Example sentences of "[vb past] at a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surprisingly , Nelson recalls that his introduction to Berlioz came at a comparatively advanced age . |
| 2 | And so , drawing together the threads of this obsessive preoccupation with the civility of ‘ Old England ’ which had been ripped apart by a new strain of hot-blooded and un-English violence , the Old Thunderer arrived at a truly horrific conclusion : ‘ Our streets are actually not as safe as they were in the days of our grandfathers . |
| 3 | That said , however , the decisive reason why we now think it right to determine this application on its substantive merits is that we have all three of us arrived at a very clear conclusion upon the case and , moreover , a conclusion reached with particular regard to the very special facts of the case . |
| 4 | There are normally two volumes on display in the Long Room , one opened at a completely illuminated page and the other showing pages of text . |
| 5 | Lennon followed at a more leisurely pace , his weapon concealed once more . |
| 6 | Similarly , inadequate information about the siting of the jetty at Rothera meant that it had to be redesigned and repositioned at a relatively late stage , at an additional cost of £2 million . |
| 7 | Beryl 's love of movement and dance started at a very early age when she and her older sisters attended a local School of Dance once a week . |
| 8 | Travel went at a very slow pace . |
| 9 | The volume is priced at $48 ( available from the University of Chicago Press ) and is dedicated to the memory of Guy Bauman , associate curator in the Met 's department of European paintings , who recently died at a sadly early age . |
| 10 | ‘ You improved at a very disturbing rate , cariad ! ’ |
| 11 | Relations with China improved at a less dramatic pace , but in October 1990 , after a South Korean team had participated in the Asian Games in Beijing , the two countries signed an unprecedented trade agreement , under which trade offices would be established in each country which would perform limited consular functions and would provide the basis for the eventual normalization of diplomatic relations [ see p. 37779 ] . |
| 12 | and they sold at a very low price and |
| 13 | He lived at a very difficult time ; they wanted him back at La Scala , but there was always the possibility that Toscanini would return . |
| 14 | The demand for electric light bulbs quickly became phenomenal and continued at a very high rate for many years . |
| 15 | Loretta refused with a laugh , and they continued at a more sedate pace . |
| 16 | Since the disagreement was only about the implicit extension of conventions they all recognized at a more abstract level , they could all be said to be soft conventionalists . |
| 17 | It is true that the question remained at a rather theoretical level in the 1860s . |