Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | That was the trouble with harbour-watching , there were so many inexplicable activities carried on at a stately pace and with the deliberation of a choreographed performance . |
2 | The system of planning controls imposes limits on their freedom to locate operations where they will or to increase the scale , or change the nature , of the activities carried on at a particular site . |
3 | FIGHTS break out at a Black Rights demonstration in Euston , London . |
4 | The steel tracks ground along at a steady rate , flattening glorious highly-finned autos , scattering pedestrians and levelling lampposts . |
5 | The generator revved up and down , providing power to the automatic launcher ; it had some sort of randomly set variation built into where it was aiming because the clays came out at a different angle and heading each time . |
6 | Her call came after the surrender of the last group of rebels holding out at a military air base at Mactan in the central Philippines . |
7 | It is our intention to keep goods turning over at a livelier pace and it would therefore be appreciated if you would return any goods which you are unable to sell . |
8 | They 're not velocity sensitive ( ie. they wo n't respond to how hard you hit them with changes in signal ) , and although you can record rhythms and bass lines of varying dynamics into an RY10 pattern from a MIDI source , the incoming velocity values are n't recorded by the drum machine and so the sounds play back at a fixed level . |
9 | They 're not velocity sensitive ( ie. they wo n't respond to how hard you hit them with changes in signal ) , and although you can record rhythms and bass lines of varying dynamics into an RY10 pattern from a MIDI source , the incoming velocity values are n't recorded by the drum machine and so the sounds play back at a fixed level . |
10 | Through the wide forward unopening windows there was a riveting view of the rails stretching ahead , signals shining green in the distance , trees flashing back at a useful seventy miles an hour . |
11 | Reaction to their two recently-rescued Sam Powell ales , formerly brewed by the Sam Powell Brewery in Newtown , Powys , is also very encouraging , with repeat orders coming in at a good rate . |
12 | In a cup of tea , the particles whizz round at a great rate ; in the mantle the flow is so slow that it would be barely perceptible over the course of a human lifetime . |
13 | Her maids stood off at a slight distance , amongst the trees , talking quietly amongst themselves and pretending not to watch her , but she knew they were as inquisitive as she . |
14 | Smoking is on a steady decline among both men and women — but men pack up at a faster rate than women . |
15 | This can be clearly seen at St Oswald 's in Gloucester , where the many phases of development are more clear in elevation than plan , and where , ironically , the earliest masonry is up above arches put in at a later date . |