Example sentences of "[vb pp] at the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Doctor Who swung into production , envious eyes in the Children 's Department studied its apparently lavish costume and set provisions , distinctly convinced that the programme was being made with an inflated budget won at the expense of cutbacks in standard children 's output . |
| 2 | Students protested at the lack of facilities , and teachers at not being paid regularly . |
| 3 | In their view a major cause of the decline in profits has been the ability of labour , during the post-war years of high employment , to increase its share of value added at the expense of profits . |
| 4 | Those of us who have looked at the development of treatments for decaying stone during the past twenty years have had to learn the lesson that there are no ‘ magic ’ solutions . |
| 5 | ‘ I have looked at the backlog of repairs and , basically , we are talking mainly about roofs and general structures , then electrical and heating systems . |
| 6 | We have looked at the attachment of motorists for their cars , the increasing use of heavy lorries , and the reasons why governments are reluctant to impose taxes which push up inflation and weaken an important manufacturing industry . |
| 7 | We have already looked at the movement of settlements , changes in plan and form etc. in the landscape , but nevertheless for most of today 's settlements the criteria which applied when the settlement originated are no longer relevant . |
| 8 | Local authority housing provides an example of the former and we have already looked at the role of charges in the NHS . |
| 9 | They have looked at the commission of offences reported over time by a sample of youths in longitudinal surveys . |
| 10 | Chief Superintendent Jeff Meadows , head of Lancashire Constabulary 's Traffic and Uniform Operations Department , said : ‘ Tests in April showed that police cars parked at the side of motorways reduce speeds to 70-71mph , while the decoy reduces speeds to around 71-72mph . |
| 11 | They 'd chatted at length about the progression of the public relations arrangements , about the meeting she 'd just had with the video expert , and Salvo had appeared impressed at the amount of hours she was putting in . |
| 12 | Students are given opportunities at field and Modular Course level to raise difficulties not addressed at the level of modules . |
| 13 | A considerable part of the collection was exhibited at the Society of Arts exhibition in 1850 , and again in 1862 at the South Kensington loan exhibition . |
| 14 | Last week I was gutted at the sale of Batts , but last night I was so happy that the scum failed . |
| 15 | On the other hand , in another part of the press release , Ray Noorda ( the President and CEO of Novell ) makes a conflicting observation : ‘ This acquisition is being done at the urging of customers who have asked us to support the UNIX system directly and integrate it more fully within the Netware environment . ’ |
| 16 | In technical terms , irony is , as noted , an important element in the amusement that can be felt at the plight of characters like this merchant of Orléans . |
| 17 | Built at the start of hostilities , facing the estuary , it was now used by playing children , courting couples , and the odd customers who , thanks to Knocker 's cider , had been taken short and decided not to risk trying to get home in time . |
| 18 | ‘ Many of the first colonies were built at the expense of societies the settlers did n't understand because their cultures varied from Earth basic , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Similarly , mental hospitals were not built at the suggestion of psychiatrists , and psychiatrists have not been responsible as a profession for their run-down and closure . |
| 20 | By making an alliance with Megara , Athens was clearly seeking to secure herself from a lightning invasion from the west — the threat which had been made at the time of Thasos . |
| 21 | Production declined and exports were made at the expense of reserves accumulated in the warehouses . |
| 22 | A WILDLIFE painting by Jenny Alderton can be seen at The Society of Women Artists ' annual exhibition at Westminster Central Hall , London . |
| 23 | The segregation patterns of Oct-11a , Oct-11b and flanking genes in the backcross animals that were typed in common is shown at the top of parts a and b . |
| 24 | Some pit villages were old agricultural communities which had been transformed by an influx of miners ; others , such as Denaby Main and Fitzwilliam , were new creations founded at the edge of parishes and away from the older settlements . |
| 25 | The presence of your firm has to be pushed against the competition — and eventually your firm has to be advanced at the expense of others . |
| 26 | The trouble with firms is that ‘ team ’ production gains are bought at the cost of opportunities to ‘ shirk ’ . |
| 27 | italic characters with extra flourishes used at the beginning of chapters . |
| 28 | On Oct. 20 President Ali Hassan Mwinyi carried out a minor Cabinet reshuffle in which Amran Mayagila became Minister of Health , replacing Philemon Sarungi ; Mayagila 's place at the Ministry of Agriculture , Livestock Development and Co-operatives was taken by Jackson Makweta , who was in turn replaced at the Ministry of Communications and Transport by Sarungi . |
| 29 | The Victorian pub is now threatened in two ways : because it is not understood as a historic document , and because certain isolated elements in Victorian pub design have been overemphasised at the expense of others . |
| 30 | The doctors based at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centre , Washington , and at the University of California conclude : ‘ We need now to put on hold well-meant desires to intervene while we await convincing evidence that the net effects will be beneficial . ’ |