Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm you 're just looking at a little bit that 's new and you 're forgetting about the old stuff . |
| 2 | It was clear from the work done then that , even after a full year , major changes in unemployment , self-employment , and employment taken up and ended within the group , were still occurring at a high rate . |
| 3 | Cardiff looked up then at the Constable , still dabbing at a fresh nosebleed with his now-crimson handkerchief . |
| 4 | This will considerably help cash Mow problems for new haulage firms and hauliers still operating at a modest turnover . |
| 5 | She 's divorced , but she has n't emigrated or defected — she 's still a Fellow of Somerville , and still living at a solid address in North Oxford . |
| 6 | ‘ Personal development is , we believe of key importance to ensure that motivation is always running at a high level . |
| 7 | There were more horses coming now , less hurriedly than the advance party , but still approaching at a brisk speed from the Cross . |
| 8 | In the last decade magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) has become an established diagnostic tool in clinical medicine and improvements in experimental technique and equipment are still continuing at a considerable pace . |
| 9 | At school leaving age , parents who had previously been able to cope with a child attending or possibly boarding at a special school are faced with the continuing prospect of full time life with their mentally handicapped son or daughter who may be unable to find a place in a training centre or enter full time education . |
| 10 | Incidentally , it is a good idea to take photographs where possible as sites are still disappearing at a rapid rate . |
| 11 | Jackie lived at a high pitch , he was making hay while the sun shone , he was spreading himself thin with a young family and as many interests as he could cram into the year ; for someone always highly strung , always working at a high pitch of nervousness , an ulcer was the logical consequence . |
| 12 | Er increasingly , we 're also looking at a new market which has a holiday in the summer overseas and in winter goes skiing . |
| 13 | During waking life primary process thinking is displaced during the child 's development by secondary process thinking , and in the adult it remains as a neurotic symptom , most clearly during dreaming , but also operating at a subconscious level to influence waking behaviour . |
| 14 | The hardware platforms on which this software runs are also improving at a similar rate and , as they are not proprietary , it is possible for the user to upgrade at will rather than when the developer demands . |
| 15 | His right arm was also lying at a funny angle and was probably dislocated or fractured . |
| 16 | If a material behaves according to Stokes ' Law then , by repeatedly sampling at a fixed depth below the surface progressively finer and finer sediments are present at the sampling depth . |
| 17 | The terrorists know that by hitting commercial buildings and their insurers they are also hitting at a British Government faced with potentially huge underwriting costs even as it is desperate to find ways of bringing down the public sector borrowing requirement . |
| 18 | I E you 're not really looking at a feudal economy in the south any more i it may be a much more heavily commercial capitalist economy and therefore the kind of land reform programme that you might incorporate from a feudal north might not be entirely relevant . |
| 19 | And one of one of the things that I 've got on a regular basis is the many of the things Harlow Council put on like pop concerts country and western have actually been used by people who who perhaps live outside of Harlow so the Council are now looking at a charging policy but also we should also gon na introduce into the theatre is the leisure card which actually includes that the people actually live in the town local and the reproductional sort of show if they can do so they should buy . |
| 20 | The family are now celebrating at a secret location . |
| 21 | Something clearly had to be done , and done quickly , for the ramparts were now diminishing at a steady rate the longer the rain lasted , the more quickly the ramparts melted . |
| 22 | The Tsar presides over an assembly made up predominantly of landowners , seen here standing at a respectful distance , and leading members of the Church 's hierarchy , seated at the front |
| 23 | ‘ We are today standing at a historic crossroads , ’ Mr Suzuki told a conference in ( most appositely ) Hawaii , ‘ a crossroads where the many civilizations encounter each other in this Pacific region . |
| 24 | They suggest that ‘ modern ’ aesthetics and culture were associated with mass production , with state bureaucracies treating individuals as standard products , and with a form of capitalism not yet fully operating at a global scale . |
| 25 | If none of these options are open to you , then shopping at a large supermarket is probably the best solution . |
| 26 | No I was actually getting at a certain person that works for Trident that does n't think it 's worth extra hassle for a hundred and eighty pounds more a year . |
| 27 | The training and education world is currently changing at a rapid pace to meet the challenges created by the implementation of National Vocational Qualifications ( NVQs ) and Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |
| 28 | Behind and to her right , impassive but occasionally smiling at a legal point , Richard Ingrams sat on his own . |