Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb base] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recommend that the funding continue at the present level , with an inflationary consideration — £5,954 . |
| 2 | The prose does the work , the illustrations interfere at the worst and supplement at the best — so much for pictures in the classroom . |
| 3 | The lads arrive at the local nick to find their Houdini pa has done a bunk and they wander about the country trying to locate him , pitching up in a one horse Long Island seaside town . |
| 4 | When children add new words to a domain , they typically assume that the words apply at the same level , and so contrast . |
| 5 | Well , you could get on the case of the Rocktron Utopia system , the first of which ( in the UK , anyway ) was gracing the Washburn stand at the British Music Fair and shortly afterwards took up temporary residence in the Guitarist studio . |
| 6 | MIDDLESBROUGH and Cleveland Harriers were third to take the bronze medals in the youths race at the national cross-country championships at Newark . |
| 7 | Encouraging school governors to sample a school meal with the children and inviting the contractor to send a representative to talk about the meals service at the next governors ' meeting will also lead to positive action to improve the system . |
| 8 | An air of emergency was reflected in the men busy at the large illuminated translucent plot that dominated the end of the room , at the messengers disappearing through doors and at telephones giving out their muted urgent calls . |
| 9 | Today Mr Clarke saw how the police operate at the sharp end . |
| 10 | How many people noticed a small display on the Porsche stand at the recent Paris show ? |
| 11 | The channels with which each of the tanks connect at the upper level , and into which they immerse at the lower , lie parallel to one another , but the entrances to each of the upper channels , against which the appropriate tank abuts , are the width of an entire plane apart . |