Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Horn , of Hurworth Moor , resigned from his £34,000-a-year job as education officer in charge of forward planning before he was due to appear at a disciplinary hearing at the council 's headquarters in Matlock last week . |
| 2 | Television is at least one escape and just like all the other trivial pastimes , should allow the unemployed to participate at a reduced rate . |
| 3 | Apart from pure nostalgia , perhaps this is because in the ‘ old days ’ it was fairly easy to look at a faulty circuit , identify components used for specific functions , replace them and get the set going again whether it was commercially or home-made . |
| 4 | Once all work on the system has been completed , then the ground must be tidied up and left in such a state that it is easy to assess at a later date what rabbits have been left behind . |
| 5 | Implementation of this part of the Criminal Justice Act is not only a challenge to joint working at a local level , it also straddles two central government departments . |
| 6 | A couple of his men , apparently under orders from Epitot , were content to follow at a respectful distance as she and Karelius went for a stroll in the city . |
| 7 | It is odd — one of the anomalies of science — that it is possible to look at a single entity as if it were either one thing or another , apparently quite different thing . |
| 8 | Other competitors include Audi 's new 80 2.8E V6 and the forthcoming new Volkswagen Passat VR6 , likely to sell at a similar price . |
| 9 | ( Care must be taken in interpreting these probit equations : note that positive because the higher the price the more likely it is that all will be sold ; is positive because as the horizon approaches one gets less fussy , and so one is more likely to sell at a lower price ; the other signs follow from similar arguments . ) |
| 10 | Granted better luck he should get his head back in front and is likely to start at a reasonable price in this company . |
| 11 | It is clearly imperative to arrive at a correct diagnosis of the origins of involuntary unemployment . |
| 12 | However , the organizational advantages of being able to sample at a regular interval are so considerable that such anxieties are often set aside . |
| 13 | 2.3 If the Landlord is unable to obtain at a reasonable cost any of the materials referred to in the Building Documents the Landlord may [ ( subject to notifying promptly the Surveyors of its intention to do so ) ] in carrying out the Works substitute for them alternative materials as nearly as may be of the same quality |
| 14 | In exchange , homesteaders will pay a lower rent or be able to buy at a reduced price . |
| 15 | As a result of this the club has been able to run at a constant level of activity . |
| 16 | If the customer base is broadly the same as for existing products , then the credit manager should be able to arrive at a reasonable assessment of these factors . |
| 17 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 18 | If the Government were concerned to arrive at a proper system , they would accept that fairness was the answer . |
| 19 | You have got to enjoy yourself to be able to complete at a top level and I still love my running . |
| 20 | Erm I , I , there were provisions that where er more than ten percent of the population for any area was at the level you would be able to tax at a higher rate . |
| 21 | It is possible to arrive at a probable date for the birth of Jesus . |
| 22 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 23 | Such patterns may be the result of Sisyphean fitness and not represent irreversible tendencies to speciation , i.e. the formation of ‘ populations ’ of plant genotypes , representing the best available to arrive at a particular point under the prevailing biotic and physical features at any one particular time . |
| 24 | As schemes differ it would be essential to enquire at a local branch . |
| 25 | It is advisable , wherever appropriate , to get managers to certify entries in a learning diary and to include in it references which may be difficult to obtain at a later date . |
| 26 | A contract may be written or verbal , but the intention of the verbal form may be more difficult to determine at a future date . |
| 27 | The transition from Romanesque to Gothic proceeded at a variable speed in differing countries . |
| 28 | It could also sustain redistributive policies that might be very difficult to operate at a lower level . |
| 29 | The student 's attention to correct stance , breathing and arm movement must be constant in order to avoid the slide into bad habits , which may be difficult to correct at a later stage . |
| 30 | As the right hon. Gentleman is now keen to look at a longer period than just the last year , he will also be interested to know that between 1981 and 1991 the British economy grew faster than the German economy , the French economy , the Italian economy or the economy of any other country in Europe . |