Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It transpires that Grant is a Texan oilman with a boat moored at Grand Isle Marina who is a regular at Sand Dune Apartments . |
| 2 | Todd , 43 , is keen on renewing a partnership forged at Ayresome Park and will seek his release from Bradford City . |
| 3 | Q. — A fire-engine driven at full speed to a fire knocks down and kills somebody . |
| 4 | The whirring sound of a tape rewinding at high speed confirmed her guess . |
| 5 | She was run over by a car travelling at excessive speed and overtaking on the wrong side . |
| 6 | Minutes before three youths had been seen in a car driving at high speed … as they crossed a junction they collided with another car and spun into Mr James . |
| 7 | The problem was not evading capture — it would take a very alert human even to see a nome running at full speed , let alone catch one — but simply avoiding being trodden on by accident . |
| 8 | The motion asks the C E C to initiate a campaign aimed at changing legislation , giving workers the right to refuse to accept changes to previous agreed contracts . |
| 9 | In the run up , DEC will put in place a campaign aimed at independent software vendors , OEMs and other technology partners which will stress the ability to run the catalogue of Unix SVR4 applications on the personality , plus OSF/1 software , from within the same environment . |
| 10 | In the main , the UKCC 's proposals had two principal elements : a package of education and training reforms , and a package aimed at improving manpower supply and retention . |
| 11 | The Assembly on the other hand met only four times in each prytany ( tenth part of the year , i.e. a bit longer than a month ) ; extra meetings could no doubt be called ( though the word usually taken to refer to such meetings , sunkletos , may just mean a meeting called at short notice ) . |
| 12 | On Oct. 27 Reggie Hadebe , deputy regional chair of the ANC , was killed in an ambush as he left a meeting aimed at restoring peace in the region . |
| 13 | THREE second half tries in eight minutes from Wigan put paid to any hopes the ambitious Eagles had of grabbing a shock win at Central Park last night . |
| 14 | Further education is a service delivered at local level by education authorities and colleges , who have often had room for independent action but little commitment to a coherent policy . |
| 15 | In his first interview as Prime Minister on July 25 , Jasray stressed that his administration 's first priority would be to implement a policy aimed at halting production decline and economic recession . |
| 16 | A guide aimed at improving training within the Scottish tourism industry was launched by the Scottish Tourist Board and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise . |
| 17 | I 'd never heard of Knudsen until earlier this morning when I was somewhere over the North Sea on my way from England and I happened to open a magazine aimed at Nordic Airport passengers . |
| 18 | And now , under the new syllabus , it is a topic set at Intermediate level . |
| 19 | It is said that as he left , blood flowed from the nostrils of the dead king , a fact which some took as a sign since the body of a murdered man will bleed in the presence of his murderer ; but Henry 's death was the outcome of a life lived at full tilt . |
| 20 | A version made at reduced scale about AD 150 of an original of the 5th century BC by the Greek sculptor Polyclitus . |
| 21 | Current address a ship docked at Schiaparelli Port , Bergen Kobold registration BGK009059 . ’ |
| 22 | He said last night : ‘ I think I 've proved that I still have a lot to offer at senior level . |
| 23 | Therefore , it seems to be warranted that a treatment aimed at bacterial eradication should be considered in all patients with H pylori associated gastric ulcer disease severe enough to contemplate further treatment options ( for example , frequent ulcer relapses , ulcer complications ) . |
| 24 | You can keep a balloon inflated at great pressure by squeezing the neck . |
| 25 | All of these objectives were enshrined in a document written at great speed within six months of the Japanese surrender , and enacted in the following year , 1947 . |
| 26 | His one break from bop conventions lay in the pacing of each set , since he favoured fast tempi almost exclusively , and we had to wait for the penultimate tune of the night to hear a ballad played at real ballad speed . |
| 27 | ‘ A bullet fired at close range into the back of the neck , ’ Wycliffe said . |
| 28 | This session also provides an opportunity to look at cultural bias and racism in materials . |
| 29 | An Teallach reappears at close range and dominates the scene , refusing to be ignored . |
| 30 | Besides , the playing time is hardly generous for an issue retailing at full price . |