Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a code of conduct for directors of listed companies requiring them not to deal in their own company 's shares on short-term considerations or at a time when they are in possession of unpublished price-sensitive information . |
| 2 | One organisation quoted in the survey did provide disturbance payments for recruits but at a reduced level to that given under its relocation policy . |
| 3 | She failed , too , to get jobs in boarding kennels and at a vets ' practice . |
| 4 | This Invention relates to lifts for transferring barges and other vessels from one level to another on canals and other waterways in lieu of an ordinary lock or flight of locks , the object of the invention being to obviate the loss of water from the higher to the lower level by lockage inseparable from the ordinary system and to provide for the passage of vessels simultaneously in both directions and at a single life and between levels of widely different altitude where by the loss of time incidental to the passage through a flight of locks is in great measure avoided . |
| 5 | However , since the scheme was implemented in very unfavourable political circumstances and at a time when overall resources for education were shrinking , its impact was limited . |
| 6 | Final-year units also treat general theoretical and practical concerns but at a more advanced level , and in a more concentrated manner . |
| 7 | They will still meet their contractual obligations but at a time more beneficial to the patients and thus be more cost effective . |
| 8 | The example here is for a self-employed professional who charges for time spent on a number of projects and at a variety of rates . |
| 9 | Behaviour that might be tolerated at New Year 's Eve celebrations or at a football match could be regarded as disorderly at a solemn thanksgiving ceremony . |
| 10 | Prospective owners were required to put down an initial deposit of £50,000 , which seemed fair enough when they had received 1,400 applications and at a time when the prices of exclusive cars were rising to the stratosphere . |
| 11 | A lane branches south-west from the top end of the buildings and at a right-angled corner turns away as a footpath to Clapham . |
| 12 | More formal opportunities for parent-staff contact are provided in the form of Parents ' Evenings , Parent Workshops and at a number of events throughout the year . |
| 13 | After the death of old Daniel , the five year lease was carried on by old Smythe who renewed it for a further term of two years though at a lower rental . |
| 14 | I am s one that has just been recently appointed to one of these er regional ecumenical teams and at a meeting that was held for the three presbytery areas in the sort of west coast of Scotland , around the Greenoch area , erm it was , it became apparent that all these people who are being appointed er through their , their churches are in the main clergy and the convenor of the local committee himself a ruling elder of the Church of Scotland expressed concern about this , that there is no real er and I would just put it to the , to the assembly , there is there is no need for these members to be members of the clergy , in fact it would be good if presbyteries remembered when making a nomination eh that it , er it need n't be , it could be a , a an elder or indeed er a lay person holding no particular office within the church . |
| 15 | The project 's cost around three thousand pounds And at a public screening in November The Swindon Diaries are almost certain to give people a new perspective on the town . |
| 16 | But it is clear that the data collected in close investigations of live speech communities are much richer than the data preserved from early language states , and they are observable in a larger number of dimensions and at a much finer level of detail ; thus , the patterns revealed in systematic investigations of live communities appear to the observer as much more variable and multidimensional than historical patterns ( as these are usually reported ) . |
| 17 | Frankly one of your a hundred and forty pounds because at a hundred and forty thousand pounds that is an insult |
| 18 | The World Bank provides long-term loans although at a market-related interest rate . |
| 19 | My purpose rather is to discuss the underlying issues in general terms and at a somewhat philosophic level . |
| 20 | In Adrienne Bennett 's classroom pupils work on mathematical activities which enable them to respond in a variety of ways and at a range of levels . |
| 21 | Evidence of transmission between 2 patients while at a CF educational camp suggests that social contact outside the hospital may be an important means of acquisition . |
| 22 | We are flying at a height of 11,000 metres and at a speed of just under 750kph . |
| 23 | As Heather Joshi has estimated ( see Chapter 8 here ) , women returning to work after a period caring for children or at a later stage of the life cycle are likely to re-enter the labour market at lower rates of pay . |
| 24 | Spencer said easily , ‘ I think you might have been a little more enthusiastic about such lovely slippers , they are a work of art , you must be very pleased to find someone with the talent to work as well as the best London shoemakers and at a fraction of the price , if I 'm any judge . ’ |
| 25 | Unlike the gibbon , which tends to specialize in figs of a predictable and often continuous availability that allows it to live in small territories and at a large population density , the orang-utan is a great wanderer . |
| 26 | There were the usual quiet couples and at a discreet corner table , a rather superior single lady who kept nose in a library book and herself to herself . |
| 27 | They would take separate holidays at least once every two years ; they would have at most two children and at a time of her choosing ; neither would publicly humiliate the other ; the spectrum of marital offences under this heading ranging from spoiling the other 's dinner-party stories to a too-public infidelity . |
| 28 | The centre of the Sun is at a temperature of fifteen million degrees and at a density 150 times that of water ; in Richter 's experiment , the density of the gases would be a mere fraction of water density and the spark that was supposed to ignite the thermonuclear explosion would have a temperature of only a few thousand degrees . |
| 29 | The treatment has good results but at a price . |
| 30 | The SAC has published its findings in a booklet which is available free to subscribers or at a cost of £5 from its offices at West Mains Road , Edinburgh . |