Example sentences of "[v-ing] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the back of Wall Street 's overnight strength , the FT-SE 100 cash index rose 33 points at the outset and , with the futures index opening at a hefty premium , looked poised to turn in a record-setting performance . |
| 2 | In 1990 it came of age , in 1991 it carried on where it left off with a superb Easter opening at a cold and windy Donington Park , England … |
| 3 | A faint smile crossed Lancaster 's face , as though he was laughing at a cruel joke in dubious taste . |
| 4 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 5 | MPs may be worked up over tonight 's vote , but Merseyside 's comedians in gyms , golf courses and top hotels whiled away the day laughing at a brave new Europe full of German humour , Italian efficiency and French bathing habits . |
| 6 | An electric shock US , for instance , is an event occurring at a particular time , with a certain duration and intensity , that impinges on a particular part of the animal , and so on . |
| 7 | General ‘ political economy ’ explanations must be correct in locating such developments within complex shifts in the production process , industrial infrastructure , and labour force requirements occurring at a particular stage of advanced industrialization — though much work needs to be done to define these shifts more precisely . |
| 8 | All of the world 's savannas have been affected by human activity and , as Table 7.2 shows , deforestation is occurring at a rapid rate due to agricultural development and fuelwood collection . |
| 9 | It was clear from the work done then that , even after a full year , major changes in unemployment , self-employment , and employment taken up and ended within the group , were still occurring at a high rate . |
| 10 | The method of carbon dating is based on the assumption that these two reactions have been occurring at a constant rate for the past 15000 years . |
| 11 | In the tropics , however , environmental change is occurring at an unprecedented rate where deforestation is creating local and , in all probability , global environmental problems since the demise of tropical rainforests in particular may well be contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect ( section 5.3.1 ) . |
| 12 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |
| 13 | In Keynesian economics , this increase in aggregate demand occurring at an initial state of full employment will simply raise prices : there will be no output response even in the short run . |
| 14 | She has suffered poor health from time to time , but has fought back to establish a variety of activities in her retirement including stewarding at a National Trust property and giving practice interviews to pupils from Tiverton school . |
| 15 | However , landing at a natural rock jetty is possible in good conditions . |
| 16 | Flat-footed water lilies balance at the far end , quivering at a sudden movement , a bird diving . |
| 17 | Herman , whom Erika had already been keeping at a safe distance from her feet , backed away . |
| 18 | Murder victims Julie Godwin , mother of a young child , and Elizabeth Over , both 30 , were holidaying at a remote bush camp close to the Mozambique border in Zululand . |
| 19 | The ley starts from a wayside cross next to a crossroads , goes through Saintbury Church , noted for its pagan survivals , through a Bronze Age round barrow , a Neolithic long barrow sited in the middle of an Iron Age fort , through a Saxon pagan cemetery , and an eighteenth-century beacon tower , ending at an ancient farmstead , Seven Wells — which was the subject of a fictional book on witchcraft by Hugh Ross Williamson entitled The Silver Bowl . |
| 20 | This sea-floor spreading , as the phenomenon is known , is happening at an impressive rate : near the Galapagos Islands the sea-floor is expanding at eight inches a year ; down by Easter Island , by nine inches . |
| 21 | This miraculous event caused Massaccio immediately to repent his past life , and he became a Benedictine monk , dying at a great age with the reputation of having led a saintly life in his chosen monastery . |
| 22 | More evidence of the worldwide decline of coral has emerged from Florida , where researchers who have been monitoring the health of the reefs since 1976 report that they are dying at a rapid rate . |
| 23 | On the left a businessman is dictating a letter to be typed , pedalling at a treadle-powered Graphophone to give better speed control than possible with a hand-crank . |
| 24 | The operator told us that rubbish is smouldering at a considerable depth and it would take a lot of work to put it out . |
| 25 | Did you start painting at an early age ? |
| 26 | Did you start painting at an early age ? |
| 27 | With the basket of stocks trading at a combined price of £12.70 yesterday , the puts , exercisable at a strike price of £14.09 and initially costing 117p apiece , carried a mid-price of 203p . |
| 28 | Institutions poured into the issue amid speculation that the flotation would start trading at a substantial premium . |
| 29 | Along with the rest of the property sector , British Land 's shares have been trading at a considerable discount to its assets per share , and yesterday 's move is an attempt to close the 40 per cent gap which built up as institutions took a dimmer view of the market . |
| 30 | With the issue priced right at the bottom of market expectations , analysts last night forecast that shares will start trading at a hefty profit . |