Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] of [n mass] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anderson initially gives his academic status — " I am the J. S. Mill Professor of Ethics at the University of Cambridge " — invoking both his personal position and the prestige of his academic establishment , but the pomposity of such a reversal of the modesty maxim is absurd when his interlocutors speak little or no English . |
| 2 | The warrants will have an exercise price of £1 at the end of their nine-year life . |
| 3 | To illustrate this , let us consider three hypothetical firms A , B , and C. The assets that comprise firm A have a 10% chance of producing a cash inflow of £1,000 at the end of a given time period and a 90% chance of producing cash flows of zero . |
| 4 | There is increased recognition that concentrating limited national training resources at the professional or university level is not likely to have much impact on the service needs of people at the grass roots . |
| 5 | The army retained the key post of Interior and Defence , filled by Gen. ( retd ) Carl Michel Nicolas , Army Chief of Staff at the time of the Army-inspired killings during the election of November 1987 [ see pp. 35697-98 ] . |
| 6 | With 43 years ’ service Barbara was our longest serving member of staff at the time . |
| 7 | Malek , 54 , who had held several senior government and Republican Party posts and was noted for his managerial skills , had been considered a strong candidate for White House Chief of Staff at the time of Sununu 's appointment . |