Example sentences of "[noun pl] at [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It certainly seems to specialise in hitting nails on heads at just the right moment . |
| 2 | Using the Jodrell Bank Radio telescope in Cheshire , they had observed the super dense pulsating radio star ( pulsar ) PSR18219-10 for 18 months and deduced from variations in its radio signature that it was being orbited by a planet every six months at approximately the same distance as that from Venus to the Sun . |
| 3 | Comparable oxygen isotope shifts have been measured in sediments from Swiss and Polish lakes at precisely the same times . |
| 4 | It is n't and you do n't have to stab at the keyboard so as to press both keys at exactly the same time . |
| 5 | Every held operation using tractors or horses inevitably causes some compaction and damage to soil structure ; it should therefore be the farmer 's aim to create the desired effect with the minimum of passes at exactly the right time . |
| 6 | Electrical stimulation of the exposed cortex in a small group of patients has been reported to disrupt production of single oral-facial movements at exactly the same electrode sites that produce speech arrest during naming of objects . |
| 7 | Clients will receive completed accounts , returns and computations at roughly the same time each year so embarrassing delays will not arise . |
| 8 | Her blood seemed to be pumping through her veins at twice the normal speed . |
| 9 | It also times the transfer of its eggs extremely carefully so that most of them hatch in the hosts ' nests at exactly the right time . |
| 10 | However , with such a large clutch it is difficult for her to maintain all her eggs at exactly the same temperature . |
| 11 | In simple co-operative work , the Art Department can plan to examine particular patterns and structures at much the same time as the Science Department looks at crystals and lattices ; the Geography Department can look at climatology and weather charting at the same time as the Mathematics Department studies or revises graphs . |
| 12 | Whereas Fig.9.1 shows absolute numbers for the same country at different points of historical time , Fig. 9.2 gives percentages so that structural comparisons can be made among countries with very different total populations at roughly the same time . |
| 13 | But what finally convinced me that the emission was real was that the spectrum of the emitted particles was exactly that which would be emitted by a hot body , and that the black hole was emitting particles at exactly the correct rate to prevent violations of the second law . |
| 14 | You 're trying to focus attention on the presenter , the person giving the speech or answering the questions and it is a dreadful distraction to have beside and behind him or her numbers of men and women who invariably want to whisper , gesticulate , stare in the wrong direction , scratch their heads , pick their noses or make their exits at completely the wrong moment . |
| 15 | This leads to a ‘ bandwagon ’ or ‘ follow-the-leader ’ effect in which many firms invest in the same markets at roughly the same time ( Knickerbocker , 1973 ; Graham , 1990 ) . |
| 16 | In the major markets at least the peripatetic representative , who covered continents and carried his or her own weight in books , has been replaced by the well-staffed local office . |
| 17 | So the next stage in our journey was perhaps predictable — we enrolled for a course with the NCT , which was made up of couples expecting their babies at roughly the same time . |
| 18 | Furthermore , the wages of artisans , although they moved at a different rate , followed the same general pattern of increasing real values at approximately the same dates . |
| 19 | If you are ever carrying heavy loads , break up the load into a number of cases or boxes at approximately the same weight . |
| 20 | The council 's ruling Labour group split on the issue , after leading opponents of the scheme claimed it would increase violence with drinkers spilling on to the streets at exactly the same time . |
| 21 | Perhaps the most fundamental was the great variation in the size and resources of units all supposed to perform the same tasks at roughly the same standards . |
| 22 | The only choice to be made , therefore , will be between packages of services at roughly the same cost , without any direct financial accountability at local level . |
| 23 | If you have a strong stomach , pop into the Central Market ; the butchers and fishmongers can always spot a squeamish visitor and slaughter one of their victims at just the right moment . |
| 24 | What is true is that large firms also destroy large numbers of jobs at much the same rate as they create them , whereas small firms have a lower rate of job destruction . |