Example sentences of "and [verb] at a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are kindly , educated people many of whom have spent their lives helping others and to whom fate has dealt a cruel , unexpected blow , leaving them bereaved and frightened at a time of approaching frailty . |
| 2 | On 19 June 1841 the spire of St Michael 's was struck by lightning so severely that it had to be taken down and rebuilt at a cost of £84 , paid for by the Buxtons . |
| 3 | The vineyards of Bisseuil are set some distance back from the village and grow at a height of about 160 metres on the south-east-facing slopes of Mont Aigu , which forms the eastern side of the Val d'Or in which Avenay is located . |
| 4 | The dead room ( mortuary ) was provided with a table and shell at a cost of £1.4s.0d . |
| 5 | This report was accepted by the Tyne District and considered at a meeting of the Executive Council of the Shipping Federation on 17 November 1911 , where the views of the North of England Association carried the day and it was resolved " that the recognition of the Seamen 's Union should be based upon freedom of contract and the employment of union and/or non-union seamen and firemen , free from interference of one with the other " . |
| 6 | If one suspends judgement and looks at a cross-section of these novels , one comes away quite impressed . |
| 7 | He took up a fork and prodded at a dish of small silvery fish marinated in olive oil , garlic and wine vinegar . |
| 8 | The pattern consisted of repetitive peristaltic contractions in the body of the oesophagus not related to swallowing and occurring at a rhythm of four to eight contractions per minute and lasting for periods of two to eight minutes . |
| 9 | Figure 14.4 shows a number of entries concerned with ‘ land ’ and its variants and located at a variety of places in the main sequence . |
| 10 | Doctrinally , the canons were undeniably Calvinist in outlook ; yet at the same time they expressed some ambivalence over the doctrine of predestination , and hinted at a recognition of the potentially damaging consequences of it being inadequately or incorrectly explained to the laity . |
| 11 | Premises at East Tullos in Aberdeen are being extended and upgraded at a cost of £0 5 million in support of a long term logistics partnering contract awarded by Enterprise Oil during the year . |
| 12 | The labelled cells were washed with medium and resuspended at a concentration of 1×10 5 cells/ml . |
| 13 | Our results indicate that after ingestion of a solid-liquid meal ( breakfast ) miglitol and acarbose at a dose of 100 mg induce carbohydrate malabsorption and therefore shorten the MCTT . |
| 14 | Different types of management experience were integrated into a set of principles which were all interrelated and presented at a level of generality which made them as widely applicable as possible . |
| 15 | She did n't look at him now , but stared at her plate , and nibbled at a piece of fresh bread as a way of avoiding conversation . |
| 16 | The consultation process usually takes the form of a letter describing the application and inviting you to come and look at a copy of the application and any drawings submitted with it . |
| 17 | The AFTA formula had been proposed by Thailand in 1991 and approved at a meeting of Asean Economics Ministers in Malaysia in October [ see p. 38535 ] . |
| 18 | On that basis Mr took the cost of one professional carer as twenty three thousand eight hundred and six pounds a year , he multiplied by three point five and arrived at a figure of eighty three thousand three hundred and twenty one pounds . |
| 19 | Human IL-6 was obtained from a recombinant vaccinia virus as described previously ( 19 ) and used at a concentration of 1000U/ml . |
| 20 | The complementary DNA ( cDNA ) was labelled with P 3 2 -dATP using the random priming method and used at a concentration of 5×10 6 cpm of labelled cDNA per millilitre hybridisation solution . |
| 21 | The project aims to develop a general set of answers to these questions , relevant to any metropolitan region , and to look at a set of current labour market issues in Greater London and the Outer Metropolitan region ( including West Kent . ) |
| 22 | Day 4 Purchased 150 sets of ready-cut seat bases and backrests at a price of £5 per set , and paid for them . |
| 23 | Expanded and renovated at a cost of C$58 million , but over 50% of staff laid off |
| 24 | The two young McLaggans were taunting and prodding at a trio of hostages , Thomson the constable , Bisset the minister , and the old soldier Major Alexander McGlashan of Eastertyre ; they stood in a huddle with their eyes staring , while young McCulloch staggered up to them and shoved stalks of bracken into their hair . |
| 25 | In number ten we read that " The Royal Commission recommended the establishment of telephonic connection between the Rhynns of Islay lighthouse and Bruichladdich at a cost of £330 . " |
| 26 | In number ten we read that " The Royal Commission recommended the establishment of telephonic connection between the Rhynns of Islay lighthouse and Bruichladdich at a cost of £330 . " |
| 27 | In directing subject working groups and TGAT , the Secretary of State at the time , Kenneth Baker , demanded advice on ‘ the measurement and recording at a range of levels of positive achievement in reasonably discrete elements ’ ( DES 1988a : Appendix B ) . |
| 28 | The more fully we have developed ourselves the more cause for such gratitude we will have , and the more we understand the cosmos , particularly by grasping the true nature of detailed parts of it and their place in the total scheme , the more we will appreciate the sheer wonderfulness of it , and arrive at a kind of mystical adoration of it . |
| 29 | Mr Carey said : ‘ We submitted a bid which tried to be clear about the problems , and to arrive at a view of what is practicable , which disturbs MPs as little as possible , while giving the broadcasters what they want . |
| 30 | Then he would go to his study and attend to his own writing , characteristically composing straight onto the typewriter and standing at a kind of lectern . |