Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certificates were awarded to the 63 girls who all passed at a variety of levels in the recent exams . |
| 2 | The Germans naturally excelled at a style developed by themselves ; most commonly this was a simplification of Gothic features . |
| 3 | As exemplified by the year two data shown in Table III , fewer patients with ileal and caecal inflammation or ileal inflammation alone grew at a subnormal velocity . |
| 4 | The prevalence of a state is defined as the proportion of a population so categorized at a given point of time regardless of when those affected entered the state . |
| 5 | The strip of mirror suddenly flashed at a struck match . |
| 6 | Cells were washed twice in Eagle 's minimum essential medium containing 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin and 20 mmol/l hidsoxyethylpiperazine-ethanesulphonic acid ( HEPES ) and then finally resuspended at a concentration of 1.5×10 cells/ml in the same medium to which 0.1 mmol/l 3-isobutyl-1-methyl xanthine ( IBMX ) had been added . |
| 7 | The pervading fog enclosed the group , and the world outside seemed at a silent standstill . |
| 8 | We finally arrived at a figure of two hundred and fifty pounds and he was perfectly agreeable . ’ |
| 9 | He finally arrived at a compromise with her , which was that he could have three independent , non-civil servant , advisers . |
| 10 | His reign thus began at a moment when , as a result of defeat and financial stress , the difficulties which now faced the monarchy were beginning to be all too visible . |
| 11 | These different roles played by the designs normally existed at a subconscious level , and different societies have attached more weight to one or the other . |
| 12 | In October 1967 , when he was manager of Chelsea he was suspended by the English FA for 28 days for alleged misconduct during a friendly match in Bermuda , where he persistently swore at a black referee . |
| 13 | Then she asked what had happened to Alec , because nobody had told her , and I just looked at a spot about a foot above her head and let Frank do the dirty work . |
| 14 | For example , the Treasury 9¾ per cent stock 2002 instanced above stood at a price of £103 ( £103.09375 ) at the close of business on Friday 28 February , 1992 when the running yield could be derived as follows : |
| 15 | The chances are that , if you were all given a lot of time to write each essay without your notes and you just sat at a desk and had about three hours on each question , you 'd all do very well . |
| 16 | It was not the existence of the risk which mattered , so much as ( a ) the degree to which it enhanced the prejudice already created by the great publicity which all these matters had attracted in Hong Kong during the preceding years , and ( b ) the degree to which this additional risk could be neutralised by the trial judge when the B.M.F.L. prosecution eventually arrived at a hearing : see Reg. v. Kray ( 1969 ) 53 Cr.App.R. 412 . |
| 17 | PEKING yesterday bristled at a decision by Hong Kong to allow a top Chinese swimmer , Yang Yang , who sought political asylum in the West , to travel to the United States . |
| 18 | Smiling , she wondered whether he ever moved at a normal pace . |
| 19 | It was not difficult for Lewis to find his way to the Kemps ' home in Cherwell Lodge , the ground-floor flat on the extreme right of the three-storey building , since it was the only window in the whole street , let alone the block of flats , wherein electric light still blazed at a quarter to one that morning . |
| 20 | ‘ Paheri never once looked at a woman , though of course by thirteen we were hoping to match him . |
| 21 | He always stayed at a high-class hotel on trips abroad . |
| 22 | She also helped at a Brownie Pack and was a volunteer mini-bus driver for children with special needs . |
| 23 | In reflection , Nicholson remembers that apart from the task of writing a film about a new subject on which there was very little in the way of written research material , it also came at a time when he was going through his divorce . |
| 24 | Lord Edmund-Davies similarly arrived at a narrower conclusion than Lord Diplock . |
| 25 | Pre-tax margins also trailed at a median 6.4% rate against the FTSE 's 11.1% . |
| 26 | The reported comments among Leipzig workers also hinted at a possible prolongation of the war through the entry of America into the conflict , and it was seen as vital that the Führer bring about ‘ a lightning quick destruction of England — with gas if necessary ’ . |
| 27 | He also hinted at a release of a new machine next year . |
| 28 | The latter is an unusual work because it is about people who really lived at a particular period and who had particular relationships with each other . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , we originally started at a place outside o ’ town , called Glencogh . |
| 30 | Apocalypse Now appeared at a time when the political climate in America was shifting to the right , resulting in Reagan 's victory in the 1980 presidential elections . |