Example sentences of "and [noun pl] 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 | Towards the end of the war I realised that I had had both friends and enemies at Southern Command . |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In factual works , style plays a more easily definable role , and textual sampling and attempts at stylistic evaluation by librarians are more pertinent . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | … 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We may never fully understand how these early ancestors survived with only rudimentary tools , but we do know that there are concentrations of artifacts and bones at certain places in the Olduvai strata . |
| 12 | Quite a garden party atmosphere prevailed , which was emphasised by the serving of tea and ices at small tables . |
| 13 | The shopping area in Prague although more modern , is still elegant and is the place to buy gifts and souvenirs at remarkable value . |
| 14 | It is a fiendishly complicated negotiation between demographers and planners at local , regional and national level . |
| 15 | Stocks purchased for resale and stocks at managed houses : at the lower of cost and net realizable value . |
| 16 | If the old guard could be depicted as slightly fusty quasi-academics , the ‘ new boys ’ , who became the opinion leaders in the 1970s , with their retinue of henchmen and clones at local level , were more populist in their manner and opportunist in their principles . |
| 17 | Permanent taps were soldered into the telephone lines of selected individuals and organisations at intermediate distribution frames — a place where civilian technicians were unlikely to discover them . |
| 18 | This , he says , resulted in the development of service-based ( vertical ) linkages between civil servants at the centre and officials at local level on the basis of what he calls policy networks . |
| 19 | The malfunction of computers controlling three astronomical telescopes of the US$150,000,000 Astro-1 observatory , which the shuttle was transporting in its cargo bay , led to a serious reduction in the original programme to observe 250 distant stars , galaxies and quasars at ultra-violet and X-ray wavelengths . |
| 20 | The Junior Agriculture Minister , Mr David Curry , is having to break off from his campaign in the Skipton and Ripon constituency to represent Britain 's farmers and fishermen at crucial talks in Brussels and Luxembourg next week . |
| 21 | And rails at Win'fred creeping o'er the Fire |
| 22 | Around 20 protestors at their Surrey HQ on Sunday night ended up throwing flour bombs and eggs at startled residents before police swept them away , and yesterday 's protestors fared no better . |
| 23 | Question : Is n't the Standish protest , and problems at other hospitals in the region a symptom of a crisis in the health service ? |
| 24 | You can use the indirection operators to store integers and strings at known addresses an these will not be affected by CLEAR> However , you will need to " protect " the area of memory used . |
| 25 | Though she has had little education , her vocabulary is excellent : she fountains out ideas and observations at breathless speed . |
| 26 | A sloping garden site presents many exciting possibilities for changes of level , with paved terraces , raised flower beds , and ponds at different levels linked by waterfalls . |
| 27 | Wolverton was an area of narrow Nonconformist faith , and our comings and goings at strange times were viewed by some with disapproval and suspicion , especially since we could not really explain the necessity for the shift work . |
| 28 | Lenin 's theme in this early period was the need to install an efficient system of accounting and control , and to bring all factories and mines back to full production as soon as possible , even if this meant employing former owners and managers at high salaries . |
| 29 | By some accounts , both his and Gambon 's agent found the script pornographic , and audiences at early screenings were repulsed by the brutality ( although the film opens today to piquant reviews ) . |
| 30 | To sum up , remember that basalts are produced at constructive plate margins ( oceanic ridges ) and andesites at destructive margins ( such as the ‘ Ring of Fire ’ type ) . |