Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Buckinghamshire , High Wycombe ( Table 2.9 ) was still the sole chartered borough at this date . |
| 2 | Although , I do think that probably erm , religion at that time er , could have been this very narrow , rigid |
| 3 | Just how strongly Eliot was spurred on to emphasize the connections between sex and religion at this time is seen in ‘ The Hippopotamus ’ ( 1917 ) which contains one of his most shocking jokes : |
| 4 | In these violent thermals it is possible to be flying with a good margin of speed at one moment and to be falling with virtually no speed the next . |
| 5 | Squadron 's ordered to transfer to the field at Achiet with all speed at first light . ’ |
| 6 | Our earlier quoted settings , which perhaps could be nudged a little sacrificing fuel burn and noise comfort , produced around 145 knots true air speed at low level , and at height around 155 . |
| 7 | Excessive speed at this time can be dangerous in rough air if the pilot is pulling back hard . |
| 8 | The bottle of detergent stood in reproachful isolation at one end of the table . |
| 9 | English language scholarship at this time failed to reflect the broad range of Japanese language scholarship , in particular the strong Marxist influence on interpretation and conceptualization . |
| 10 | He and Eva glance at each other . |
| 11 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 12 | We had a preliminary glance at this topic in Section 4.4 ; but it was only a glimpse of a very large topic . |
| 13 | A quick glance at any history of philosophy reveals a multitude of mutually competing ontological theories , each postulating different basic entities and wielding different arguments , and there is no obvious clue as to how , if at all , their differences could be resolved from an " impartial " point of view . |
| 14 | A glance at any newspaper will yield a rich crop of identifications of individuals in terms of the social role relevant to the news item . |
| 15 | A glance at any psychology textbook on the subject will reveal a variety of conflicting views about the nature and process of learning derived from widely different experiments with humans , rats , pigeons , monkeys , and even octopuses . |
| 16 | The extent of the ‘ gap ’ thereby filled by coin evidence can be appreciated from a glance at any book on Hellenistic or Roman portraiture . |
| 17 | As a glance at most family photo albums will show , there are many aspects of their lives which people choose not to reveal to their friends . |
| 18 | It seems to us natural that love should be the commonest theme of serious imaginative literature : but a glance at classical antiquity or at the Dark Ages at once shows us that what we took for " nature " is really a special state of affairs , which will probably have an end , and which certainly had a beginning … |
| 19 | Pink tie tapped again at his calculator and wondered , with a quick glance at striped shirt , if Miss Glover and her brother had considered that realisation of the asset would bring in … well , at a conservative estimate around ten , fifteen thousand extra income ? |
| 20 | These sort of facts are hardly likely to give Graham any festive cheer , but he can find some solace by taking a swift glance at last season 's results . |
| 21 | Disappointment at further omission was offset by selection to tour England in 1964 , though he played in none of the Tests , and was troubled by a recurring shoulder injury . |
| 22 | Members expressed disappointment at this decision and three possible ways of taking the issue forward were suggested : |
| 23 | In the short term , disappointment at this result may be tempered by the knowledge that we do not yet have the burden of the large numbers of additional students already taken by some of the immediate winners in this competition . |
| 24 | Henry Hyndman , Karl Marx 's first English translator , narrowly missed a place in the Cambridge XI , and some accounts credit disappointment at this exclusion for his subsequent loathing of the ruling class . |
| 25 | It 's in what was obviously quite a nice terrace at one time , early Victorian or something , with big fat columns holding up the porches and railings on the street and steps leading to the basement . |
| 26 | James and Kate divided by a tea table on the terrace at Carinish Court . |
| 27 | To understand why , argues Gilbert , we need to understand the construction of the sodomite , his association at that time with evil , rebellion , and insurrection , and the belief that to tolerate his sin was to court the possibility of divine revenge ( as with Sodom and Gomorrah ) . |
| 28 | What may not recur is the opportunity open to the Library Association at that time to act decisively not only against the ban but to act firmly in support of professional integrity . |
| 29 | But there is another circumstance that strongly suggests that [ h ] -dropping was not a low-status feature in ME , and that is its association at that time with East Anglian texts . |
| 30 | Two important exhibitions re-established the reputation of the association at this time : The Women of Today in 1929 and The Child in 1930 . |