Example sentences of "[noun sg] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always possible to raise questions concerning religion at a later stage , but , as a general rule , it is probably always safer ( assuming one has the time ) to ask the more general questions first , and see if specific answers come up . |
| 2 | Another great Therapy ? story revolves around a character called Eddie Faith , who found religion at a Christian meeting one night , and the next day walked into the local police station and confessed to 24 robberies he 'd committed in the previous year . |
| 3 | To take the philosophical one first , it was actually Nietzsche 's isolation at a critical period of his life that helped to create the need which Schopenhauer was to satisfy . |
| 4 | WIGAN are wanted for a ‘ double whammy ’ Down Under next February — but it could cause a fixture pile-up at a crucial stage of the season . |
| 5 | A quick glance at a standard form partnership agreement ( Appendix 1 ) gives a good impression of the wide range of matters upon which agreement is desirable . |
| 6 | A glance at a geological map of England will show that the proposed line skirts , and would accommodate the mineral district lying north and east of Chirbury , from which large quantities of lead and barytes are obtained . |
| 7 | A glance at a short section of a DXF file , see Fig. 2 , might lead to the conclusion that whoever designed the format either had shares in a paper manufacturing company , or a grudge against rain forests . |
| 8 | This cam be adduced from the fact that their internal document , Ireland Today , speculated about the replacement of some of the leadership of the association at a future date . |
| 9 | AN inside account of the Gulf War was given to the Alresford and District branch of the Royal Air Forces Association at a recent meeting at the Kingsworthy Sports and Social Club . |
| 10 | Under the scheme , a building society would lend money to a housing association at a low interest rate to buy homes , whose former owners would become tenants of the association . |
| 11 | It was sold to the Housing Association at a reduced value in order to make it viable . |
| 12 | They agreed with the Electrical Contractors ' Association at an early stage that they would operate on ‘ fair and unsubsidised ’ commercial lines . |
| 13 | Strachan 's quick thinking at a free kick caused confusion , and Speed was there to head the first . |
| 14 | Nine miles to the south , in the little village of Waterloo , the hugely fat Prussian Major had stopped his plodding horse at a small inn opposite the church . |
| 15 | But by the end of this series you should be in a position to find the right horse at a fair price — and that 's what every horse buyer should be aiming for . . |
| 16 | Ideal , say , for a university library building up stock — particularly if secondhand wants lists were being compiled — though someone revising the history stock at a small public library service point would look for a more selective tool . |
| 17 | Classes are a relaxed , collaborative affair , with much time spent contemplating plans and frequent breaks to discuss the stock at a local wood supplier or how to fake a Stradivarius . |
| 18 | When executive search consultants leave or retire , they are forced to sell back the equity to other partners who , on election to the partnership , are encouraged to purchase stock at an agreed rate . |
| 19 | Sergeant Bird followed him into the parkland at a leisurely pace , then watched from behind a tree as the fugitive made three attempts at the lowest portion of the wall . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's questionable if you could change that perception at a national level . |
| 21 | Liley , with a try , five penalties and two conversions at Welford Road on Saturday , is already ahead of Hare at an equivalent stage in the Leicester programme . |
| 22 | Presidential elections turn on the personality of the candidate to a far greater extent ; those who seek the presidency must communicate effectively with a mass electorate at a personal level . |
| 23 | The initial defects of his system , depending on the introduction of fresh air at a high level and its extraction at a low level , were corrected by Karkeek of Truro . |
| 24 | The two gall bladder perforations were caused by an inexperienced radiologist learning the technique and were managed conservatively by percutaneously draining the gall bladder for seven to 10 days to allow the perforation to heal and performing stone extraction at a second stage . |
| 25 | So everyone was terribly surprised , except for the instructor , when Evelyn 's pony shot out of the ring at an extended trot and succeeded in taking her all the way back to the stables ! |
| 26 | Though the epicuticular lipids play a major role in reducing water loss through the integument , it now seems unlikely that this depends on an oriented layer of wax molecules subject to disruption at a critical transition temperature ( Hackman , 1971 ) . |
| 27 | The fans should be given relevant football at an affordable price in a degree of comfort . |
| 28 | DETECTIVES investigating a shooting at a packed Merseyside pub today arrested five men in a series of raids . |
| 29 | Remember that the primary purpose of the tail rotor is to counteract the torque effect of the main rotor and maintain the fuselage at a constant heading . |
| 30 | To maintain net investment at a constant positive level , demand for the firm 's product must be rising at a steady rate . |