Example sentences of "[verb] at an [adj] level " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the matter really can not be resolved at an informal level , then it should be formally communicated in writing to the person in charge of the activity . |
| 2 | With rents normally frozen at an obsolete level , entry fines were either certain , or , if technically arbitrary at the will of the lord , required by custom to be reasonable , which amounted to much the same thing . |
| 3 | Some of our SPECIALIST WEEKENDS allow you to work at an ADVANCED LEVEL . |
| 4 | Two general reviews of the field presented at an introductory level are Bally et al. |
| 5 | The case for re-thinking what we mean by practice and its relation with theory has been made at an abstract level by writers who draw on the two very different philosophical traditions which contest the dichotomy , Marxism with its concept of praxis , and the American pragmatists who direct our attention to the consequences of our actions . |
| 6 | This can be avoided in the second model : Here pupils would begin at an agreed level and be guided through tasks with demands at each step increasing so that every child can positively achieve , i.e. reach their place on the ladder while the most able can continue to show their abilities beyond a fixed range . |
| 7 | Surely the fact that teachers are at the ‘ formal operational ’ stage does not mean that they prefer to discuss at an abstract level ! |
| 8 | I felt guilty — I seem to do that a lot , like when I could n't be with my parents when my father was dying , even when I know at an intellectual level that I do n't need to . |
| 9 | I was involved at an abstract level with the struggles of the Vietnamese and the Palestinians far away , or the miners ( in 1974 ) nearer home . |
| 10 | Perhaps the task in hand is too easily achieved or is pitched at an inappropriate level . |
| 11 | Finally , the possible mechanisms underlying the cyclic fragmentation and reassembly of continents are discussed at an introductory level by Nance et al. |
| 12 | The Commission would have increased powers , including for the first time the power to propose legislation in the highly-sensitive area of home affairs on such issues as the right of asylum , immigration and residency rights ( hitherto discussed at an intergovernmental level in the " Trevi group " ) . |
| 13 | An analogy might be the lip-reading that we do at an unconscious level . |
| 14 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 15 | Might this be solely because its mystery and complexity are recognized at an instinctive level ? |
| 16 | But it is important that these ‘ greenhouse gases ’ remain at an appropriate level . |
| 17 | Public law cases may be transferred up , down and across the court system where this will avoid delay , facilitate consolidation or allow the case to be heard at an appropriate level . |
| 18 | They are synergistic , which means they rely on each other in order to keep the body functioning at an optimum level . |
| 19 | In all three areas , the University of Edinburgh operates at an international level , transferring skills and technology to companies and organisations world-wide . |
| 20 | Two courses dealing with English at an unspecified level , ESL at an unspecified level , Bengali at In-service level , and a Diploma in TEFL gave insufficient information for codification to be practical . |
| 21 | For most countries , raw materials , food , and oil imports must be maintained at an adequate level to allow the economy to function . |
| 22 | The family and the media , it can be argued , both work at an ideological level in perpetuating inequality of the sexes , while firms which pay lower wages to female workers operate at a material level . |
| 23 | We spent the first day climbing on Anglesey 's big sea cliffs to prove that we could climb at an extreme level . |
| 24 | The establishment of such a correlation is not as easy as it might seem at first , because lead is only one ( and probably not one of the more important ) influences on the behaviour and intelligence of children , so that the correlation would at best be low , and hence require a large number of cases to be established at an acceptable level of statistical significance . |
| 25 | In a review which is intended to operate at an institutional level , it is of considerable importance that it should be seen that way by those taking part . |
| 26 | This chapter completes the course by looking at three further areas of study ; each is important in its own way , and each is an area on which students working at an advanced level in phonetics and phonology spend a considerable amount of time . |
| 27 | During pregnancy and the months immediately following birth , men frequently identify at an unconscious level with their partners . |