Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] much [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For inexperienced drivers and for infrequent drinkers the sharp increase occurs at a much lower level . |
| 2 | The fax is transmitted at a much faster rate thus saving on telephone bills . |
| 3 | are indeed looking at a much longer time-span . |
| 4 | Because of the uncertainty surrounding this important issue we undertook this study , looking at a much larger number of patients and measuring several indices of oesophageal function . |
| 5 | Evidence will now have to be prepared at a much earlier stage . |
| 6 | Official monthly statistics , based upon those claiming social security benefits , suggest that women 's unemployment has at times risen at a much faster rate than men 's , although the absolute and percentage numbers for men remain higher . |
| 7 | Infection commonly occurs in children and infants , and the clinical progression of the disease is similar to syphilis when it is seen in the sporadic form ; the late manifestations , however , tend to be seen at a much younger age . |
| 8 | Now for our purposes , the kind of thing we 're gon na do , is look at a much simpler breakdown of tourists . |
| 9 | ) . Once inside the store , the retailer hopes , the customer will not only buy the product on offer , but also many other items , which are sold at a much higher profit . |
| 10 | As planned , graduate numbers are growing at a much faster rate than undergraduate numbers ( 17 per cent since Michaelmas Term 1989 ) . |
| 11 | Catalytic converter technology would be forced to advance at a much improved rate , showing that F1 does indeed improve motoring in general . |
| 12 | This is because good control is reached at a much lower ground speed . |
| 13 | Experimentation with heroin for interviewees in the hidden sector , then , began at a much earlier stage , after an average of six months of recreational drug use instead of 17 months . |
| 14 | But the development of the idea of a ‘ nation ’ and the formation of nation states in Europe began at a much earlier time , and in order to understand the vigour of later nationalist movements in Europe and elsewhere we need to look more closely at that historical process . |
| 15 | Urban population figures have been rising at a much greater rate than rural . |
| 16 | Such a figure is based to some extent on notional accounting — an expert 's time per hour is , for example , assessed at a much higher rate than he or she is actually paid — but it indicates the profit margins which both houses need to maintain . |
| 17 | Results show that these patients recover at a much faster rate , that they are more optimistic , less ‘ self-pitying ’ and demand less time and attention from nursing staff than those who did not have the opportunity for anticipatory mourning . |
| 18 | Although programs such as PageMaker and Ventura continue to steal the headlines as being the driving force behind desktop publishing there is a whole raft of alternative products that operate at a much lower level . |
| 19 | As a result , changes have occurred in adoption procedures , and couples have to apply to adopt at a much younger age , and go through rigorous and lengthy assessment procedures . |
| 20 | Since the last World War people are travelling at a much younger age . |
| 21 | His computer was totally compatible with the machines of the brand leader IBM , but with the added advantage of being about half the price and running at a much faster speed . |
| 22 | The executive checked the documents , and noted that the order should have been executed at a much lower price . |
| 23 | As a woodwork teacher for many years I consider this design to be dangerous because power drills run at a much higher speed than a brace and consequently the feed is too fast for accurate control . |
| 24 | ‘ Stay at a much smaller hotel , the one I stayed at when I was here to learn German . |
| 25 | After averaging just 0.6% per annum through the 1970s , total factor productivity grew at a much faster rate of 1.6% per annum during the 1980s . |
| 26 | During these amazing years of unprecedented expansion Greater London grew at a much faster rate than the national population as a whole and faster than the suburbs of any provincial city . |
| 27 | In America , an explicitly anti-Darwinian school of neo-Lamarckism emerged at a much earlier date , despite the initial success of Darwin 's supporters . |
| 28 | The number of pregnancies that do not produce a viable infant but end in miscarriage , induced abortion or stillbirth or , of those that result in a live born baby with serious health impairment , can not be reliably assessed but it may be put at a much larger figure . |
| 29 | The report is , therefore , directed at a much smaller target than the novel . |
| 30 | The decision as to when to instruct an Expert will , therefore , require to be taken at a much earlier stage than is usual . |