write . |
| 7 | For those who would like a more relaxing evening , what better than to sit at an open air cafe , sipping an ice cold beer , listening to the local brass band in the village square and watching the sun slip down behind the mountains — perfect ! |
| 8 | We 'll call in , that will be better than phoning at least you know whe you know you 're gon na get there . |
| 9 | Fifty miles north , Sarah Morgan had just finished serving a lunch that no one had done more than pick at . |
| 10 | ‘ I think I 'd rather climb ladders than sit at a checkout . ’ |
| 11 | So rather than sit at the counter and do it they they have rooms which you can go to and erm get interviewed |
| 12 | Er I mean , all I want Win , is something to do for four years than sit at home being a housewife and hang yourself as well ! |
| 13 | What will they do , other than sit at home and press buttons and send messages to each other ? |
| 14 | She 's all grey , rather than freckled at the moment , but this chick is still something very special to staff at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , there is no shortage of energy in passes such as ‘ cum gladiis et frustibus exierunt ’ ( ‘ They went out with swords and clubs ’ ) in the former , and Christophers prefer to concentrate on Peter 's fear as he watches Christ being led away from afar , rather than anger at his betrayal in the latter . |
| 16 | Rather than glance at it as most people did , he reached out and took it gently from her grasp . |
| 17 | Although educated at the universities of Granada and Madrid , he distrusted purely intellectual emphases , and poured scorn on the idea of the Muses — albeit the most lovable and influential of creatures ! |
| 18 | The first point was conceded by Angela Rumbold ( 1989 ) when she emphasised that performance indicators must be interpreted in context rather than looked at in isolation . |
| 19 | He thinks it makes placing your own gear sound like an activity practised by people with one foot in the grave — although climbing at Gogarth has always made me feel like that anyway . |
| 20 | It made 50 per cent more than expected at £5.5m and every lot was sold . |
| 21 | The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million . |
| 22 | SHARES in Waste Management International , the waste disposal group being floated in London by its American parent , were priced a shade lower than expected at 585p yesterday , before jumping to 612p on the grey market . |
| 23 | Intergraph Corp , Huntsville , Alabama warns that while it has not yet closed its books for the first quarter , preliminary estimates indicate that turnover will be lower than expected at between $280m and $285m , and that all geographic segments were below expectations for the quarter , and price reductions on older products combined with lower sales volume resulted in reduced gross margins ; the company expects a loss from operations excluding restructuring charges of $8m to $10m or $0.11 to $0.13 per share and restructuring charges and non-operating items during the quarter will increase the losses by an additional three cents a share . |
| 24 | You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three . |
| 25 | You can say that three year olds are more like other three year olds than , say , thirty year olds would be like other thirty year olds , and the younger the child the more true that is , so that would be much more true at age a year , assuming that there are n't any physical defects or mental defects , than say at three . |
| 26 | Another sequence with enhancer-like character has been described in the S-phase regulated histone H4 , although located at a very distal position with respect to the transcription start point ( 21 ) . |
| 27 | There are considerable gains to be made too in fuel consumption , for while second gear driving at 30 km/h actually consumes seven per cent more fuel than driving at 50 km/h , third gear defensive approaches yield a seven per cent fall . |
| 28 | Although looking at quilts is n't everyone 's idea of a great day out , organisers are keen to point out that it 's not a women only pastime . |
| 29 | Nor did Peter regain effective control of his kingdom as Henry , although defeated at Nájera , staged a political comeback . |
| 30 | ‘ But an army mustered for war would overrun friend and enemy alike , ’ Cormac of Atholl had said , ‘ And Earl Siward has allies — has n't he ? — to placate with land when this is all over , and rivals who would be better off settled in Lothian than snapping at his heels for a bigger share of Northumbria . ’ |