Example sentences of "be [v-ing] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Witnesses in the car said Williams had not been driving at an excessive speed and had not been distracted in the moments before the car went out of control , said Mr Hardy . |
| 2 | Children are sometimes told ‘ it is rude to stare ’ , but cat-lovers often forget this rule when they are looking at an approaching feline . |
| 3 | They are pushing at an open door , we in the industry are already working for change . |
| 4 | generally you 're looking at an eighteen month 's sales period |
| 5 | She was forty-six : her face was unlined , her hair still golden without grey in it , her body trim , very trim , yet he seemed to be looking at an old woman . |
| 6 | The beginner should be looking at an initial purchase of one sail to allow them to learn in light winds of up to force two . |
| 7 | In rich societies , on the other hand , most people do have enough discretionary income left ( or have easy access to credit ) after they have paid for their food and shelter , though the numbers who do not appear to be growing at an alarming rate in some rich countries ( as the growth of homelessness in the United States and the United Kingdom seems to suggest ) . |
| 8 | The three candidates will be speaking at an open meeting arranged by the Christian Election Forum , on Sunday at 8pm , in Stockton parish church . |
| 9 | The decision to dynamite the rock , using five tons of explosives , was taken last week after it was found to be moving at an accelerated rate . |
| 10 | For net investment to increase , demand must be increasing at an increasing rate . |
| 11 | Penelope walked slowly away from the house , then pretended to be locking at an empty house which was to be sold two doors away from where Rupert lived . |
| 12 | When the delegates assembled for the Special Conference on August 15th they heard a lot of revolutionary-sounding rhetoric from leaders who knew that they were kicking at an open door . |
| 13 | Output prices were rising at an annual rate of 4½ p.c. last month , against 4.4 p.c. in February . |
| 14 | The talks began early yesterday morning and were continuing at an undisclosed venue . |
| 15 | Erm for instance in the period eighty nine to ninety two , we were running at an annual average of about a hundred and seventy four conversions a year . |
| 16 | Over the third quarter of this year , he told parliament , output by Soviet industry had risen at a rate of one per cent while wages were soaring at an annual pace of 15 per cent . |
| 17 | They were sitting at an outside table in one of the corner cafés of the Ataba el Khadra , out of reach of the traffic but strategically placed so that they could watch not only all the interesting things that went on in the square but also the more sophisticated exchanges which went on between tourist and native in Musky Street . |
| 18 | Maybe not that tense We were lunching at an emeried chalet off Bank Street in the West Village — licensed , sure , but with a suspicion of health food , of careful eating , of macrobiotics and longevity . |
| 19 | The aircraft crashed just 30 yards from buildings where 40 people were working at an agricultural firm in Buckinghamshire . |
| 20 | In the tropics , however , environmental change is occurring at an unprecedented rate where deforestation is creating local and , in all probability , global environmental problems since the demise of tropical rainforests in particular may well be contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect ( section 5.3.1 ) . |
| 21 | This sea-floor spreading , as the phenomenon is known , is happening at an impressive rate : near the Galapagos Islands the sea-floor is expanding at eight inches a year ; down by Easter Island , by nine inches . |
| 22 | The Indian software industry is growing at an average rate of 35 per cent a year . |
| 23 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 24 | Thus , it is not surprising that interaction between the two can result in cumulative movements in income for example , if income is rising at an increasing rate , both investment and consumption will be rising , causing further rises in income in the next period . |
| 25 | Membership of most of the UK 's conservation and environment organisations is expanding at an unprecedented rate , according to a survey conducted by BBC Wildlife . |
| 26 | Russia 's inflation is running at an annual rate of 2,500 per cent . |
| 27 | In June 1873 , the STC reported that it was " scarcely possible " to speak with confidence of the numbers employed , " perhaps they may reach 50 [ overall ] … but the number is increasing at an alarming rate " . |
| 28 | Car use is increasing at an alarming rate . |
| 29 | Violent crime is increasing at an alarming rate , and more and more of our members are at risk of becoming victims . |
| 30 | Welcome back : Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate and urgent action is needed to protect it for future generations . |