Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb base] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most chemical reactions which proceed at a measurable rate are believed to take place in a series of simple steps . |
| 2 | And I suppose he that 's an area where one is worried about quantity and quality because it 's in a way you can always provide more quantity I imagine at a lesser cost by going into a conurbation than you can by going into rural areas . |
| 3 | Voluntary organisations which operate at a regional level would be severely disadvantaged by the proposals in the White Paper . |
| 4 | A large proportion of the people who work at a nuclear plant — a total of several hundred for each reactor — are concerned with ‘ health physics ’ , the official description for radiation protection . |
| 5 | I have seen some fine players who compete at a high level bring in another line , between the service line and the baseline . |
| 6 | Reason , one might think , for the wary traveller to duck behind the luggage lockers , but no , the assembly listens rapt as John Berger ( for it is he ) embarks upon a long yarn about two Italian peasants who meet at a Communist Party dance . |
| 7 | A dapper stranger ( John Berger ) hoves into view and launches into a long , rather tedious yarn about two Italian peasants who meet at a Communist Party dance . |
| 8 | The easiest way to find the wide range of cover you need at a competitive price is with a policy which packages together a number of covers and is specially designed for a certain group such as self-employed tradesmen . |
| 9 | In warm weather they reproduce at a prodigious rate , smothering not only waterlilies , but other succulent aquatics and causing widespread disfiguration of flowers and foliage . |