Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The LDDC decided at an early stage that this figure should rise to 30 per cent or so , as a result of a house-building programme that was originally set at 13,000 houses within ten to fifteen years . |
| 2 | Boden advanced at an insolent saunter to the stretched rope . |
| 3 | Alison Rubenstein discovered at an early age that if you want to get on in the world and have a good career , hard work is not enough — qualifications can also be a great help . |
| 4 | I went over , exchanged greetings with everyone and Graham pointed at an empty table a few yards away and said : |
| 5 | Magdy Yacoub was summoned , and decided the only way to save the man would be to boost his heart with part of a cardiac support system that Yacoub borrowed at an international congress last October . |
| 6 | Fiscal reform , considered vital to improving the budgetary position and reducing inflation ( which in August stood at an annualized rate of 1,055.4 per cent ) , was also a priority . |
| 7 | Now 48 , Mr Ames realised at an early age that the nine to five routine was not for him . |
| 8 | Philip Ames realised at an early age that the nine to five routine was not for him . |
| 9 | President Arístides Maria Pereira announced at an extraordinary congress of the PAICV on July 26 , 1990 , that he was stepping down as party leader as a first step towards the ending of one-party rule , declaring that the President had to be above party politics . |
| 10 | David Livingstone arrives at an African village . |
| 11 | POLLUTION watchdogs from across Europe gathered at an historic conference in Chester yesterday . |
| 12 | Established as a privately-financed institution by a Planning Board which first met in January 1969 , UCB had at an early stage to consider what awards it might offer in advance of the Charter it hoped to obtain . |
| 13 | Volkov stopped at an all-night cafe . |
| 14 | George knew at an early age that he would like to pursue a career in engineering . |
| 15 | Diana learned at an early age that there were strict rules that had to be adhered to if she aspired to marry the heir to the throne . |
| 16 | In agreement with Hickson , Jacques organised the activities as though the rural areas scheme had been formally introduced and with the enthusiastic commitment of Hampden Jackson , Poole and Douglas-Smith , WEA provision in Norfolk and Essex expanded at an unprecedented pace throughout the war . |
| 17 | The OECD Economic Outlook indicated that the trade deficit in the USA stabilized at an annual rate $5,000 million lower than in the second half of 1988 . |
| 18 | London grew at an astonishing rate , from about 60,000 in 1500 to approximately 200,000 in 1600 and to an enormous 575,000 in 1700 , by which time it was probably the largest city in Europe . |
| 19 | In all three areas , the University of Edinburgh operates at an international level , transferring skills and technology to companies and organisations world-wide . |
| 20 | In positive terms , Roscoe Pound tried at an early stage to provide a concise , if rather general , statement of what realism stood for : |
| 21 | In particular , the report highlighted ( i ) the low inflation ( which in June stood at an annualized rate of 3.3 per cent , lower , for the first time since 1973 , than that in Germany — 3.5 per cent in June ) ; ( ii ) the successful containment of the adverse effect of 1990 oil price rises ; and reduced public expenditure ; and ( iv ) lower VAT and company taxes . |