Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] at [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has used a fast government car to shake off at least one photographer , but there is a more prosaic explanation for Mr Lamont 's perambulations around Blackpool — his civil servants could not get through the security around the Imperial . |
| 2 | Thus , a cell resulting from the fusion of cells R and M is referred to as cell R + M. The advantage of this relatively simple system of nomenclature is evident in the so-called discal cell , a term used in at least four separate orders of insects with reference to a different cell in each case . |
| 3 | It is in three parts and the main physical bulk takes up at least three metres of shelf space , in addition to which there may be one metre of reference books and some local information on file or cards . |
| 4 | Does he not also accept that much of his programme was going to come about in any event , that he has deliberately delayed the urban programme announcement , that six of our valleys are still not designated areas under the Act and that a proper revitalisation of the valleys would require massive and genuinely new investment spread over at least eight years , not advertising hype spread over three ? |
| 5 | My mum came in at about 07.15 , holding out my black suit and a white shirt that she had just ironed . |
| 6 | But they represent a great slice of gardening history ( no plants , no gardens ) and provide us with a rich , exciting and often colourful tapestry of adventure and discovery going back at least several hundred years . |
| 7 | The Cambridge Committee brought over at least seventy guaranteed children from Germany , mostly teenagers , who were all given a decent education . |
| 8 | However , the Leeds charge came out at about double that figure . |
| 9 | When this meeting broke up at about 8.15 I took Mr Murray aside to remind him that he was scheduled to broadcast from our CHAB studio on the top floor in 15 minutes . |
| 10 | Send your invitations and gift lists out at least six weeks before the wedding |
| 11 | The first bomb went off at 9.20pm near to the Commercial Union building in St Mary Axe as City workers were heading home after celebrating the Tory win . |
| 12 | Overall 94% ( 4262 ) of the original group participated in at least one follow up study ( either 1989 or 1990 ) , and 76% ( 3454 ) were followed up in both 1989 and 1990 . |
| 13 | It is established that gastrin circulates in at least four bioactive forms , component I , gastrin ( G ) 34 , G17 , and G14 . |
| 14 | I was quite suprised how good he was that year … back heeling the ball to set up at least 2 goals … and the drag back and turn for a goal vs Wimbledon ( I think ) ! ! |
| 15 | Quite suddenly all the guards jumped in , their tommy-guns banging against the sides of the carriage and their leather harness creaking , and the train chugged off at about fifteen miles an hour towards Bromberg . |
| 16 | Each game went through at least thirty rugby balls , and Endill was always the one sent back to get some more . |
| 17 | The meltem cut in at about 1100 , immediately after the Blox returned from the shore in the inflatables , bearing the round loaves ordered the previous night in the tiny restaurant among the ruins . |
| 18 | This person , I thought , is what a woman should look like : this figure sitting opposite me with food and drink and companions manages to represent without acquired coquetry or self-diminishing selfconsciousness the very essence of femininity , the quality bestowed in at least some measure upon mother , sister , wife , daughter , the power which in its apparent passivity is most naturally creative and dynamic , the sweetness which belongs to the rhythms of earth and moon and song and dance , the ideal which tempers the brutishness and vulgarity and wanton egotism of man as he plunders our planet , napalms distant villages , pollutes the great oceans and corrupts every healing dream that has ever been wrenched by noble minds out of the bleak absurdities of this brief and cruel existence . |
| 19 | ‘ This person , I thought , is what a woman should look like : this figure sitting opposite me with food and drink and companions manages to represent without acquired coquetry or self-diminishing self-consciousness the very essence of femininity , the quality bestowed in at least some measure upon mother , sister , wife , daughter , the power which in its apparent passivity is most naturally creative and dynamic , the sweetness which belongs to the rhythms of earth and moon and song and dance , the ideal which tempers the brutishness and vulgarity and wanton egotism of man as he plunders our planet , napalms distant villages , pollutes the great oceans and corrupts every healing dream that has ever been wrenched by noble minds out of the bleak absurdities of this brief and cruel existence . |
| 20 | The attack came in at around 1300 , with Luqa as the main target , the attacking force being identified as comprising thirty-eight Ju87s , twelve Ju88s , ten Do1 7s or 215s ten He111s and twenty to thirty fighters . |
| 21 | But last year housebuilding bottomed out at about half the level of 1988 and analysts predict a slow upturn in 1992 . |
| 22 | ‘ The average train may leave 10 minutes late , but it has been proved that the average car journey sets off at least 40 minutes after the announced time . ’ |
| 23 | Others use stitching and padding in a variety of ways to create ventilation channels to keep air flowing over at least some of the back in order to limit the amount of sweat produced . |
| 24 | There must be at least fifteen founder members who must inter se put up at least 150 million forints , and the statutes of the exchange must be approved by the Minister of Finance . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , relapse occurred in at least half of the responders after treatment was discontinued . |
| 26 | The uni-male harem occurs in at least three kinds of population dispersion pattern . |
| 27 | They are long , narrow strips of land surrounded on at least three sides by canals . |
| 28 | A typical moggie is intermediate between these two extremes , with a tom weighing in at about 10 lbs and a queen at 8 lbs . |
| 29 | The ALDH2 gene exists in at least two allelic forms , ALDH2*1 and ALDH2*2 . |
| 30 | ‘ My son rushed in at about seven o'clock after seeing ambulances and said that ICI was on fire . ’ |