Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gemma sits like a reclining obelisk with messy hair dyed a shade lighter than his , large eyes resting at an artful slant , a full mouth . |
| 2 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |
| 3 | If we now look at what happens to total product between O and O L 1 units of labour and we can see total product rising at an increasing rate , right , which implies our marginal product positive but increases over that range O to L L 1 right , between the the range O L 1 and O L 3 , right , the total product is rising but at a decreasing rate a decreasing rate that implies that the marginal product is still positive , right , but falling . |
| 4 | They are synergistic , which means they rely on each other in order to keep the body functioning at an optimum level . |
| 5 | Openness in discussion , the acceptance of the searching question and the admission of uncertainty are all signs of the process of change proceeding at an appropriate rate for the individuals concerned " ( Briault and West 1990:20 ) . |
| 6 | A chance meeting at an international conference on prison security in Stockholm led to Latvia getting the blessing of a Scottish Office minister for assistance from the Scottish Prison Service towards reform of their penal system . |
| 7 | Erm , I 've also received information from the Region , erm with lots of events that 's coming up in the East Anglian Region , erm , just run through those quickly , er , there is a workshop on this Thursday at the Courts , erm , there is on Thursday twelfth of March there is er , somebody from the Columbian committee for human rights speaking at an open meeting , that 's the fifth er , Wednesday first of April there is er somebody called Duncan , he 's a paediatric surgeon who works part time as a volunteer at the Medical Foundation for the Care and Victims of Torture who will be speaking at St. Mary 's and St. Edmunds group , and that , that 's Bury St. Edmunds , and then the next East Anglia Regional Meeting is on Saturday May the twenty third at Bury St. Edmunds again . |
| 8 | In Keynesian economics , this increase in aggregate demand occurring at an initial state of full employment will simply raise prices : there will be no output response even in the short run . |
| 9 | With the South Korean economy growing at an annual rate of 3.1 per cent during the third quarter of 1992 , the lowest recorded level of growth since 1981 , the state of the country 's economy was the key issue of the election campaign . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They quote the comprehensive review by Haggard and Hughes , which states that glue ear probably causes considerable disability only if it results in persistent impaired hearing starting at an early age . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Rather than one or two men working at an isolated face , up to fifty men would be involved in winning coal by working at a face up to seventy to ninety metres in width . |
| 14 | As yet , industry hereabouts may not fully have ‘ taken off ’ , but at the same time the many £2 assessments downgraded for tax purposes in the Vale region indicate a degree of recession , the state of some towns hinting at an uneasy period of relocation . |
| 15 | This chapter completes the course by looking at three further areas of study ; each is important in its own way , and each is an area on which students working at an advanced level in phonetics and phonology spend a considerable amount of time . |
| 16 | The invader , panting , leans against the wall between the two improbably unbroken windows , nursing an arm hanging at an illogical angle , then slides straight down to sit , legs asprawl in a wide-open V-for-vengeance , on the floor . |
| 17 | An Indian lady from India sits in reception looking at an Indian film magazine and listening to Indian music . |
| 18 | I 'd been in the city for too long , too many late nights staring at an empty page : the Muse and I had become jaded with each other . |