Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now could I ask , if there are any erm matters on there where you have found and error and it 's an error of fact , can I just stress that at this stage ? |
| 2 | He also emphasised that future spending must be reduced below current levels if the company is to remain profitable at low oil prices : ‘ We must also preserve cash so that we can fund further ventures for the company , ’ he added . |
| 3 | But I became pregnant at that point and was absolutely thrilled . |
| 4 | They led 5–2 at half time and always had a safe cushion of at least two goals right through to the final whistle . |
| 5 | He asks that I go secretly and after dark — near the eleventh hour , he says — thus to evade the guards who are wont to fall asleep at that time ! ’ |
| 6 | A late stimulus for the evolution of distinctive mammals was the Pleistocene Ice Age , although a variety also became extinct at this time . |
| 7 | He passed out top in the Foreign Office entrance exam after Oxford and began work in Whitehall on the European Political Co-operation desk , ironically named given that at that time General de Gaulle was thwarting Britain 's European ambitions . |
| 8 | He did not want things to go wrong at this stage . |
| 9 | The Wallabies led 33-3 at half time and finished 46-13 winners . |
| 10 | They are terms which you will encounter in the study of crime and deviance and it might be helpful to define and discuss each at this stage . |
| 11 | In particular , habitats which appear inhospitable at one period may be quite acceptable and considered normal at another . |
| 12 | At the finish he had plenty to spare over It 's Tough with Moving Statue , who had looked dangerous at one stage , in third place . |
| 13 | They proceeded slowly back uphill , with Hyacinth walking taller at each step as she appreciated the glamour of her new condition . |
| 14 | For the baby who does not respond to this , or who has colic at any time of day , food intolerance should be investigated ( see pp 215–7 ) . |
| 15 | Underparts faintly spotted , but appear white at any distance ; legs feathered . |
| 16 | Everything Fiona and Tremayne believed of me must have looked inevitable at that moment . |
| 17 | In the same way a DCF yield of 500 per cent looks good at first sight , but if the investment is 6p it is not worth considering . |
| 18 | In the same way a DCF yield of 500 per cent looks good at first sight , but if the investment is 6p it is not worth considering . |
| 19 | Did classical theory surreptitiously admit the quantity theory of money — a theory which only holds good at full employment — through the back door in order to fix the price level independently of the level of money wages ? |
| 20 | The mountain looks great at this time in the early morning , with the sun now shining on one side and casting shadows and colours across the lower slopes . |
| 21 | Publishers are only now becoming aware of many of the new problems that producing and distributing computer programs will present , and publication methods for such material must be considered experimental at this stage . |
| 22 | Given that resources are limited , a screening policy , for example , should be designed to ensure that , whatever resources are available , screening is available to all and that a fair method is adopted to designate those at highest risk as screen positive and ensure that they are offered appropriate prophylactic intervention . |
| 23 | Hair sometimes changes from being dry to becoming greasy at this age but as likely as not will revert later to its usual condition . |
| 24 | The architect and his wife would put Eric up for the night and give us both a delicious dinner , the Signora exercising just the degree of chaperonage that was considered desirable at that time . |
| 25 | Travelling was becoming fashionable at this time , but it was still unusual for a woman to tour the country in this way . |
| 26 | It became impossible at that time to use words like ‘ proletarian ’ , ‘ working class ’ or ‘ Blue Col ’ . |
| 27 | He goes queasy at those doctor programmes on the telly . ’ |
| 28 | I think I think we 've all done that at some time or other . |
| 29 | Although Eisenhower chose to sum up somewhere between Humphrey and the US Joint Chiefs , with each crisis being dealt with in the light of the prevailing circumstances , he agreed that if constructive talks with the USSR seemed possible at any time , it would be wrong to disappoint public hopes of some relaxation of the Cold War . |
| 30 | We ca n't do that at this stage . |