Example sentences of "at [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is doubtful whether state pensions policies were the prime cause of this decline since it continued at much the same rate after 1948 as it had done before . |
| 2 | It is interesting to compare Ferguson 's reaction to Vidor 's film with his reaction at much the same time to the newly released It Happened One Night , which Frank Capra had directed for Columbia . |
| 3 | Within a few years of this last attempt by an emperor to rally the Roman empire to paganism , a Greek bishop could speak of Julian 's pagan revival as a misguided attempt to introduce ‘ novelties ’ in place of the traditional religion ; but at much the same time in the West , Christians were still regarded as outside the mainstream of respectable upper-class culture , as the foolish minority who rejected the wise and hallowed traditions of their forefathers which had made Rome great . |
| 4 | Mountaineering in the Pyrenees began , early in the nineteenth century , with the very practical ascents made by the mappers and surveyors , but it continued , in climbers such as Russell , with something of the flair and eccentricity with which it was also evolving at much the same time in the Alps . |
| 5 | The unpredictable English weather meant that delivering the leaves at the right time and at exactly the right stage of development for silkworms to thrive on them was impossible . |
| 6 | Fresh flowers are fine for scenting the air but their life is finite , and to preserve their perfume , it was found that a mixture of flower petals , collected when they were at exactly the right stage in their development , then carefully dried or part-dried , and mixed with an ingredient which " fixed " the perfume , such as orris root ( Iris gennanica florentina ) would continue to give off fragrance for months and even years . |
| 7 | Last in was the train passenger , who took 52 mins ( average speed , 7.5 mph ) ; this , despite the fact that a train was scheduled at exactly the right time for the contestant to catch by cycling the 0.7 miles from the start to the station . |
| 8 | Until this time , record prices have been kept at exactly the same level in every shop in the country . |
| 9 | Those of geometer moths are coloured and patterned to look like twigs and when they hold themselves with one end in the air at exactly the same angle to a stem as other twigs springing from it , they are virtually impossible to detect . |
| 10 | Since the event is attached to frame , it always occurs at exactly the same point in the movie , so sound effects are very accurately synchronised to the pictures they should accompany . |
| 11 | The similarity of subject-matter between Picasso 's Horta landscapes and those which Braque was executing at exactly the same time at La Roche Guyon ( that is to say in mid 1909 ) enables one to appreciate with clarity the fact that , although they were reaching much the same conclusions , it was for different reasons . |
| 12 | Thus , courses , which , in the past , have started in September and finished in the following June , during which all students moved along at exactly the same speed of learning , will become a feature of the past . |
| 13 | The fact that the tropics appear to have remained at approximately the present temperature despite major changed in the Equator-to-pole temperature difference ( and the associated heat flux out of the tropics ) strongly suggests the presence of some stabilizing mechanism for the tropics . |
| 14 | A good many observers even doubted whether wars between States at approximately the same level of civilization could have any decisive result . |
| 15 | It is interesting to note that high spring tides occur at approximately the same time of the day every year in each location on the coast . |
| 16 | At approximately the same time of the first circular data from HMI surveys , and HMI statements on the curriculum ( which we shall consider later ) , were being added to this evidence . |
| 17 | That decided , I bait the swim every other day at approximately the same time in the evening , for this will teach the carp that there is food available from a certain time . |
| 18 | All the radiators should be at approximately the same temperature on a well-designed heating system — unless radiators are individually controlled by thermostats . |
| 19 | Living at just the right distance from things is impossible cos one had to move about in order to know where one is — the principle of 2 or more radar points plotting the position of an object . |
| 20 | Cups and saucers were arranged at just the right angle beside the small plates , and the bone-handled knives were correctly positioned to the right of each plate . |
| 21 | On the street , the roof of your car may be at just the right height for you to rest your elbows as you take the shot , and there are all sorts of other items of street furniture such as lamp-posts which can serve as props . |
| 22 | The announcement about dinner being served , Henry observed with approval , had come at just the right length of time after the sherry had been drunk . |
| 23 | The operator must keep the blade in contact with the stone at just the right pressure with his fingers . |
| 24 | She thought she was peaking at just the right time for her battle of the sexes match with Jimmy Connors scheduled for Las Vegas on September 24 with a 500,000 dollar first prize . |
| 25 | Strachan feels Leeds are running into form at just the right time for the most daunting task of manager Howard Wilkinson 's four-year reign . |
| 26 | If these variations pass through the criterion for instability ( such as the critical Reynolds number of the entry boundary layer ) , the instability can be renewed at just the same phase of each cycle and the flow will pulsate with a well-defined period . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll change all that when we 're married , ’ Naylor assured her , and her heartbeats raced an erratic rhythm at just the very thought of being married to him . |
| 28 | Summer holidays arrive at just the wrong time for gardeners . |
| 29 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 30 | Fifth , that the internal social conditions of a metropolis , combining at once the metropolitan concentration of wealth and the internal pluralism of its metropolitan-immigrant functions , create especially favourable supportive conditions for dissident groups . |