Example sentences of "and [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Xoren Computing Ltd , based in London , has announced version 2 of its Multi-Poll polling software package for a central host VAX computer : the software enables personal computers , Unix systems and VAXes at multiple remote branches to be telephone-polled by the central host , and is being targeted at vertical markets including retailing , distribution and banking ; new enhancements include procedures for setting up site details , lists of files to be transferred , modem details and re-try procedures , and reports and performance statistics ; no word yet on any prices for it .
2 But the first evidence of abstinence from pork is absence of pig bones among the bones of cattle and sheep at Egyptian neolithic sites dating from about 4400 BC .
3 Towards the end of the war I realised that I had had both friends and enemies at Southern Command .
4 Robson , only 50-50 for today 's big clash with Sheffield Wednesday , believes there is now a blend of craft and experience at Old Trafford that no other challengers can match .
5 Then most vividly he had described his own studies there at the ancient university of Heidelberg , capturing the attention of the two lordling drunkards by directing his talk not to his studies of the classics , philosophy , German language and metaphysics , but to the duelling societies , their codes and practices , feuds and meetings at misty dawn — sword fights to the death …
6 Each call costs 36p a minute cheap rate , and 48p at other times .
7 Each call costs 36p a minute cheap rate , and 48p at other times .
8 Each call costs 36p a minute cheap rate , and 48p at other times .
9 Each call costs 36p a minute cheap rate , and 48p at other times .
10 Each call costs 36p a minute cheap rate , and 48p at other times .
11 Each call costs 36p a minute cheap rate , and 48p at other times .
12 Each call costs 36p a minute cheap rate , and 48p at other times .
13 The means of promoting consensus on the curriculum proved to be The National Curriculum 5–16 : a consultation document ( hereafter TNC ) , where it is argued that the national curriculum will help to raise standards by ensuring that all pupils follow a broad and balanced curriculum throughout the compulsory period ; by setting clear objectives of what pupils should be expected to achieve ; by ensuring that all pupils , irrespective of their sex , ethnic origins or geographical location have access to the same curriculum offer ; and by checking on performance and progress at various stages .
14 Second , the connection between the national curriculum and assessment at Key Stages Two and Three ought to show an understandable link not only with work at Key Stage Four but also with the examinations and qualifications which are either directly relevant to the final stage of compulsory schooling or into which work at that level immediately leads .
15 Franca was relieved that Alison had given up her guilty peepings and hintings and attempts at relevant conversation ; only now her calmness and at-homeness were proving equally maddening .
16 In factual works , style plays a more easily definable role , and textual sampling and attempts at stylistic evaluation by librarians are more pertinent .
17 One suggestion is that badgers take advantage of the different temperatures and humidities at different times of the year , and support for this has been provided by Dr Roper 's latest badger research , a radio-tracking study with colleague Sean Christian .
18 And during fertilisation , gametes meet up and fuse at random .
19 Sensations of heaviness , pressure , and tightness at different sites , including chest and neck , recorded in 3–5% of patients suggest some extracranial vasoactivity .
20 Lactoferrin is an iron binding protein that occurs abundantly not only in the specific granules of granulocytes , but also in tears , milk , and secretions at mucosal surfaces .
21 These extinct groups can exceed crinoids in number and variety at certain horizons , and they were evidently competing on equal terms .
22 Use of QFE and QNH at military airfields
23 … There appears to be considerable uncertainty about its effects and in particular , about the approach to formula funding adopted by the Government which is thought to threaten job security in schools with high staff costs … the present uncertainties are hardly helping morale in the schools and we hope that the Government at national level and LEAs and headteachers at local .
24 One result of the influence of structuralism and post-structuralism on modern literary theory has been the rejection of the analysis of literary " character " as a valid part of critical practice ; but among readers of drama and theatre-goers at large there is still a widely held view that the playwright 's " characterisation " is a vital part of the dramatic work 's whole .
25 Boris Kozhin , Commander of Ukrainian Naval Forces , also condemned the move as contrary to the Dagomys agreement [ see p. 38925 ] , but claimed that the sailors had acted in response to humiliation and oppression at Russian hands .
26 Many historic sites and museums will also be willing to cooperate in events and performances at historic sites devised and organised by the schools themselves .
27 A fourth major strand in the intrigue is provided by Cliff Burnett 's hard-nosed Ridley , while Bob Wisdom revels in the part of Wates , the inevitable American agent , overloaded with gadgetry and confusion at British social customs .
28 In terms of similarly world-beating deposits , there is nickel in New Caledonia ( the mining establishment once ruled the island in the name of France ) ; aluminium at Weipa on the Cape York peninsula of Queensland ; iron in the Hamersley Range of Western Australia ; lead , zinc and silver at Broken Hill ; uranium near Darwin and in the tiny Queensland town called Mary Kathleen ; copper and lead at Mount Isa , whose smokestack is the tallest structure in northern Australia .
29 25-year-old Michael Johnson , who was serving a seven-year sentence for possession of firearms , robbery , burglary and theft at nearby Bullingdon Prison , was returning there from Reading Magistrates Court .
30 Light was where he found it : in my room I open Nairn in Darkness and Light at random : windows , lamps , doorways , the sky , night , fire .
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