Example sentences of "['s] [noun] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touche Ross faced the wrath of Trafalgar House 's shareholders at a stormy agm last month , following Trafalgar 's restatement of its 1991 results . |
| 2 | Again , there is likely to be a serious breach of natural justice if a manager , after hearing an employee 's case at a disciplinary interview or appeal meeting , has a private discussion with the person who presented the case on behalf of the company , or with a witness , before reaching his decision . |
| 3 | PARENTS got down to their children 's level at an open evening held at Alton County Infants School last week . |
| 4 | The Confederation of British Industry has put the cost of congestion on Britain 's roads at an annual figure of £15 billion . |
| 5 | Sat 25 11.00am NFT1 Waller 's Last Walk Christian Wagner 's elegiac treatment of an eldery railway inspector 's life ; 10.45am NFT2 In Fading Light Gripping docu-drama on the dying North Shields fishing industry ; 11.00am Curzon West End Romuald and Juliette Coline Serreau 's comedy about an affair between an exec and his black cleaner ; 11.00am Screen on Green Island Paul Cox 's elegant three-hander ; 2.15 NFT1 Guardian/AIP Seminar ; 1.15 NFT2 Martha Jellneck Kai Wessell 's story of an old woman 's relationship with her meals-on-wheels deliverer ; 3.15 NFT2 I Am Living Portrait of contemporary Indian women ; 4.30 NFT1 The Thief of Bagdad Restored version of Korda 's sumptuous Arabian Knights fantasy ; 5.45 NFT2 I Went to The Dance Documentary by Les Blank on the Cajun music of Louisiana ; 7.30 LFMC Programme 7 : Interior Monologues ; 9.00 NFT1 The Kill-Off Maggie Greenwald 's look at a sleazy East Coast seaside resort ; 8.30 NFT2 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Beeban Kidron 's interpretation of Jeanette Winterson 's autobiographical first novel , with Geraldine McEwan ; 8.45 MOMI Smoking Mirror Funereal British comedy , with Beatie Edney ; 11.15 Rio Chicken and Duck Talk See above . |
| 6 | The court will probably wish to terminate the defendant 's liability at a particular point . |
| 7 | But Fashanu is desperate to play on the big stage and with Wimbledon 's crowds at an all-time low , they may be forced to part with their biggest star . |
| 8 | Obvious examples are travelling or living abroad , the husband having to be away for long periods , having to relocate , changing children 's schools at an awkward stage in their career , having to do a lot of company entertaining . |
| 9 | The flattening of the seat cushion at this instant is owed to the driver 's weight at a prior instant . |
| 10 | The UN has targeted eight of 90 buildings at Al Atheer , a multi-million pound complex thought to be the centre of President Saddam Hussein 's attempt at a nuclear bomb . |
| 11 | To take the philosophical one first , it was actually Nietzsche 's isolation at a critical period of his life that helped to create the need which Schopenhauer was to satisfy . |
| 12 | The thirteen children who developed schizophrenia could be characterised by the following factors : their birth had been relatively difficult ( longer and more complicated than average ) ; most of them had been separated from both parents and many placed in children 's homes at a young age ; they posed a disciplinary problem to their teachers ; and some years earlier they had had a rapid autonomic nervous system ( ANS ) recovery rate . |
| 13 | It was reactive , responding to problems and issues thrust upon it day by day , rather than pro-active in trying to shape the organisation 's future at a strategic level . |
| 14 | Equity warrant bonds , developed from the traditional convertible bond , offer warrants giving the right , but not the obligation , to buy the issuer 's equity at a prespecified price and future date . |
| 15 | RISING reggae star Apache Indian got in on Prince 's act at a glitzy fashion launch for Joe Bloggs ' latest coup — a range of stagewear commissioned by the pop idol for his recent world tour . |
| 16 | This weakened the Section 's influence at a crucial time and correspondingly strengthened the hand of the Treasury . |
| 17 | The problem is , the competition 's become so fierce , it 's pushing up newspaper 's costs at an alarming rate . |
| 18 | I worked in Norwich for two years and got my City and Guilds in hairdressing , but when I saw an advertisement for a receptionist 's job at a local company ( now ) I jumped at the chance . |
| 19 | Hudson made 50 before , suffering from cramp , he gave a return catch to Patterson , and after 20 overs South Africa ( 82 for 2 ) were in touch with the home side 's score at a similar stage ( 88 for 1 ) . |
| 20 | The Dorrit family in Rome , LD ii 11 , 14 , 15 ; Mr Dorrit 's breakdown at a Roman dinner party and subsequent death , LD ii 19 . |
| 21 | Secondly , the suppression may conceivably have safeguarded somebody 's rights at an unknown future date — but only at the expense of an immediate disservice to other interested parties . |
| 22 | But one need not believe that God revealed God 's self at a particular point in history , so that one need necessarily make reference to that point in history in one 's religion . |
| 23 | If a recording artist comes to me without a publishing deal , I always insist IRS is considered for publishing as we can pay better percentage splits , do just as good a job , and help invest in an act 's career at a vital time . |
| 24 | He issued a libel writ after John Patten 's comments at a Tory party fringe meeting . |
| 25 | Boris Yeltsin 's victory at a recent session of the parliament has weakened them . |
| 26 | Pretty girls moved through McIllvanney 's life at an astonishing rate , though the last , who had endured a record six months , had left just a few weeks before . |
| 27 | Britain 's only significant initiative was to guarantee Luxembourg 's neutrality at an international conference held in London under Stanley 's chairmanship in 1867 . |
| 28 | CRISANTO ESPANA , the Belfast-based Venezuelan WBA welterweight champion , was unable to receive his victor 's belt at a scheduled awards ceremony in Caracas last night because it was stolen at gunpoint from a boxing official . |
| 29 | Lang 's success at a ministerial level has not a little to do with the excellent relations he has with the President on both a personal and political plane . |
| 30 | The rotor 's arrival at a specific position can be detected by comparing , using simple timing circuits , the chopping behaviour to the behaviour at the required position . |