Example sentences of "[adv] [det] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously it is likely to be quiet in an empty hall or in a field ; it is likely to be noisy when a crowd of people are talking together all at the same time . |
| 2 | Most of the young cast of both Taps and The Outsiders , with some honorary additions to the Pack , have continually worked together — though not necessarily all at the same time — in films like Rumble Fish , The Breakfast Club , St Elmo 's Fire , and Young Guns . |
| 3 | The hot sting of tears pricked painfully at her eyes as the agony of hating him and yet wanting him so desperately all at the same time overwhelmed her . |
| 4 | It is worth reminding ourselves , therefore , that Wittgenstein 's criticism of solipsism is intended to be aimed as much at the classic empiricist programme espoused by the classical foundationalist . |
| 5 | The top of the stone was now all at the same level . |
| 6 | Often all at the same time . |
| 7 | By contrast , the research reported here suggests that controlling is not what British solicitors — even those at the bottom end of the market — spend most of their time doing . |
| 8 | At the Party 's Fourteenth Congress , held at Battersea on 29 May 1937 , Pollitt reported that membership had increased to 12,500 , nearly twice that at the previous Congress in 1935 . |
| 9 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 10 | There was so much going on , and in corporate finance you felt that you were very much at the sharper end . ’ |
| 11 | On talking with her son Michael — ‘ Talking with Michael is like going down a water chute and finding yourself in the same swimming pool , very much at the deep end . ’ |
| 12 | something else that could be quite actually misleading might sleep , be very sleepy , difficult to wake , so if you 've got the baby and you think your baby 's due for a feed and it did n't take very much at the last feed , you ca n't wake it up you should n't think oh well I 'll have to wait for another four hours , beginning to get worried so if the baby 's difficult to wake if it 's difficult to feed not sucking very well if the baby 's cold to touch and then there 's something which is very , very misleading , these babies can have bright red cheeks and bright red hands and feet and if you look at them you think oh they must be warm because they 're red |
| 13 | Moreover , answers for small loans were concentrated very much at the short-repayment-period end of the scale , while answers for large loans were spread more evenly across the whole range of options from 6 to 36 months . |
| 14 | Temporary anxiety has many causes , including depriving a horse of a basic need , disturbing its sense of security , imposing discomfort or boredom , trying to teach it too much at the one time , and fear of pain ; but the loss of a companion quite often has catastrophic results . |
| 15 | For once the Halifax was following others ; it admits that it paid too much at the wrong time . |
| 16 | ‘ Visitors are very important and I love having people here , though I don ‘ t want to have too many at the same time . |