Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a short study it is impossible to deal in depth with the vastly complex web of politics that surrounded Barbarossa ; a glance at the list of popes shows just how complex the situation was ; hardly had any pope become established and negotiations opened , than another was taking his place . |
| 2 | A glance at the list of institutions discarding books will show that the largest single category is teacher-training colleges , which have been subjected to more than their fair share of amalgamations and closures in recent years . |
| 3 | Grief at the death of parents can take many forms . |
| 4 | The Community Council is planning to improve the corner with the seat at the bottom of Fishers Brae . |
| 5 | The head of the CPRS had a seat at the table of ministers and ministerial committees , which is a very significant thing . |
| 6 | Harry 's own half-formed suspicions tended to focus on him because Clare Mallender had been seen mooning over his photograph at the Skein of Geese two weeks before her death . |
| 7 | A dissenting shareholder should lodge his opposition at the meeting of shareholders and should also appear at the hearing of the petition . |
| 8 | Does the Prime Minister accept responsibility for the chaos and confusion at the heart of Governments over the Poll Tax ? |
| 9 | She glanced in dismayed confusion at the array of winches , then up at him in desperate appeal . |
| 10 | They appointed Cromwell their advocate at the commission of sewers in Huntingdon , and he ensured that a clause concerning the commandeering of common land was included in the catalogue of complaints known as the Grand Remonstrance presented to the king in 1641 . |
| 11 | Stemming from his view of the role of the individual , Wiener has some telling comments to make about patents and about the nonsense of leaving scientific research at the mercy of markets and the profit motive . |
| 12 | Prince Michael , 50 , gave the interview at the time of revelations over the state of Charles and Diana 's marriage . |
| 13 | It 's a very depressing conclusion that elected people , Cabinet , Prime Minister , can not prevail against an ancient British institution at the centre of events in Whitehall … |
| 14 | Despite all the things that happen to us , such as religious conversion , dreams , accidents , bereavement , psychological shock — all those things that pull us out of everyday reality — we tend to slip back to a belief that there is a bedrock of common sense and sensibility at the heart of things . |
| 15 | ‘ But people intent on stealing from the public purse at the expense of others in need will be actively pursued to stamp out this type of theft . ’ |
| 16 | Domestic resources are not equally shared either , which suggests that men benefit from the division of domestic labour at the expense of women . |
| 17 | Is n't it true , for example , that after their humiliation at the Bay of Pigs — an ideal mixture of cock-up and conspiracy — certain American and Cuban extremists began to think very ill of JFK ? |
| 18 | The initiative foundered , probably largely because Kennedy found it politically unacceptable to be seen to be making any deal with the Cubans after Washington 's humiliation at the Bay of pigs . |
| 19 | This caution is reinforced by a second reason , which in practical terms may be of paramount importance , the fear of being the object of a legal action at the suit of parents , guardians , or relatives , who might allege that the patient was neglected , and would urge that the patient 's refusal should not have been relied upon . |
| 20 | To begin with , the level on which conflict occurs can be based on actions taken by individuals , action taken by work groups , and action at the level of workers ' organisation , namely the trade union . |
| 21 | The situation in the Azerbaijan capital , Baku , remained generally quiet , however , and there was a return to work at the majority of enterprises closed since January 's general strike . |
| 22 | For example , the need to generate income may lead trusts to concentrate on more profitable areas of work at the expense of others , or to discriminate between different categories of patients — private and public , DHA patients and those of GP fundholders — and between patients from one district and those from another . |
| 23 | The hand started pushing through the window at the pile of books , and I knew it would find me and catch hold of me again . |
| 24 | The 1982 reorganisation tried to simplify some of the worst complexities of 1974 by pruning the consultative machinery , abolishing the area tiers , simplifying the planning machinery and advocating greater devolution of decision-making to units of management at the level of hospitals and community services . |
| 25 | While there has perhaps been a tendency to over-emphasise health and safety issues in risk management at the expense of others , the weight of legislation in this area has led to the appointment of someone in this role almost as a priority . |
| 26 | Anglo-Welsh also mention the ‘ growing pressure ’ on regional brewers , particularly from the ever-increasing demand for lager at the expense of ales . |
| 27 | St Gallen has become expert at the organisation of congresses and trade fairs , for which the Schutzengarten Congress Centre in the St Jakobstrasse has been specially designed . |
| 28 | On one level , it is quite a good joke in the decade of Brecht 's Der Gute Mensch von Sezuan to be relishing the washing-up scene in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the decade of Sartre 's La Nausée and ( as far as English publication was concerned ) Joyce 's Ulysses , to be whooping with delight at the reprint of Adventures of Tom Pippin by Roland Zuiz . |
| 29 | Hammersmith and Fulham council was alerted in the the night on 1 February after a caretaker at the block of flats called in the authorities when neighbours became concerned . |
| 30 | Marshall et al detected gastric metaplasia at the margin of ulcers in 92% v 63% elsewhere in the bulb . |