Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the rules change at this stage . |
| 2 | If an individual buys a futures contract at this price and later sells a contract at 91–23 , then he will have made a loss of 328.13 ( i.e. 21 ticks x 15.625 per tick ) . |
| 3 | When the long originally bought the June futures contract at 90.50 , he was expecting to lock in a three-month sterling interest rate of 9.50 per cent . |
| 4 | It is also possible to unwind a futures contract at any time by performing a reversing trade , so futures contracts are generally extremely liquid ( at least for the near maturing contracts ) . |
| 5 | [ A total change of mood — BELVILLE and PAMELA sit at either end of the table . ] |
| 6 | To back this up we provide subsidised nurseries and a dependent care allowance to those whose hours change at short notice . |
| 7 | Many people are struggling to get their hunters fit at this time of the year . |
| 8 | This means that large fibrous structures form near T m , whereas greater numbers of small spherulites grow at lower temperatures . |
| 9 | PARTIES WELCOME AT SPECIAL RATES — PLEASE NOTE SCHOOL VISITS IN PROGRESS DURING ALL WEEKDAYS EXCEPT SCHOOL HOLIDAYS . |
| 10 | ( The SPIES die at some length , rather well . |
| 11 | I mean , do chief inspectors look at stolen cars ? |
| 12 | This is because the alarm sensors look at overall levels of contamination of clothes , whereas the contamination is often ‘ highly localised and correspondingly intense ’ . |
| 13 | But the shops open at nine |
| 14 | Look at this mummy look at this crisp . |
| 15 | The factors influencing their choices can be understood , and these influences lie at two levels . |
| 16 | I kept my eyes and ears open at all times . ’ |
| 17 | There is a dispute about which units matter , or even whether units matter at all except as dependent variables . |
| 18 | If the origin of life were a probable event by ordinary human standards , then a substantial number of planets within radio range should have developed a radio technology long enough ago ( bearing in mind that radio waves travel at 186,000 miles per second ) for us to have picked up at least one transmission during the decades that we have been equipped to do so . |
| 19 | Scholastic children 's books shine at first half of year |
| 20 | Frequently , such LEAs operate at two levels simultaneously : at the school level fostering and encouraging changes in attitude and practice , while at LEA level opening up direct two-way communication with parents through a variety of channels . |
| 21 | Now the gate piers lean at terrifying angles , overgrown with hawthorns , and cattle graze beneath the oaks and right up to the cellar windows of the south side of the house ; ivy smothers the old garden walls , and Burton on Trent in the valley below creeps nearer and nearer , an enormous and inevitable incoming tide , towards the steep little hill where Brizlincote Hall still stands high and proud . |
| 22 | Return to The Hague is at you leisure ; the exhibition and restaurants close at 8 p.m . |
| 23 | Its the same as making a formula one car go at 200 miles an hour for each and every driver … handling is down to individual skill |
| 24 | Lastly , I should have said that entries close at 17.00 GMT on Fri 14th ( not 13th , as I said earlier ) . |
| 25 | Officials in Bucharest laugh at such a figure , but ordinary Romanians are so afraid of reprisals for even talking to foreigners that verification is impossible . |
| 26 | When told that he was to become the recipient of the Peace Award , the normally eloquent Mr Gorbachov said ‘ words fail at such moments , I am moved ’ . |
| 27 | Football live at two fifty tomorrow it 's Leicester City and Nottingham Forest . |
| 28 | Sometimes we may use much more of one colour than another ; this is natural since different demands and opportunities arise at each phase of life . |
| 29 | We pray for all those killed each day in wars , disasters and accidents throughout the world ; for prisoners of conscience ; for Farzad Bazoft and all who die of torture , starvation and maltreatment ; and for Margaret Tyrrell , John Rahilly , Ernest Cowley , George Smith , Eileen O'Connor , Peter Crawley and Helen Timms whose anniversaries fall at this time of the year . |
| 30 | We pray for all those killed each day in wars , disasters and accidents throughout the world ; for prisoners of conscience and all who suffer from torture , starvation or maltreatment ; and for George Swadling , Dermot Horgan , John Murphy , Robert Dunseath and Mary Bester whose anniversaries fall at this time of the year . |