Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To heighten concern about the Convention , Broken Promise could not have come out at a better time . |
| 32 | so of course that would 've come out at a later stage , yeah , you know there 's a lot of business miles involved in flying to all these er places . |
| 33 | That , if need be , could be sorted out at a later date . |
| 34 | It is very distressing to find out at a later date that you have made a mistake which can cost you dearly . |
| 35 | The counsellor made it clear that if they wanted to come back at a later stage , they would be welcome . |
| 36 | Most guitarists have heard of the ‘ waxing ’ method of eliminating feedback , but unfortunately this is a difficult process to carry out at home as it involves dipping the whole pickup assembly into hot paraffin wax , which has to be carried out at a controlled temperature : too hot and the bobbins melt , too cold and the wax does n't penetrate the coil windings . |
| 37 | For these , training was a regular event and in one case was carried out at a separate meeting every alternate month . |
| 38 | If a member can not carry out work for which a deposit has been paid , the fund will either ensure the work is carried out at a fair price less the deposit or refund the deposit . |
| 39 | This case also often occurs in practice due to the results of cases such as grouped meter readings from customers who were at home when the meter reader called , combined with customers ' own readings carried out because they were out when the meter reader called , and a number of special checks that are carried out at a different time . |
| 40 | The commendation reads : ‘ A difficult rescue was carried out at a high degree of risk to the crew . |
| 41 | Well we went into the Rifle Brigade Barracks at Winchester and used to work out at a big house outside of Winchester so we had to march out there and then at the time of Dunkirk , they were looking for places to put all the soldiers that they 'd brought and er , we were cleared out of Barnet , er out of Winchester Barracks and posted up to Nottingham and we worked in the factory , which was taken over by the Army then and erm , and then whilst there , I suppose that was about nineteen what , about nineteen fo coming up to nineteen forty two , they decided to have a recheck or rethink on medicals , so we were all subject to another medical and they put me back to A one and says , right we 're getting rid of all A one personnel out of the Pay Corp , you have a choice Royal Army Ordnance Corp or the Royal Artillery . |
| 42 | An editorial in The Lancet ( November 10 , 1990 ) entitled ‘ Who 's for tennis ? ’ but which could have just as easily been entitled ‘ Who 's for running ? ’ sums up the present state of the art and looks particularly at a new piece of research carried out on civil servants . |
| 43 | It is possible to work hard at a complete system and get very little from it because of interference by other predators . |
| 44 | By ruling in favour of the appellant , a schoolmaster at Malvern College , whose two sons were educated there at a concessionary rate , the Lords have avoided what has been described as an ‘ administrative nightmare ’ . |
| 45 | The horse had gradually slowed as it tired , until the animal now moved forward at a resigned walk . |
| 46 | He was educated privately at a small school run by his father at Hardenhuish rectory , and latterly at Claverton Lodge School , Bath , run by his uncle Francis Kilvert [ q.v . ] . |
| 47 | It had also introduced postgraduate diplomas and higher doctorates to supplement the undergraduate , masters and doctoral degrees it had decided on at an early stage . |
| 48 | The agreement at Smiths Industries , Cheltenham , ending a three-week strike at the plant was accepted overwhelmingly at a mass meeting yesterday . |
| 49 | We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed . |
| 50 | On the relief the girl Athena , without aegis or shield ( she is shown now even without helmet , or with it in her hand ) leans on her spear , hand on hip , looking down at a small stele . |
| 51 | One Victorian scheme was for a tunnel lit by candles , where horses would draw passengers across in special vehicles , pausing only at an artificial island in the middle of the Channel for everyone to come up for air and water . |
| 52 | Their work came together at a recent exhibition in Napier 's new KJP Gallery . |
| 53 | That is not Mr Lawson 's fault , of course , but he has to live with the danger that while the world 's capital markets will duly bridge the gap between Britain 's domestic savings and investment , they will only do so at a lower price for sterling . |
| 54 | You plot along at a steady crawl wondering if you 'll ever reach that far-off doorway , let go of the joystick as soon as you get there , then promptly take another pace ! |
| 55 | ‘ Delphis ’ floats around dreamy vocals , clever chords , is pushed along at a dignified pace and is a perfect antidote to the tense teutonic Techno and ball-breaking Gospel anthems currently dominating the scene . |
| 56 | This can be clearly seen at St Oswald 's in Gloucester , where the many phases of development are more clear in elevation than plan , and where , ironically , the earliest masonry is up above arches put in at a later date . |
| 57 | The large fractured area containing the lateral cell membranes of surface mucous cells was observed and photographed randoly at a direct magnification of ×15000 . |
| 58 | They had their own windows with dark blue oil-cloth roller-blinds through which Dot could see into the compartment of the train alongside just like looking over at a next-door house . |
| 59 | Sean gathered up the reins and drove off at a smart pace . |
| 60 | Do n't you think that perhaps it might have been better for the oil companies to have perhaps done more at an earlier stage , in the the safety side of things ? |