Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An outsider to consider in the County Championship at attractive odds would be Derbyshire , who are rather over priced at 16–1 with Coral-Ladbrokes for instance go 8–1 . |
| 2 | While you are on the roof there is so much to look at that it is easy to miss some important feature . |
| 3 | As she was replacing it with its fellows , a thought occurred to her , and she wondered why it had taken her so long to arrive at such an obvious conclusion . |
| 4 | Because of the many controversies within the educational system , and the strong teacher organisations , those responsible are extremely reluctant to comment at all . |
| 5 | He was assessed as only able to work at 50 per cent of the rate for the job and only half his wages were paid under the scheme . |
| 6 | Now , in most of our utterances , the word acrobatic is obviously unlikely to appear at all ; and this holds good even when we are talking of some fine physical performance , on the one hand , or of acrobats and their activities , on the other . |
| 7 | It is much safer to fly at five or even ten feet until the towplane leaves the ground . |
| 8 | It is only necessary to indicate at each stage which proven solution will be used in the next stage . |
| 9 | Although his friend must be a few years younger than Alice , he was fancy-free , and Alice was so lovely to look at these days , the age difference would n't be noticed . |
| 10 | Only seven finish at slippery Kyalami |
| 11 | It 's irritatingly easy to crash at first , as the pushscroll is only activated when you 're more than halfway across the screen , giving you little time to see and avoid hazards . |
| 12 | It is not easy to measure at local scale because the 1981 Census did not contain an ethnicity question , but an impression can be gained from birth-place data in the Census . |
| 13 | Harry and I were tall and strong , not easy to attack at close quarters . |
| 14 | If you find yourself in this situation it is important to decide realistically how much you can do and to mark out these easy between a parent and child , it is not likely to improve at this stage . |
| 15 | I was just there for Type ninety , and he has a wall of books in his living room that — the shells are some kind of Danish wall system from nineteen fifty-five and it seemed , you know , that the shelves were slightly saggy , a few nicks and scrapes , so it 's not new looking at all . |
| 16 | It is the small local business , as in the examples above of builders , carpenters and glaziers , who are most likely to balk at long-term clearance of a debt . |
| 17 | The result of both explicit and covert discrimination was that boys were far more likely to succeed at public examinations and to enter higher and further education ( Wilkin , 1982 ) . |
| 18 | This has not satisfied Essex County Council , which has produced statistics showing fatal accidents are four times more likely to happen at automatic gates . |
| 19 | Movement is always hard to assess at this age , but avoid any puppy who moves erratically or is obviously lame ! |
| 20 | However , so much of what is now being produced lacks these very qualities that it may be more useful to look at successful artists ' work to find an answer to this question . |
| 21 | Had she insisted that I apply leeches to her son I could not have felt more disturbed , more unwilling to assist at this medieval rite . |
| 22 | Hardly able to move at all for the blissful heaviness of her limbs , Julia tried to make her mind work enough to answer him . |
| 23 | Also , the neck is so straight that the frets have needed hardly any dressing at all . |
| 24 | It is a little more difficult to ski at high speed . |
| 25 | Most of the lads in the squad are still eligible to play at under-21 level and we do n't want it to break up . ’ |
| 26 | If some of those who resist and resent the imposition , opt out of the electoral system ( and the calculation is that these will be those who are thought , either now or in the future , likely to benefit from the present array of public services ) , while others are more inclined to vote at local elections for a party which offers to cut and reorganize services , the electoral outcome would be dramatic . |
| 27 | It is these odours which give rise to problems , being technically difficult to control at such low levels . |
| 28 | It 's also possible to play at Old Trafford ( applications are negotiable and subject to committee approval ) . |
| 29 | When necessary , it was also willing to strike at perceived threats , for example Iraq 's nuclear reactor in 1951 . |
| 30 | If Labour 's executive brethren are also disposed to look at new options and new deals today they will doubtless incur some internal wrath . |