Example sentences of "[verb] at an [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Witnesses in the car said Williams had not been driving at an excessive speed and had not been distracted in the moments before the car went out of control , said Mr Hardy . |
| 2 | This can be avoided in the second model : Here pupils would begin at an agreed level and be guided through tasks with demands at each step increasing so that every child can positively achieve , i.e. reach their place on the ladder while the most able can continue to show their abilities beyond a fixed range . |
| 3 | Er the County Council can not look at an individual building and say , this is a particular piece of land which is going to be developed and this is going to have this particular impact on the environment . |
| 4 | It is one thing to look at an ill person and say that they are out of balance . |
| 5 | Bettino Craxi , whose leadership of the Socialist Unity Party was under serious challenge [ see p. 39114 ] , announced on Nov. 7 that he proposed to resign at an unspecified date and suggested Prime Minister Giuliano Amato as his successor . |
| 6 | Occupation outside the main fort at Ilchester clearly began at an early date and probably included native elements . |
| 7 | MOLLY SCRUTTON 's interest in movement began at an early age and led her to join a junior dance group and later a gymnastics club . |
| 8 | It is not a conflict which will lead inevitably to problems , but it should be recognised at an early stage and rectified by the Government . |
| 9 | Because incense burns at an even rate and without flame , it is well suited for measuring the division of the religious day and for other purposes . |
| 10 | In 1839 he married in Canada Sarah Antoinette ( died 1843 ) , daughter of Henry Veicht of Madeira ; they had two sons , one of whom died at an early age and the other , Beaufort , who became a general in the Canadian army . |
| 11 | When you telephone someone you are more likely to intrude at an inconvenient time and not realize it . |
| 12 | During the century after the Restoration rural industries such as framework knitting and nailmaking grew at an unprecedented rate and the industrial towns flourished as never before . |
| 13 | Their gig attendances grew at an alarming rate and occasional support spots to The Fall were no longer a viable notion . |
| 14 | In theoretical work , the turbulence is supposed to be generated at an initial instant and then to decay as time proceeds . |
| 15 | Unbeknown to him , Mr Bill Muirhead of Saatchi and Saatchi , one of Mr Major 's key strategists , was sitting at an adjacent table and heard every word . |
| 16 | These are learned at an early age and reflect the bias and background of our parents . |
| 17 | They can give early warning of stability problems and enable the corrective action to be taken at an early stage and thus save time and development resource . |
| 18 | But the mood had passed by the time Harry walked once more into Breakspear College , sucking at an extra-strong mint and glad to see that a different porter was manning the lodge . |
| 19 | Speech patterns are formed at an early age and are firmly established — part of our way of life , an almost subconscious activity , rather in the same way as chewing or walking . |
| 20 | Fashions change at an alarming rate and at any given time experts hold differing views . |
| 21 | The nature of the movies was determined at an early stage and to study film history is to be reminded of the extent to which American and British cultural patterns in the modern era were determined within the context of the late nineteenth-century city . |
| 22 | Then again , the pen had to be held at an exact angle and Miss Smith had her own very efficient method of quickly teaching this . |
| 23 | Welcome back : Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate and urgent action is needed to protect it for future generations . |