Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an opportunity to experience at a practical level the pleasures of creating a piece of work or joining and dance . |
| 2 | It 's been dealt with in a different way and not erm with an attempt to arrive at a common policy about it . |
| 3 | An electric shock US , for instance , is an event occurring at a particular time , with a certain duration and intensity , that impinges on a particular part of the animal , and so on . |
| 4 | Article 10 of UCP 400 states that an irrevocable credit constitutes a definite undertaking of the issuing bank , provided that the stipulated documents are presented and that the terms and conditions of the Credit are complied with , to pay at sight or to accept an obligation to pay at a future date . |
| 5 | An MP sat at a small table beside it . |
| 6 | Another doctor , Edward Spitzka , believed that an unwillingness to work at an appointed task was itself a symptom of masturbatory insanity . |
| 7 | A few weeks later I received an invitation to compete at an international meeting in Gateshead , the Amoco Games . |
| 8 | The invader , panting , leans against the wall between the two improbably unbroken windows , nursing an arm hanging at an illogical angle , then slides straight down to sit , legs asprawl in a wide-open V-for-vengeance , on the floor . |