Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] at " in BNC.

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1 It is possible to conceive of at least two different interpretations of this role , one in which Hymen 's idealization of the pastoral world is undermined only by subsequent events , the other in which the ridiculousness of his words becomes apparent immediately .
2 It still remains true that one needs to be very strong-minded to continue without at least some encouragement from other people .
3 The Asia and Pacific Group has prioritised Cambodia for their major campaigning work , and expect this to continue throughout at least 1991 and 1992 .
4 There are lots of delicious food ideas that little bit different to choose from at Safeway this Christmas
5 This played for at least 10 minutes and finished and the phone went dead .
6 Many believed that the Liberal Labour alliance was a threat to a system of government built up over centuries and they were not prepared to see this done without at least a clear decision by the electorate .
7 Do n't let it come across like that , the temptation is to think that you 've got to have all this bit up here , now you do n't want this up here because it 's very difficult to cope with once you 've tied it round to get it round the elbow , you want the least amount that you can get , just cover the arm and then it makes it much easier to deal with at the end .
8 A history of attempted suicide is a particular risk factor ( Roy 1982 ; Fernando and Storm 1984 ) , although , as noted above , this applies to at least a third of hospital patients .
9 It is always easier to land with at least half airbrake provided that the speed is not too low .
10 An earnout provides a mechanism for vendors to receive some of the benefit of future profit growth which , owing to past performance of the target , a purchaser may not be prepared to pay for at completion .
11 ‘ The excess of investible funds over the supply of securities looks set to remain for at least another financial year .
12 It is the way that our feelings tell us that they have got too much to cope with at the same time and they need some help — in the jargon this is called needing some ‘ ventilation ’ .
13 We shall refer again to this investigation but there is one aspect of it which it is appropriate to comment upon at this point .
14 Otherwise you could have seen the garden , although there 's not much to look at at this time of the year . ’
15 Too much to think of at once …
16 The growth is likely to continue for at least two reasons .
17 The resources available for safety have increased from £140 million to about £200 million for the current year , and are likely to continue at at least that level .
18 Addressing representatives from 212 member airlines at IATA 's annual meeting in Montreal , Eser warned that the present crisis , aggravated by a 4.4 per cent drop in passenger numbers on scheduled services , was likely to continue until at least 1994 .
19 Everything was hard to come by at the moment .
20 Goals via the through ball are always hard to come by at the highest level because of the quality of defenders and the sweeper system .
21 Been getting hold of a bit of meth , but it 's fairly hard to come by at the moment .
22 To muster an army would take time — but not too much time , for men were hard to come by at harvest .
23 she 's one of them people who she might be a little bit like hard to talk to at first
24 If you decide that a tripod is the answer , you will find a selection of these to choose from at your local photographic dealers .
25 Additionally , it was possible to create 5 domain-specific dictionaries for the domains under investigation , each based on at least 500,000 words of domain-specific text .
26 Many of the symptoms shown by food-intolerant and chemical-sensitive patients are symptoms that we all suffer from at times — headaches , tiredness and indigestion for example .
27 They all promised to at least study my proposals .
28 This resulted in a total of 163 unique individuals who were all nominated by at least two other persons amongst the snowball group .
29 Because the theme of betrayal figures so often in fable , myth and legend throughout all cultures , it seems that it is something we must all know about at one level or another and need to have formalized in story form .
30 Well that all started of at Alderton hospital when I , I was seen to run across this field and rescue
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