Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Select Committee 's examination of the four options which looks at a wide range of technical , economic , social and environmental factors and recommends the government to choose the Channel Tunnel Group proposal . |
| 2 | ‘ MEETING JESUS ’ by Leighton Ford contains 13 studies each of which looks at a different aspect of who Jesus is . |
| 3 | An operant is a piece of behaviour which has a spontaneous nature which occurs at a predetermined frequency . |
| 4 | A group is a lesser thing than a team , which performs at a higher level of cohesion than a mere group needs to ( see Teams on page 161 ) . |
| 5 | Gone , maybe , are the famed histrionics but in their place is an assuredness which hints at a new maturity . |
| 6 | The TEC LM100 is a corded gun which operates at a lower temperature ( almost 70° lower is claimed by the manufacturers ) than most models , making possible the bonding of heat-sensitive materials such as polystyrene foam , fabrics and thin film material . |
| 7 | You play against the computer which operates at a chosen skill level so you could have a chance of winning . |
| 8 | By measuring the trace amounts of radioactive carbon in coral skeletons , which decays at a known rate , he could work out the ages of the corals at different depths in his boreholes . |
| 9 | An advantage of this slender branch byway , which runs at a higher level than the main road , is the splendid panorama it affords of the encircling hills : across the valley the distant double-topped Frostrow merges in the long whaleback skyline of Rise Hill ; at the head is Great Knoutberry Hill carrying the railway ; rising to the left are the lower slopes of Whernside , succeeded by Great Coum beyond the gap of Deepdale , and finally Middleton Fell closes the horizon . |
| 10 | The shell has a mathematically simple form , and , roughly speaking , its shape can be understood as the result of a that organ , the mantle , which itself grows at a variable rate but secretes minerals at a rate proportional to the length of its periphery . |
| 11 | The argument is that he had power to enjoy so much of the income of Attleborough [ the overseas company ] as was spent in expenses , etc , so that by this route one arrives at a taxable amount of net income . |
| 12 | It had been discovered in the eighteenth century that light does not travel instantaneously from source to observer ; rather , it goes at a certain speed , about 186,000 miles ( 300,000 kilometers ) a second . |
| 13 | He looks at a wooden fence , a section of which was ripped away when the dead man fell back with the bullet in his heart , and he suggests what must have happened . |
| 14 | Unfortunately it must be said that in binoculars ( or , for that matter , in most telescopes ) it is disappointing , because it lies at a narrow angle to us and the full beauty of the spiral is lost . |
| 15 | He 's been granted bail , provided he lives at a secret address . |
| 16 | ‘ ( 1 ) … where an individual is adjudged bankrupt and he has at a relevant time … entered into a transaction with any person at an undervalue , the trustee of the bankrupt 's estate may apply to the court for an order under this section . |
| 17 | For a continuously varying trait ( let us use human size as an example ) , the value of the trait in an individual is probably determined by what genes it has at a large number of genetic loci , together with the effect of the environment . |
| 18 | It arrives at a different time from the rest of the mail . |
| 19 | There is an alternative route which is longer and involves slightly more climbing , but it stays at a lower level , never rising higher than 1,600ft . |
| 20 | The difficulty with this anemone is that once established it reproduces at a tremendous rate and literally swamps the aquarium with large numbers of offspring . |
| 21 | That year the Museum began founding bronzes from the unpublished casts , which it keeps at a secret location somewhere in France . |
| 22 | Listen to a car passing on the road : as the car is approaching , its engine sounds at a higher pitch ( corresponding to a higher frequency of sound waves ) , and when it passes and goes away , it sounds at a lower pitch . |
| 23 | Ultimately , of course , whether a cause is held to be direct or indirect is a statement about the state of scientific knowledge at the time ; while one variable may provide an illuminating explanation for a puzzle at one point in time , it is likely to provoke further questions about how it operates at a later date . |
| 24 | Unlike offices , the level of income fluctuates although sometimes over a longer period it fluctuates at a higher level than commercial . |
| 25 | It was memos like these that concerned politicians like state senator Tom , better known as Jane Fonda 's ex-husband , he teaches at a religious college in Oakland . |
| 26 | It works at a warm temperature and vigorously turns the sugars in the wort into alcohol and carbon dioxide , producing at the same time ripe fruity aromas that add to the pleasure of ale drinking . |
| 27 | Carbon 14 is a radioactive isotope of carbon that is absorbed by all living things ; the proportion of carbon 14 to other isotopes of carbon remains constant , but when something dies , the carbon 14 in it decays at a known rate , while the other isotopes stay the same . |
| 28 | Using slides we will share with you what happens at a SPRED session . |