Example sentences of "of [noun] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If " they " wanted him to do any more , then he insisted on being paid ; no , of course not at the proper rates , but enough to make it worth it . |
| 2 | A number of proposals both at the unofficial and the official level were made to overcome the shortage of finance . |
| 3 | Imagine a space capsule in free fall near the Earth : inside it an astronaut strapped to one wall shines a beam of light horizontally at the opposite wall . |
| 4 | Expelled from the comfort of home usually at the tender age of eight , they were compelled until they left school ( or , in some cases , university ) to associate almost exclusively with other boys , whose behaviour towards them was unpredictable . |
| 5 | A second compulsory course ( taught by development studies specialists ) would be on the Principles and practice of development both at the macro level ( eg the place of the Third World countries in the world economy ) and the micro level ( eg community organisation ; role of church-related NGOs ) . |
| 6 | The pair discussed a book found lying in the dining-room , the works of Sir George Mackenzie , a predecessor of Boswell both at the Scottish Bar and in literature . |
| 7 | Or again , someone may honestly put himself under the lordship of Christ yet at the same time adhere to a Christian lifestyle or espouse Christian values which by temperament or nationality he would be likely to appreciate anyway . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're lucky you 're up this end of the Cages with us because there 's … ’ and here he dropped his voice into a horrified whisper , ‘ … there 's a couple of vultures down at the other end . |