Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will be surprised at how differently the authors look at even an elementary subject . |
| 2 | But they decided to establish a study committee in Brussels to look at both a common market and the possibilities for ‘ sector ’ co-operation . |
| 3 | With their characteristic and pervasive atmosphere of sexuality and sensuality and their erotic tales presented or disguised within verbal play , it is hardly surprising that many have considered " pornography " to be an appropriate term to describe at least a good part of what is found in these fabliaux . |
| 4 | The opponents have a confident sounding auction to a six diamond contract , during which South showed at least a five and probably a six card diamond suit . |
| 5 | This is the shortest par-three but is guarded by enough sand to build at least a four-bedroom castle . |
| 6 | The Church praises the courage of a small number of press , radio and TV journalists who are risking their lives to maintain at least a few channels of information which are not controlled by the government . |
| 7 | Across the broad , still water of the moat stood at least a dozen mounted soldiers , more than enough to overcome the serfs , since most of them would have been at work in the fields . |
| 8 | The girl who is black and the daughter of working class parents faces at least a triple disadvantage compared with a white middle-class boy . |
| 9 | Towards the end of the century the bourgeoisie discovered at least a temporary formula for combining getting and spending , cushioned by the acquisitions of the past . |
| 10 | This fact , coupled to our urgent need to export at least a third of our gross national product , simply to maintain ourselves , points to an obvious answer to our problems , for service industries and export together , suggests leisure and tourism . |
| 11 | For all that , it disturbs me to see him portrayed as Hüsker Dü 's creative force when Grant Hart had at least an equal hand in writing their material . |
| 12 | Data from the 1985 GHS provides at least a partial answer to this question by providing information about who helped those older people who required assistance with a whole variety of adl tasks . |
| 13 | I believe , however , that when it is felt almost unanimously in the House of Commons that something should be done — on a ’ no-line Whip ’ — Governments have at least a moral obligation to answer questions properly . |
| 14 | We are anxious that all industrial customers should have access to competitively priced electricity and I am pleased to say that an independent survey showed that in the first year after privatisation three quarters of those customers experienced at least a 10 per cent . |
| 15 | Whilst all school knowledge has at least an implicit pedagogy this tradition places the ‘ way the child learns ’ as the central concern in devising subject content . |
| 16 | Institutions established outside the normal administrative structures having broad responsibilities for regional or area development provide at least a theoretical framework able to ensure a degree of coordination between sectoral government agencies . |
| 17 | His training schedule includes at least a two to three mile run every night , when he pounds the streets around his home in Penkull |
| 18 | Yet personal allowances should have been raised in line with last December 's inflation rate of 2.6 per cent , allowing taxpayers to earn at least an extra £90 a year before tax . |
| 19 | Neither environmental influences or gender differences , however , offer the whole explanation and evidence from twin concordance studies suggests at least a contributory role for genetic factors in determining individual susceptibility to alcohol related liver disease . |
| 20 | All three are equally correct for each of the knitters , but what is important is that we as knitters have at least a basic understanding of all pattern writing methods , so that we can use all patterns , in whatever form they are presented to us . |
| 21 | Linsay Harrow looks at how a good IT system can increase management efficiency within the professional firm and give the practice an informed edge . |
| 22 | The French learned that lesson in Paris where footing it in a queue suffering at least a little bit for art is required before access to the Winged Victory of Samothrace or ‘ The artist 's studio ’ by Gustave Courbet . |
| 23 | Thus a functional prerequisite of society involves at least a minimal degree of integration between the parts . |
| 24 | A gigantic undertaking like the invasion of Europe needed at least a few days of good weather to give it a chance , and we appeared to be settled into a period of wind , rain and low cloud . |
| 25 | The third requirement grew out of this — namely , as America became more involved in this conflict , so it looked to Britain to send at least a token force to assist in the war in Vietnam , or failing that to give strong diplomatic backing to the United States . |
| 26 | A model of the physiological processes concerned with cognition requires at least a four-part system with feedback loops between them . |
| 27 | After all , Snow forcefully reminded us that science had at least an equal claim to that of the humanities in the full development of the mind of the student : they were two cultures , formally equal in status . |
| 28 | Market economics clearly makes a number of effective criticisms of demand management , and its emphasis on the limited competence of government to promote economic growth provides at least a valuable corrective to what became the orthodox political economy of the post-war period . |
| 29 | It would not have been possible to tackle so many issues so successfully without the dedication of hundreds of volunteers working at both a local and national level . |
| 30 | I always advise musicians to digest at least a certain amount of knowledge about their business affairs . |