Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Levi 's survey ( Levi 1986 ) put the figure at 1 billion losses , with recorded offences rising annually at 5 per cent , and the Confederate of British Industry estimates that computer crime runs at an annual figure of 25 to 30 million . |
| 2 | Instead of beginning a search at the start of the structure ( i.e. first element of the array ) , the binary search technique begins at a mid point . |
| 3 | Nicosia : The Cisco index closed at a new high of 185.6 , a gain of 2.1 points on the week . |
| 4 | One night she had boarded a small fishing vessel moored at a small port near Yalta . |
| 5 | The Wright incident comes at an embarrassing time for Graham . |
| 6 | When we are sitting or resting our blood pressure remains at a steady resting level . |
| 7 | In a deprived area of Slough there is a school where we have explained to children the importance of blood pressure monitoring at an early age . |
| 8 | Given the tension here was one of humiliation , that can be sufficient in itself to sustain the momentum , especially as this workhouse scene comes at a critical point in the sequence structure — for they have already in an earlier lesson experienced the well-intentioned caring of the ‘ lady ’ who housed these girls out of pity but was obliged to hand them over to the authorities . |
| 9 | Einstein interpreted this result as follows : the motion of a neutral test body released at a given point in space–time is independent of its composition . |
| 10 | The production of the CH 3 · radical by flash photolysis of CH 3 I , for instance , has been monitored using a tunable IR laser set at a fixed frequency of 608.301 cm -1 , coinciding with the strong Q-branch of the ν 2 band . |
| 11 | During those infant years school and home life progressed at an unremarkable pace . |
| 12 | Her butterfly cap sat at a saucy angle on her black hair . |
| 13 | The first skirmish over the national security issue came at a closed hearing on Jan. 11 when it was reported that the prosecution had accused the lawyer of one of Noriega 's co-defendants of improperly disclosing classified information when making an earlier request for access to National Security Council records . |
| 14 | Now , a tale of mysterious goings-on in the Bronze Age.New evidence uncovered at an archaeological dig suggests it may have been the site of ritual human sacrifices . |
| 15 | At the moment tunic tops are fashionable and these look well started with a tubular hem , a narrow jacquard border knitted at a lower stitch size than the main fabric or a garter stitch hem if you have a transfer lock . |
| 16 | At sea the ship can appear enormous , and even minor landing craft travelling at a brisk trot were a hazard to canoes , for the minor LC 's blunt bow pushed out a small wall of water . |
| 17 | ATV provided the first example in 1955 — 6 , as we have seen , with Mirror Group capital injected at a key psychological moment . |
| 18 | With 40 million people starving and infant mortality rising at an alarming rate , doctors must start pressurising governments and banks to stop this spiral of deprivation and environmental degradation in which the world 's poorest countries are trapped . |
| 19 | Lot number twenty two twenty two , the gilt-bronze and enamel model showing at a hundred and fifty pounds one fifty I 'm offered , thank you , one hundred and fifty pounds I 've got , one sixty , one seventy , one eighty , ninety two hundred and twenty , forty , sixty two eighty , three hundred three hundred pounds against you at three hundred , anybody else ? |
| 20 | Subjects seemed to provide No responses slower than giving Yes responses initially , but No response reaction time increased at a greater rate tending to converge with reaction time for Yes responses in larger memory sets of about four digits onwards . |
| 21 | Exploration of the Dalradian of Scotland for both baryte and base metal mineralisation continued at a high level . |
| 22 | The opening movement proceeds at a headlong tempo , and who but Cortot could drive the triplet ascents and descents after the brief second subject 's expansion with such a total disregard for anything other than their rhythmic force and inflammatory life ? |
| 23 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 24 | A water temperature held at a steady 70° F. |
| 25 | According to Blecher , ‘ Per capita grain production grew at an average annual rate of 3.7 per cent from 1978 to 1984 , compared to 1.2 per cent during the previous thirteen years ’ ( Benewick and Wingrove 1988 : 100 ) . |
| 26 | The full board arrangement offered at a small supplement represents very good value . |
| 27 | Get a good quality recording made at a professional studio , but it is fairly costly . |
| 28 | The parable of the prodigal son conveys at a conscious level a message about the need for forgiveness and acceptance . |
| 29 | As a spokesman for the US State Department declared at an American chiefs of mission meeting in London in September 1957 : " The United States — United Kingdom relationship is at the core of the NATO alliance and is an important element in SEATO and the Baghdad Pact . " |
| 30 | Because the gas turbine operates at a constant speed of 90,000rpm , it is very efficient so that fuel consumption and emissions are low . |