Example sentences of "[noun] at [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these violent thermals it is possible to be flying with a good margin of speed at one moment and to be falling with virtually no speed the next . |
| 2 | This is a well-documented conflict , especially among creative people who need isolation at certain times and company at others . |
| 3 | It seems to us natural that love should be the commonest theme of serious imaginative literature : but a glance at classical antiquity or at the Dark Ages at once shows us that what we took for " nature " is really a special state of affairs , which will probably have an end , and which certainly had a beginning … |
| 4 | It is plain from even a cursory glance at these figures that , after a slow start , CD-ROM is becoming a remarkable success . |
| 5 | A cursory glance at some laws that might be regarded as typical components of scientific theories indicates that they satisfy the falsifiability criterion . |
| 6 | Members expressed disappointment at this decision and three possible ways of taking the issue forward were suggested : |
| 7 | For one thing , the victuallers were never able to secure a majority on the council , and for another , a substantial number of the men in the victualling guilds had other interest — grocers and fishmongers were among the most important wool exporters at this period and one does not know how far individuals actually practised the trade of their own guild — so it may have been less in their interest than has sometimes been thought to keep food prices high ( 84 , pp.251–3 ; 104 , pp.77–80 ; 109 ) . |
| 8 | You can take a B A I E examination without being a member of the association at any level because I 've said that what we should do is we should insist because Napier want to bring a lot of students in on this |
| 9 | He pricked up his ears at one point for he knew that they were talking about him . |
| 10 | Adams showed the authority and leadership you would expect from a defender who has won 17 caps at senior level but in World Cup terms the most significant performance came from Gascoigne , who cut out the asides and showed some of the tactical discipline he has to acquire if he is to make the most of his natural talent in international football . |
| 11 | He could have given in to his sympathetic side at any point but he was adamant that Charman had to go , even though he knew the hurt it would cause to someone with whom he had previously been close . |
| 12 | There is no trace of a lease for the adjacent Coniston Manor at this period though one would have expected the Champions to have taken this " sett " if it had been available . |
| 13 | The brilliant Martin Allen and Peter Butler ran the midfield and fed Morley at regular intervals but Knight used every part of his body to stem the tide . |
| 14 | ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Waddington explained : ‘ Middlesbrough Rugby Union Football Club 's primary objective is development of the higher standards of rugby football at all levels and and ages within Middlesbrough . |
| 16 | I think er the original plan would have envisaged er a very high proportion of that work having been converted to a fixed price at this point in the programme because according to the original programme not only would the aircraft have flown but we would be entering production investment at this stage and we would there be be fairly confident about the er maturity of the design , however the programme has proceeded much more slowly than originally planned and the amount of er the price that has been converted to a fixed price is indeed quite modest er we have in fact I think only converted eight of the price packages to a fixed price er basis so far . |
| 17 | As it is , he slyly suggests that minor artists may look down their noses at major ones and that ‘ important ’ work may be left to persons of an inferior kennel , like the Russians , the Germans , the Americans , who , poor dears , know no better . |
| 18 | Only within the Parliamentary Labour Party was there an attempt at collective discipline and that was so loose that the Independent Labour Party was to maintain its right to direct its own members within the PLP as late as 1931 . |
| 19 | It was the waste of national resources and , to a lesser extent , the amount of human suffering in rural Spain , that in the years 1766–73 set off the most remarkable attempt at agrarian reform that Spain was to know until the days of the Second Republic . |
| 20 | On the first occasion a violent thunderstorm blew up on that beautiful summer day , wrecking any attempt at further recording and causing damage to the equipment . |
| 21 | Christophe had already had one attempt at this pitch when he took a 60-feet fall and decided , understandably , to await better omens . |
| 22 | The University will assume that it is free to approach referees at any stage unless the candidate 's application stipulates otherwise ( i.e. candidates who wish a referee or referees to be approached only with their specific permission and/or if they are being called for interview on the final short list or are in receipt of a conditional offer , are asked to state such requirements explicitly alongside the details of the relevant referee(s) ) . |
| 23 | Meikle [ 1990 ] Crim.L.R. 801 , where it had been made clear that prosecutors are fully entitled to bring any number of offences against a single defendant at different times and so cause to be in existence a number of custody time limits not coinciding wholly with one another . |
| 24 | The collapse of lightly fabricated cladding sections may well e preferable to the sudden failure of heavy masonry at high level and the more widespread dangers which the toppling effect of masonry may produce . |
| 25 | There are no specific subject requirements for those studying Geography as a Social Science , although most students excel in Geography at Higher grade or A-level . |
| 26 | The compilation of a spatially coherent database from mapped information compiled by different organizations at different scales and on different topographic bases ( see Rhind and Clark 1988 ) is often difficult ; |
| 27 | Critics like Bourque and Grossholtz ( 1984 ) do not dispute the fact that men hold the majority of public offices at all levels and have the lion 's share of influence . |
| 28 | Even more obnoxious were the charges to be made at Shipping Offices at each engagement and discharge and the disciplinary regulations which the government had appended to the Act . |
| 29 | As taxation became a common feature of government and society , tax payers looked with new eyes at each other and at the tax leviers and granters . |
| 30 | She expected to see signs of fury in his eyes at that stab but she saw nothing to indicate any such irritation . |