Example sentences of "[verb] at a [adj] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of the world 's savannas have been affected by human activity and , as Table 7.2 shows , deforestation is occurring at a rapid rate due to agricultural development and fuelwood collection . |
| 2 | The number of plastic cards in circulation has risen from less than 10 million 10 years ago to 27 million today , while the total bank lending on cards — which in January 1980 stood at £934 million — currently stands at a massive £6.6 billion . |
| 3 | The number of plastic cards in circulation has risen from less than 10 million 10 years ago to 27 million today , while the total bank lending on cards — which in January 1980 stood at £934 million — currently stands at a massive £6.6 billion . |
| 4 | North of the Border , a balance between those architects expecting a rise and those expecting a fall in workloads in the next six months stands at a dismal minus 19 per cent . |
| 5 | The first major accident in an American nuclear reactor occurred at a small prototype military plant in Idaho in 1961 . |
| 6 | 2.3 If the Landlord is unable to obtain at a reasonable cost any of the materials referred to in the Building Documents the Landlord may [ ( subject to notifying promptly the Surveyors of its intention to do so ) ] in carrying out the Works substitute for them alternative materials as nearly as may be of the same quality |
| 7 | Executives from Ford , which has acknowledged subscribing to the league , have been called to appear at an industrial tribunal next month . |
| 8 | This monograph consists of the nine papers presented at a two day international symposium held at the University of Manchester in April 1988 . |
| 9 | Their hopes of starting from scratch with a leisure complex incorporating a racecourse at Thurrock in Essex were dashed at a public inquiry two years ago . |
| 10 | In 1979 , the World Bank published a glowing report , Romania : Industrialization under Socialist Planning , which claimed , on the basis of official Romanian government figures , that in the quarter century between 1950 and 1975 , the Romanian economy had grown at an average compound annual rate of over 9% . |
| 11 | If we look at a typical Midland deserted village site with the aid of air photographs and maps , we can see that it is made up of certain features which occur again and again on such sites , the most distinctive being the sunken holloways marking the courses of old roads and paths . |
| 12 | The challenge is to identify at an early stage those who are most at risk of developing serious complications so that appropriate treatment may be given . |
| 13 | Magdy Yacoub was summoned , and decided the only way to save the man would be to boost his heart with part of a cardiac support system that Yacoub borrowed at an international congress last October . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's serious ! ’ said Robert , ‘ and Rafiq and his boys wo n't stop at a few groans this time . |
| 15 | During the week you will stop at a different location each day for an organised excursion . |
| 16 | He was timed at a Canadian record 7.41 , the fastest time in the world this year , with Jackson adjudged to have gained the silver , though both he and Dees were clocked at 7.43 . |
| 17 | Nor are all assessments entirely reliable : Brooke Priory in Rutland owned goods valued at £52 and had no serious debts when it was dissolved in 1536 yet fourteen years earlier it had been assessed at a mere £13 6s 8d . |
| 18 | He taught at an inner London secondary school for four years but knew his future lay in acting . |
| 19 | The two men were arrested at a Bosnian checkpoint last November when they made a wrong turn while driving through the Serb-held western outskirts of Sarajevo . |
| 20 | Geoff took up Vet running at a serious level two or three years ago and has forged through the ranks until arriving at the top of the O50s this season . |
| 21 | Although platinum traded in a narrow band close to the depressed levels of 1991 , rhodium fell steadily throughout the year to finish at a three year low . |
| 22 | Calls to it are , however , charged at a premium price many times higher than normal phone calls . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , life moves at a fast pace these days . ’ |
| 24 | The importance of flexible working arrangements , particularly for women , is to be discussed at a half-day seminar this month . |
| 25 | His blueprint for evolving ‘ a genuine parliamentary democracy ’ will be discussed at a preparatory conference next spring which the European parliament will hold with the Council of Ministers and the bureaucratic Commission . |
| 26 | At the UDF 's third conference on May 19 a majority of delegates supported the walkout and demanded that UDF MPs should support further such protests if the demand for new elections were not met , and this radical position was reaffirmed at a further UDF national conference held in June . |
| 27 | Once it has been formed at a mid-oceanic ridge new oceanic lithosphere subsides as it moves away from a spreading centre and becomes cooler , thicker and more dense ( see Section 17.6.3 ) . |
| 28 | TALENTED North-East writers were honoured at a special ceremony last night . |
| 29 | For example , we have withdrawal groups for music , not that their ordinary subjects are disrupted in this way , but it can be so organized on the timetable that they are withdrawn at a different period each week , and getting together , for example , to play in the school orchestra erm is of terrific value . |
| 30 | Harry Pollitt reported to the Central Committee of the Party in January 1936 that : We fight to affiliate as an organised Party , campaigning for united action on the part of all workers organisations , for a change of policy that corresponds to the desires of the Labour Party members , and that also opens up the perspective of realising at a later stage one united working class political party . |