Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [modal v] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process may lead at a certain stage to the establishment of parties . " |
| 2 | This examination will test at a higher level the linguistic skills and business knowledge tested at the Second Level . |
| 3 | Unlike the US and Russia , the Ministry said , Britain did not have large stocks of fissile material and British production would continue at a minimum level to satisfy the need for the deterrent and naval reactor requirements . |
| 4 | An ordinary teaspoon will do at a pinch , though they generally hold less than 5 ml . |
| 5 | A phased move may prove ideal if the original location of the company is spread over several sites as one site can move at a time and so not cause total disruption to the business . |
| 6 | It means that only one person can speak at a time and that members can not address each other directly . |
| 7 | A large back-log is necessary ; it should be heavy hardwood — fresh-cut green stuff will do at a pinch — and this acts as a reflector . |
| 8 | A young child will marvel at a rainbow . |
| 9 | In general this is certainly true , as the experienced eye can tell at a glance whether the style of an ancient Greek coin is that of the archaic or of the later , classical period ; in a similar way one can argue from the change in the type of helmet worn by the goddess Athena on Athenian vases in the period 540–510 BC that Athenian coins depicting the same goddess with the same helmet are unlikely to have been made before that time . |
| 10 | But because the new craft will broadcast at a high power , they will have to be spaced a long way apart so that TV sets in , say , Canada do not receive signals meant for the US . |
| 11 | A trader seeking to buy dollars ( for example ) in the forward market will buy at a forward rate which is less advantageous to him ( that is , if the exchange rate is defined as the sterling price of a dollar , f t may be greater than ) . |
| 12 | Because the period is not a whole number of years , the next standstill will occur at a different season than its predecessor . |
| 13 | Reviewing McBride , Eliot quoted from that writer 's conclusion that , given proper education of mind and body , ‘ the next generation may start at a very slightly higher level of capacity than their fathers ’ . |