Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 2 | The limpet , like Neopilina , produces shell at an equal rate right round the circumference of the mantle and so builds a simple pyramid . |
| 3 | But , in order to maintain the services to our members , unions will probably still have to increase rates at an annual basis . |
| 4 | Boy would have been happiest to stand on the end of a pier from which big ships , real proper ocean ships , embarked ; but he would have settled for just an ordinary pier , a small one — so long as it was big enough for him to walk away from the city , into the wind , turn his back on everything and stand there looking west at an empty sea , or a far horizon , and think about America , or somewhere . |
| 5 | When executive search consultants leave or retire , they are forced to sell back the equity to other partners who , on election to the partnership , are encouraged to purchase stock at an agreed rate . |
| 6 | Although he 's no long he no although he no longer competes , he drove hydroplane at an international standard , was highly competitive and had many wins and top level events to his credit . |
| 7 | Fuel is needed if you want to stay in the air because the Epical engines consume fuel at an alarming rate . |
| 8 | AIR France has dropped an advertising campaign which poked fun at an English town after being bombarded with protests by furious residents . |
| 9 | Seeking advice at an early stage could solve small worries before they become major problems . |
| 10 | The trail loses height at an amazing pace , then hugs the side of a steep cliff along the side of Roaring Springs Canyon . |
| 11 | OPTIONS : Any Mobs of spider riders may carry shields at an additional cost of +1 points per model . |
| 12 | OPTIONS : Any Mobs of Goblins may carry shields at an additional cost of +½ point per model . |
| 13 | OPTIONS : Any Mobs of Forest Goblins may carry shields at an additional cost of +½ point per model . |
| 14 | OPTIONS : Any Mobs of Night Goblins may carry shields at an additional cost of +½ point per model . |
| 15 | Not two years later , he was dealing smack in Ballymun where he met Isabelle at an unlikely pub near a client 's flat . |
| 16 | My right hon. Friend is presenting awards at an important lunch . |
| 17 | At the end of February Greenspan remained optimistic and committed to maintaining interest rates when revised figures for real growth in GNP in the final quarter of 1989 showed growth at an annual rate of 0.9 per cent rather than the estimated 0.5 per cent . |
| 18 | A DARLINGTON teenager was selling drugs at an open-air party , a Teesside Crown Court jury decided yesterday . |
| 19 | It was William who had convinced Preston at an impressionable age that little girls , as they grew up , also grew ‘ two tits and a willy ’ , a fantasy which Preston had accepted as gospel for at least two years and which he sometimes thought still influenced his relations with the opposite sex . |
| 20 | In a later incident , Arabs threw stones at an Israeli car in north Jerusalem , fracturing the skull of a Jewish girl on her first birthday . |
| 21 | Bell Aircraft was located in close proximity to the GE facility and while Bell was producing P–39s at an heroic rate , its design engineers were already looking beyond the end of the production contact to new , future fighters . |
| 22 | The Northern also revealed how North of England Investments loaned money at an annual interest rate of 660pc . |
| 23 | The story takes place at an unspecified date but clearly in the years immediately before the First World War . |
| 24 | Out takes place at an unspecified time several decades after the unexplained but presumably cataclysmic event known as the ‘ displacement ’ . |
| 25 | The key features review referred to above is devised to identify potential deal breaking problems at an early stage , so as to limit the possibility of Big accumulating large professional fees on ultimately abortive deals . |
| 26 | They addressed campaigners at an indoor rally at Queens Park Sports Centre , Boundary Road . |
| 27 | For year-round interest , firs like Abies lasiocarpa appreciate heavy , moist soil , although A. koreana is my personal favourite because it produces cones at an early age . |
| 28 | Having work at an appropriate height in relation to distance from the eye makes a real difference to avoiding unnecessary fatigue , and this can only be effected by a comfortable working position . |
| 29 | Straw plaiters started work at an early age and the occupation was a common one in the South Midland counties ; for instance , in 1871 about a third of all Bedfordshire girls aged between ten and fifteen were recorded in the census returns as plaiters . |
| 30 | Having already paid for my return ticket I was cross at having to buy another one , and even more upset at having to pay extra for the one-way ticket and convert sterling at an unfavourable rate . |