Example sentences of "['s] [noun] at [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A company enters into a sale and finance leaseback agreement with its pension fund , to sell the fund the company 's headquarters at its current fair market value and then lease it back on a 25 year finance lease .
2 WHILE I share Alan Whicker 's ire at his new series being screened late night , it will nevertheless continue to be compulsive viewing .
3 It was the women who had to face their children 's disappointment at their unmet wants and it was the women who constantly had to say no :
4 It so happens that this troublesome question , or complex of questions , is not raised by the piece in Eliot 's selection that I shall take to represent Pound 's criticism at its irreplaceable best .
5 He had entered Dead Man 's Alley at its halfway point .
6 Her grandfather 's anger at her late return from Bristol — especially as she had gone there with Marshall — had been explosive .
7 The Greek 's friends at his previous table watched benignly ; and the phalanx of small boys switched support .
8 The next moment she was gone and when Anne learnt of the devastation of the city she could understand Maureen 's rage at her innocent question .
9 Yet , according to French sources , when François Mitterrand complained about the tone of Mr Bartholomew 's warnings at his recent meeting with President Bush on Martinique , the American president did not know what had been going on .
10 A secured Home Improvement Loan is secured on your property and allows you to borrow up to 95% of your home 's value at our standard mortgage rate ( currently 15.40% ( 16.80% Typical APR ) variable ) — but you must have an Abbey National mortgage or own your home outright .
11 The fact that Oslear has been stripped of his position as the umpires ' boss at their annual meeting , means that Palmer , Hampshire and the England team now fear Allan Lamb 's sensational Daily Mirror revelations may never be backed by cricket 's dithering chiefs at the Test and County Cricket Board .
12 At Georgetown , Toyota keeps three days ' worth of stocks of imported parts , compared with 1.5 days ' worth of American parts — or four hours ' worth at its Japanese plants .
13 She had won the Fur and Feather Section with him at the Sandringham Show — ‘ Maybe that was because he was the only entry , ’ she observes drily — and later won the Palmer Cup for Pets ' Corner at her new school .
14 His death-warrant bore 58 signatures , headed by that of John Bradshaw who , born in Marple in 1602 , may have attended the School in his youth ; however , if he did , it seems to have made but little impression on him , for in his will he made bequests to increase the Masters ' salaries at his other schools , Bunbury and Middleton , and to found a new school in Marple , without mentioning Stockport .
15 Once a week guests are offered a candlelit dinner , also a barbecue if the weather is fine , or a farmers ' buffet at which Austrian specialities are served .
16 There 's nothing as exciting as having a new baby , I keep thinking , as I gaze into other mums ' prams at their new arrivals .
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