Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | HAVING REACHED the point of flying your model around in circuits , rather like a fixed-wing model , you will sooner or later-probably sooner-arrive at a point where you are unsure of the model 's exact position or attitude . |
2 | If Euclidean space-time stretches back to infinite imaginary time , or else starts at a singularity in imaginary time , we have the same problem as in the classical theory of specifying the initial state of the universe : God may know how the universe began , but we can not give any particular reason for thinking it began one way rather than another . |
3 | Decide whether there are any linked educational visits e.g. visits to the community — homes of patients , clinics , health centres , prisons , factories , museums , schools — can provide a wider perspective than just looking at a topic from the hospital angle . |
4 | Using committees internally to overcome restrictions on information and thereby arrive at a decision . |
5 | This early ‘ satiating effect ’ was dose dependent and most marked at a dose of 40 µg per animal ; about equimolar to procolipase secretion during maximal stimulation with secretin and cholecystokinin ( CCK ) . |
6 | He explained that what makes the document confidential is the fact that the creator of the document has used his brain and thus arrived at a result which can only be produced by somebody who goes through the same process . |
7 | The road out of Shiel Bridge runs along the south side of Loch Duich and soon arrives at a junction where a no-through-branch turns off to serve the scattered habitations along the shore , ending at Totaig and the forlorn slipway of the abandoned ferry to Dornie . |
8 | Thus the notice must be reasonably large and prominently displayed at a spot visible to the buyer when the contract is made . |
9 | He recognizes that there is a real divergence of expert opinion between those who believe that men are happy because they are miserable , and those who believe that men are miserable because they are happy ; and wisely arrives at a synthesis of both views . |
10 | The standards for the NVQs were circulated widely throughout the industry for consultation and discussion during the development phase , and later presented at a number of national CIOB seminars . |
11 | Tracings of fabrics and grains can be quickly and accurately made at a range of magnifications . |
12 | Mrs Gordon ( 61 ) who lives in Kingshurst , West Midlands , and now works at a nursing home , admitted in an official statement released by solicitor Steven Jonas that she had not carried out a smear test before joining Dr Kumar 's practice , but claimed she followed a technique he taught her . |
13 | A great adventure to two remarkable elderly women friends who met years ago teaching and then taught at a school for ‘ maddies and baddies ’ in Argyll funded by Strathclyde Region and then they developed and ran a world renowned restaurant on the Island of Luing . |
14 | The training programme will be developed by a number of international non-profit-making institutions and then tested at a university in a developing country . |
15 | The arm hovered before the bookcase and then darted at a book end and retrieved a bound diary . |
16 | In the second method , the apices of the two veins may approximate , and ultimately fuse at a point on the wing-margin : coalescence of this type takes place inwardly towards the base of the wing . |
17 | Secondly , married women whose earnings are curtailed ( but nevertheless remain at a level above the ICA earnings limit ) or who stop work altogether and claim ICA are likely to find their financial dependency on an earning spouse is increased . |
18 | But even looking at a map of an area you already know can be interesting . |
19 | ‘ Oh , Stevens , ’ he began with a false air of nonchalance , but then seemed at a loss how to continue . |
20 | By now finances were brightening and whilst still running at a loss , this was entirely because of spending on improvements . |