Example sentences of "it [verb] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The migrating cells may be made up of a mixture of all the different cell types in immature form , that go to all the sites and a particular type survives only if it arrives at an appropriate site — a sort of cell selection . |
| 2 | Obtaining office copy entries ( as opposed to furnishing merely a copy of the registered title ) is advisable as it reveals at an early stage whether or not there is a second charge which may not have been disclosed to the husband 's solicitors . |
| 3 | The plan for Shotover was simple ; stretching along an axis from west to east , it began at an octagonal pond , leading to an obelisk , then the house itself . |
| 4 | The comparative performance of the French economy may be judged more or less favourably , depending on the criteria and the time-frame used , but over the decade of the 1960s as a whole it grew at an annual rate that matched or surpassed the record of most of France 's main trading partners . |
| 5 | They found that £15 or £20 a week went as far in an erstwhile fishing village on Spain 's Costa Brava as it did at an English seaside hotel or holiday camp , with cheap wine and reliable sunshine thrown in . |
| 6 | Most surveys show that a basket of food still costs a bit less at a supermarket than it does at an independent grocer 's ; but The Economist did not find that this week . |
| 7 | Death is a tragedy ( ! ) and whether it strikes at an eight-year-old youngster 3. ) or a senile old man , a scar is always left on one 4. ) of the survivors — a scar that does not heal quickly . |