Example sentences of "[vb base] at [adj] levels " in BNC.

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1 Detachment structures initiate at moderate dips in brittle upper crust and flatten at mid-crustal levels ( 10–15km depth ) , because stress axes rotate as a result of ductile ( perhaps fluid-like ) flow of a weak middle crust ( beneath the brittle to ductile transition zone ) .
2 This is because the alarm sensors look at overall levels of contamination of clothes , whereas the contamination is often ‘ highly localised and correspondingly intense ’ .
3 Assuming an oil price of about $33 for the fourth quarter of 1990 , and an average of about $30 for 1991 , inflation was expected to rise above 5 per cent in 1990 and stay at similar levels in 1991 .
4 It is because observers vary in their skill and experience that we have devised two related ‘ observation kits ’ which work at different levels of detail .
5 I think there 's all sorts of er there 's all sorts of things that people do and they work at different levels .
6 The findings of the research , which were being undertaken on behalf of the HCIMA by the University of Surrey , would be used to extend the Association 's existing Corpus of Knowledge research , providing information on the functions hospitality industry managers perform at different levels and in different situations , to raise the profile of the 23000-strong professional body within the European forum .
7 According to this model , local politics ( see also Chapter 5 , section 5.3.3 , where the ‘ dual state ’ thesis is discussed ) is more open to pluralist pressures , since locally based interest groups tend to be those of service consumers , rather than the various types of producer which dominate at other levels ( and often play a big part in determining what is possible at local level ) .
8 Purchaser and provider divisions have been established in both health and social services authorities , but the splits occur at different levels .
9 It will be observed that the disparities occur at different levels of overall unemployment , and that all ethnic minorities experienced higher rates of unemployment than the white population in the 1980s .
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