Example sentences of "[verb] at an [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 24 a soldier was shot and seriously wounded at an otherwise peaceful demonstration by Islamic students in Makulla , east of Aden , and two days later counter-demonstrations were organized in the town , attended by several thousand people . |
| 2 | Probably the best way to locate it is to use Epsilon Crucis , the ‘ intruder ’ into the Southern Cross , and Lambda Centauri as direction-finders ; Theta Carinæ lies at an almost equal distance on the far side of Lambda Centauri . |
| 3 | He still held himself with the easy confidence she remembered , his dark head carried at an unconsciously arrogant angle , and he still had that polish to him , the patina of success . |
| 4 | Four fires in a week occurred at an especially sensitive time of year . |
| 5 | For example , you could interpret the meanings of events in a narrative , starting with a description of what happens at an apparently realistic level , then interpreting the events as having an alternative , symbolic meaning . |
| 6 | This experience , which spread at an unusually fast pace in our period , especially among manual workers , required adjustment on the part of individuals and society . |
| 7 | In the past eighteen months he has felt at an appallingly low ebb . |
| 8 | While doing this , though , he 'd be looking at an amazingly porky sprite and thinking , ‘ That 's supposed to be me ! ? ’ |
| 9 | Since Bush 's State of the Union address , Congress had moved at an unusually rapid pace to adopt a tax package which would be responsive to his demands but would also shift a greater proportion of the tax burden on to the wealthy . |
| 10 | The problem of the trade balance is caused by the fact that imports have risen at an even faster rate , a most unusual phenomenon during such a severe recession . |
| 11 | The only certainty in today 's fast-moving home entertainment industry is that advances in product technology will occur at an even faster rate . |
| 12 | I apparently walked at an unusually early age but was slow learning to speak . |
| 13 | With water privatization looming large , and with prosecutions against farmers for pollution continuing at an arguably pitiful level , concern naturally focusses on the future accountability of water companies to keep water courses clean . |
| 14 | The client stated his contract had been executed at an unexpectedly high price . |
| 15 | Similar quotations were to be found in all the other Christmas and New Year music rags , all of which hinted at an unusually relaxed atmosphere within the band . |
| 16 | In that most cultivated of species , cultural changes proceed at an exceptionally high rate , and affect nearly all components of behaviour . |
| 17 | Though opinion in the South gradually softened , there can be little doubt that the obverse would have been the case had the British government not changed tack and demurred at an openly repressive strategy . |
| 18 | 1980 's ‘ Uprising ’ was Marley 's last completed album , a patchy affair but still bearing some great songs like ‘ Bad Card ’ , the gutsy ‘ Work ’ , ‘ Redemption Song ’ and the hit ‘ Could You Be Loved ’ , taken at an unusually rapid tempo . |
| 19 | Her eyes were rolling with terror as she began to struggle to free herself from the tenacious , sucking mud — struggles that only served to hasten the process and cause her to sink at an even greater rate . |
| 20 | In the coming two years sales are targeted to continue at an even faster rate , contributing an extra 9.5 billion to the Exchequer by April 1988 . |
| 21 | In contrast the world appears to move at an incredibly fast pace to a snail . |
| 22 | The remainder of the meeting was conducted at an unusually vigorous pace . |
| 23 | With grain prices kept at an artificially high price thereafter , the further impoverishment of those already poor was the inevitable result . |
| 24 | This was to involve the construction of a new Entrance Lock out at the main fairway into the Western Harbour and the fitting of large capacity pumping machinery to enable the total water area within the enclosed system to be maintained at an almost constant level . |
| 25 | He stood at an unusually high desk in the room into which Merymose ushered Huy , and there was no sign of any other furniture , beyond an open chest containing scrolls . |
| 26 | The methods or ‘ media ’ they have used for these explorations have evolved over time — and have been aimed at an ever wider audience . |
| 27 | What remained of woodland by the end of the medieval period was devoured at an ever increasing rate . |
| 28 | Because of political hostility trade union membership in Britain is being held at an artificially low level . |
| 29 | A report stated traffic passing through North Ormesby remained at an unacceptably high level . |