Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb pp] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite these difficulties , regional activities remained at a high level . |
| 2 | The Labour dissidents failed at a private meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party , by 112 votes to 46 , to commit Labour to oppose an independent bank during the passage of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill . |
| 3 | In one of the most enthralling finishes seen at a European Tour event this season , the 33 year-old Mancunian held his game together , coming down the stretch , to record his first Tour triumph in the European Open at Walton Heath . |
| 4 | In the distance , ponies in long-shafted light chariots trotted at a spanking pace , the wheels spinning around . |
| 5 | Media-only appointments increased at a faster rate than those involving creative and full service during the year . |
| 6 | This means that there are a number of intermediaries between original producer and eventual buyer , as in the case of the box of foreign-made chocolates bought at a local retailer by a housewife . |
| 7 | By having the individual numbers logged at a central computer , it is then possible to track down the dog 's owner without difficulty . |
| 8 | The negotiations were inconclusive on the main issue of secession but a relaxation of the blockade was agreed and a commitment made for future talks aimed at a final settlement . |
| 9 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
| 10 | This was the main message behind a worse than expected slump in interim pre-tax profits from £30.9m to £16.2m and the likelihood of a full year pre-tax loss , after incurring exceptional costs estimated at a cool £50m , to £55m . |
| 11 | The document argued that a school would be more effective in achieving its aims if they were written down and it suggested six possible aims expressed at a high level of generality , for example : to develop lively enquiring minds … ; to acquire the knowledge and skills relevant to adult life and employment in a fast-changing world . |
| 12 | EMERGENCY telephones have been vandalised and automatic barriers damaged at a level crossing at Moira railway station , police said today . |
| 13 | I was woken by voices and saw two elderly ladies seated at a nearby bench , which had almost disappeared in the undergrowth . |
| 14 | In England and Wales the policy encompassed in Hospital Services for the Mentally Ill sought to overcome the problem caused by the many mental hospitals built at a considerable distance from their catchment populations by opening psychiatric units on district general hospital sites . |
| 15 | Most , perhaps all , functionalists are thorough-going materialists who believe that mental phenomena are genuine physical phenomena seen at a particular level of abstraction . |
| 16 | Pictures of stars who have made most contribution to the music industry over the last 25 years featured at a glittering party in New York 's Four Seasons Restaurant . |
| 17 | Although the markets served by those businesses remained at a low level throughout 1992 , it is believed that our European aggregates businesses will become a significant contributor to the Group in the medium term . |
| 18 | How much better in the long run for companies , auditors and regulation generally if auditors would have the courage to make timely representations aimed at a general ruling , in these circumstances , assuming that they have failed to persuade the client not to proceed and that the grounds for an audit qualification are uncertain . |
| 19 | The senator fell into step beside me while some of Bonefish 's smaller children followed at a safe distance . |
| 20 | Initially assumed that the level of carbon 14 in the environment that was available to be absorbed by living things remained at a constant level , subsequent research has shown that the amount of carbon 14 varies , possibly as a result of sunspot activity . |
| 21 | This monograph consists of the nine papers presented at a two day international symposium held at the University of Manchester in April 1988 . |
| 22 | The presence of Egyptian and Jordanian delegations hinted at a possible rift in the ranks of the " front-line " Arab states ; according to some commentators the Jordanian decision to attend had greatly displeased the Syrians . |
| 23 | Spanish onions bought at a wholesale market in Birmingham were being unloaded at a depot near Evesham in Worcestershire when a worker noticed a cardboard parcel stuffed between the bags . |
| 24 | Police believe the two cars collided at a closing speed approaching a hundred miles an hour . |
| 25 | A coroner has recorded an accident verdict on a nine year old boy who was killed when two chair-lifts collided at a Californian ski resort . |
| 26 | Six hundred youngsters gathered at a massive party to help raise cash for the clinic — now the most successful in the world . |
| 27 | The previous remarks have raised some questions about the relations between human norms and possible underlying dispositions determined at a biological level . |
| 28 | As it is , the sale of " Fulford Grange " left the BDA without real property other than " The Hudson Flats " ( see page:120 ) and three terrace houses , internally connected , at 38 Victoria Place , Carlisle , which , together with adjoining premises purchased at a later date , have been headquarters since 1972 . |
| 29 | Franklin even added point ( excuse me ) to the argument about whether pointed or knobbed lightning rods may be preferable when he showed that blunted ones acted at a greater distance . |