Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [verb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition such strategical decisions may be based on episodic memories for particular instances of driving the planned route , for example , the memory that you encountered road works at a particular junction recently and that it should thus be avoided until they have been completed . |
| 2 | There is , however , separate evidence which shows that the Jovian interior is indeed hot , namely , that Jupiter radiates energy to space at a greater rate than that at which it absorbs energy from the Sun . |
| 3 | That sort of language encouraged the many resentments Americans harbour against high culture ( remember the disparagement of Adlai Stevenson as an ‘ egghead ’ ? ) and led to such curiosae as the Chicago attack on an Eric Fischl painting in which a fully clothed boy looks at a naked man swinging a bat . |
| 4 | This aspect therefore involved a judgement that low-income families … do not have access to credit at an acceptable price . |
| 5 | The Security Council , meanwhile , gave its 14,000 peacekeepers in Croatia the right to use force if necessary to defend themselves and extended their mandate until 31 March so international mediators Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen would have time to arrive at a political settlement by then . |
| 6 | Arsonists have caused damage estimated at a hundred thousand pounds to a printing company . |
| 7 | Arsonists have caused damage estimated at a hundred thousand pounds to a printing company . |
| 8 | Later she discussed beauty tips at a new Salvation Army home for the elderly when Han Yeh-won , 74 , asked her how she stayed beautiful . |
| 9 | Clement decided that he preferred engineering , and by 1805 was making power looms at a nearby factory . |
| 10 | It left Kite looking at a five-shot deficit with 18 holes to play today . |