Example sentences of "[vb -s] [noun sg] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The limpet , like Neopilina , produces shell at an equal rate right round the circumference of the mantle and so builds a simple pyramid . |
| 2 | First , the belt , because it contains matter at a higher density than beyond it , exerts a net outward pressure . |
| 3 | The latter contains fluid at a high pressure which maintains the turgidity and shape of the body . |
| 4 | The trail loses height at an amazing pace , then hugs the side of a steep cliff along the side of Roaring Springs Canyon . |
| 5 | As the stepping rate is increased the pull-out torque gradually reduces , until in some cases it reaches zero at a finite speed , the value M shown in Fig. 5.8 . |
| 6 | This cleaning takes place at a definite cleaning station , usually by a large rock or near some other bold feature on the sea bed . |
| 7 | It has been argued by Clegg ( 1976 ) that in terms of the causal direction of the relationship it is the level of bargaining which determines the degree of centralisation , with the result that power is decentralised within organisations when bargaining takes place at a decentralised level , and vice versa . |
| 8 | The second method for regeneration to be initiated is by a time clock , so that it takes place at a convenient time such as during the night . |
| 9 | ( An event in this sense is something that takes place at a single point in space , at a specified point in time . ) |
| 10 | The story takes place at an unspecified date but clearly in the years immediately before the First World War . |
| 11 | Out takes place at an unspecified time several decades after the unexplained but presumably cataclysmic event known as the ‘ displacement ’ . |
| 12 | That task of alleviating anxiety is a matter for a whole school or college ; it is , too , a matter which requires commitment at a high level if its damage is to be reduced . |
| 13 | The same applies where the accused gets petrol at a self-service station . |
| 14 | He takes shelter at a Pennine farm where the man 's daily conversational output is ‘ Two more dead i ’ beck ’ and the woman listens to Holly 's soliloquy like a raggedy Miranda , astonished as the sound of a human voice . |
| 15 | IWOULD agree that male and female stereotypes portrayed in cartoons are equally abhorrent , were it not for the fact that , whilst one pokes fun at a powerful group in society ( men ) , the other perpetuates the oppression of a powerless group ( women ) . |
| 16 | Having been disinherited by his father he finds employment at a fashionable hairdresser 's which gives him materials for composing ‘ those brilliant efforts of genius , his fashionable novels ’ . |
| 17 | This is a distinctive feature of the arrangements , both because it identifies pressure at an early stage and also in that it establishes the source of disturbance and whether it is a weak or strong currency . |
| 18 | During the night and for several hours after dawn the summit remains clearly visible , but as the plain warms up in the morning sun , the hot air rises and becomes vapour at a given height . |