Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] at [art] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The referential function gains its prominence only at a later stage , and the metalinguistic function also comes later ; these are the functions on which a considerable amount of attention is lavished at school .
2 Everyone knows that 1990 will be a tough year , with bookings something like 40 per cent down , the public playing a lament in J. Major , the tour operators bent on improving profit margins instead of competing by price for market share , with heavily reduced capacity particularly at the cheaper end of the range .
3 For example , five levels of management were cut ; this development sent a message to the work force that the required reductions were not to take place only at the lower levels of the hierarchy .
4 With regard to octave combinations , flute or oboe double the violas well at the higher octave , and bassoon at the lower octave , but opportunities of using these are rather rare , as the violas are of course chiefly used to supply inner parts either in the nature of harmonic filling up , or countermelodies in which octave doubling would upset the harmonic scheme .
5 There were until about 20 years ago , mosaic pavements from Roman times displayed in their original positions where they had been discovered during field work , together with one unearthed some little distance away at a later excavation .
6 You should try the request again at a later time .
7 You should try the request again at a later time .
8 To help cover the import bills Miles would take half the orders around the corner into Soho where at a higher price the proprietor of a dirty book shop would retail them to less artistically minded purchasers .
9 Profits are made by lending money out at a higher rate of interest than that paid to depositors .
10 I turned and overflew the field again at a lower level .
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