Example sentences of "[verb] at an [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , if changes appear at an early stage it may be necessary to carry out more frequent testing ; alternatively , the reverse situation may apply . |
| 2 | He officiated at an official weigh-in which launched biscuit backstamper Pat Bennett 's slimathon to shed three stones before the August Potters ' Holiday . |
| 3 | So let us look at an English case which exemplifies some of the practical problems confronting the theorists of sustainable development : Twyford Down ( near Winchester ) and the route of the M3 motorway in March 1990 . |
| 4 | The pleas were entered at an earlier court which heard the charges arose out of the removal and subsequent sale of gents clothing from the store as well as what was described as the ‘ creaming off ’ of cash from sales at the counter . |
| 5 | The results of this analysis show that for a well.damped response the phase resistance ( winding + forcing ) must be set at an optimum value which depends on several parameters of the motor and load . |
| 6 | She said : " I felt at an earlier stage there were enough moderate Africans who could have taken their place alongside whites in government and there would have been much more evolution towards African leadership than the revolution that came about in the end . |
| 7 | Long and fulfilling because Alan Millet offered the chance to bite at an old enemy whose presence pervaded the rooms of the terraced home in Hampton Wick . |
| 8 | Balliol 's letters patent acknowledging the English king 's overlordship of Scotland were discussed at an ill-attended parliament which met at York in December 1332 . |
| 9 | It added to his attractiveness , hinting at an untamed individuality which was far removed from the tedium of conventional male good looks . |
| 10 | Britain was in the grip of a severe recession and by 1875 the Britannia Works were forced to close at an enormous loss which Albert Hill could not sustain . |
| 11 | Penelope walked slowly away from the house , then pretended to be locking at an empty house which was to be sold two doors away from where Rupert lived . |