Example sentences of "take [noun] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | This cleaning takes place at a definite cleaning station , usually by a large rock or near some other bold feature on the sea bed . |
2 | It has been argued by Clegg ( 1976 ) that in terms of the causal direction of the relationship it is the level of bargaining which determines the degree of centralisation , with the result that power is decentralised within organisations when bargaining takes place at a decentralised level , and vice versa . |
3 | The second method for regeneration to be initiated is by a time clock , so that it takes place at a convenient time such as during the night . |
4 | ( An event in this sense is something that takes place at a single point in space , at a specified point in time . ) |
5 | He takes shelter at a Pennine farm where the man 's daily conversational output is ‘ Two more dead i ’ beck ’ and the woman listens to Holly 's soliloquy like a raggedy Miranda , astonished as the sound of a human voice . |
6 | In order to avoid disputes and unnecessary duplication of effort , where work requires remeasurement this will take place at a joint meeting of the builder 's surveyor and the sub-contractor . |
7 | While this is not insignificant ( a weakness of the lecture or the teacher-directed lesson is that it must take place at a pre-set time irrespective of student readiness ) it is hardly Liberty Hall . |
8 | Labour 's National Executive Committee agreed last night that the leadership contest should take place at a special conference on July 18 . |
9 | Reed was also ordered to pay Macmillan 's legal costs , and an inquiry into the amount of damages suffered by Macmillan will take place at a later date . |
10 | Besides a number of activities which took place at a regional level , many more were carried on throughout the year by its corporate and personal members . |
11 | These are not , however , the same kind of truth ; for the first holds for all time and every place , whereas the second has to do with a specific event which as a matter of fact took place at a particular point in history . |
12 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
13 | However , the change is taking place at a differential rate which seems to be related to the relative prestige of the various media . |
14 | A similar , if less dramatic , process ‘ was taking place at a lower level ; new urban districts were being carved out of the rural districts ’ ( Keith-Lucas and Richards 1978:200 ) . |
15 | The combination of a higher activity of calcium in bile and precipitation of bile salts taking place at a lower pH in patients with gall stone disease than in patients without gall stones suggests a major role for calcium and pH in the pathogenesis of gall stones . |
16 | Technical change within the IT sector is taking place at a fast pace as data processing , microchips , telecommunications , image broadcasting and satellite transmission coalesce . |
17 | In both cases these are intellectuals talking about their own work by linking it with a process continually taking place at a popular level and in everyday life . |
18 | At the stage in the growth of a scientific discovery when it is no longer just internal but has not yet become a formal paper , then the scholarly interchange would have depended on whom individuals knew or knew of , the letter writing would be unmanaged and survive by chance ( often only one side of the story ) and , due to concern that ideas should not be stolen , may only have taken place at a late stage of the discovery process . |
19 | The purchaser may be tempted to take a stance it might not have chosen if the same negotiations had taken place at a later stage . |
20 | Many would argue fiercely for local autonomy , in both sectors , which makes it possible to develop flexibly and to take responsibility at a local level . |
21 | ( 5 ) Where under a contract of sale the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition later to be fulfilled the contract is called an agreement to sell . |
22 | If the reconnection were to take place at a steady rate , the ion energy would show a continuous latitudinal dispersion . |
23 | A 20Mb/second SCSI-2 interface connects the host system and the array , allowing backup to take place at a sustained rate of 3.5Gb per hour . |
24 | Cross-sectional studies take place at a single point of time ( although the ‘ point ’ may in practice cover several months ) . |
25 | He 'll force you to take life at a slower pace , to put your feet up when you feed him , and to enjoy cuddling and stroking him . |