Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can claim , whether truthfully or not , that he had recommended clients to come in at exactly the right times . |
| 2 | Thus , courses , which , in the past , have started in September and finished in the following June , during which all students moved along at exactly the same speed of learning , will become a feature of the past . |
| 3 | Defending against smashes is even trickier — you have to press up and fire to jump up at exactly the right moment to block the smash , and sometimes the other player will fool you by just tipping a weak shot over your head ! |
| 4 | On Wednesday they had a quiet morning in the centre until just before lunch when two emergencies came in at virtually the same time . |
| 5 | Bullen and Rockhart also show how the critical-success-factor approach can be applied equally at either the strategic or the operational activity level , and offer advice on how to ascertain from managers in fairly short interviews what these factors are . |
| 6 | Should a big enough gap open up at just the right time , then you will be able to stay on port and merely harden up to cross the line . |
| 7 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for sorting out at least the hon. Gentleman 's mathematics with obvious skill and knowledge . |
| 8 | People not not moving out at quite the same rate of knots . |
| 9 | One lucky spin-off from the system is that it reproduces intelligible sound at normal pitch , when the tape is played back at twice the intended speed . |
| 10 | However , the timetable may be hampered as the Government intends a dramatic slow-down nationally in the growth of student recruiting over at least the next three years . |
| 11 | Water levels are coming up at exactly the same speed , and Chew and Blagdon are even being visited by the same migrant wildfowl . |
| 12 | Standing in shallow water amongst the tall reeds on the banks of the river , Mark counted eight herons , all motionless , their necks inclined upwards at precisely the same angle , as if in silent prayer . |
| 13 | Each month cardholders can either pay off their whole bill , in which case they pay no interest charges and the credit is ‘ free ’ for up to fifty six days ; or they can pay off at least the minimum amount , which is usually 5% or 5 , whichever is the greater . |
| 14 | The aisled nave has four bays and the church is barrel vaulted throughout at almost the same height — there is neither triforium nor clerestory . |
| 15 | Hence for Wales as a whole , the historically high population growth experienced during the second half of the 1980s is being projected forwards at virtually the same rate for the 1990s . |
| 16 | He has a habit of playing in at least the inaugural event held on one of his lay-outs and in December 1988 fully intended to play in the Austrian Open of 1989 . |
| 17 | If it can be established by observation in some test experiment that a 10 lb. weight and a 1 lb. weight in free fall move downwards at roughly the same speed , then it can be concluded that the claim that bodies fall at speeds proportional to their weight is false . |
| 18 | The swinging leg has to touch down at exactly the right speed and lock straight in time to convert the kinetic energy into lift . |
| 19 | When the light comes on at precisely the same time each night and the curtains are n't drawn , it 's clear the house is empty . |
| 20 | The job of the chant leader is simply to make sure that ‘ Shit ! ’ comes in at exactly the right time . |