Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Project set out to develop and encourage ‘ good practice ’ in the teaching of mathematics to low-attaining pupils , but it became clear at an early stage that low attainment was not limited to pupils in the ‘ bottom 40 per cent ’ attainment range . |
| 2 | Country cotton weavers claimed in 1756 to have been long accustomed to meet weekly at a public house to discuss trade matters and that their friendly society or " box club " had developed from this and in its turn found itself exercising trade-union functions . |
| 3 | Loch Cairnbawn carries the waters of Eddrachillis Bay deep into the mainland 's interior , penetrating the coastal hills , becoming constricted at a narrow strait , and then widening and dividing into Loch Glendhu and Loch Glencoul , both inurned amongst wild mountains . |
| 4 | After spending an itinerant early childhood he was educated first at an eccentric preparatory school intended for the sons of Christian Scientists , St Michael 's in Uckfield , Sussex , and later at Repton , from where , at the age of sixteen , he ran away . |
| 5 | The consortia which are established may cover a wide range of situations and it is important that the position of each centre involved is made clear at an early stage in the validation process . |
| 6 | He had never felt comfortable at a personal level . |
| 7 | In that game his side displayed a verve and fair rarely seen in English rugby , let alone at a senior representative level , as they ran the bemused Australians ragged . |
| 8 | He 'd shot hand-held at a fifteenth of a second at f4.5 . " |
| 9 | Data suggest that reductions in infant mortality rates outpaced those at a national level ; it was in the early postwar period that levels in West Ham fell below the national average for the first time . |
| 10 | On the opening page of Amis 's first novel , Jim mentally decides on his own word when his professor uses another , deferentially pretending as an untenured lecturer to look amused at a weak professorial joke , and he promises himself to make another sort of face to himself when next alone . |
| 11 | And you used to do that at a ten inch blade all day , up and down that field . |
| 12 | ‘ At the end of that , ’ she asks , ‘ how could I justify getting upset at a duffed shot ? ’ |
| 13 | There is no need for the history department to teach the skill before using census materials if the mathematics department has already done so but even more importantly if the historians need to know how to do this at an earlier stage than the mathematics department would teach this skill in their programme of study then the historians must negotiate this with their colleagues in the best interests of the children . |
| 14 | With the profession having accepted the need for a formalised system of Continued Professional Development ( see Chapter 5 ) it will be necessary to devise specifically designed training programmes and to manage these at a senior level to ensure that they are effectively maintained . |
| 15 | Wind-surfing , water-skiing , sailing , scuba-diving and horse riding all at an extra charge , together with tuition in most sports . |
| 16 | Before work had been completed on the whole batch , it became clear that it might be cheaper to obtain replacement cars if any could be procured second-hand at a reasonable price . |
| 17 | The unit may not have the capital in the beginning and has therefore to borrow 10,000 at an annual percentage rate ( APR ) of 12 per cent ( otherwise known as the ‘ internal rate of return ’ ) . |
| 18 | Both are pessimistic about the outcome of any review and could face a maximum of 7 years in jail if found guilty at a future trial . |
| 19 | You get to hear that I 'm sharing my house with a five-foot bombshell who can make a grown man go weak at a single glance , and you leap to the obvious conclusion . |
| 20 | Rachel was taken to her home in Mossley Hill by friends after saying she felt ill at a 21st birthday party in Wavertree . |
| 21 | An elderly verger once confided to me that he felt happier at a good funeral than at a wedding . |
| 22 | and lay prostrate at a little distance from Sunderland House was blasted with gunpowder and removed , in the process of levelling and draining the ground for agricultural purposes . |
| 23 | The graph also gives an economical means of representing a large amount of information in an implicit and flexible format , and provides a record of the input information should further checking become necessary at a later stage . |
| 24 | Land is in fixed supply , and what is considered uneconomic to develop in one period may prove profitable at a later date . |
| 25 | He did this at an intellectual level , and one of his chief instruments was the German-British Fellowship . |
| 26 | He did this at an intellectual level , and one of his chief instruments was the German-British Christian Fellowship . |
| 27 | It does indeed get dark at a sensible time so it 's possible to go to bed before about one in the morning . |
| 28 | Conflict : To avoid such losses the securities firm may seek to place these at a suitable price in other parts of the conglomerate structure — perhaps in the trust accounts of the commercial bank . |
| 29 | When Susan exposes her breasts to the already randy workmen by standing topless at an open window , the implication is clear that she is ‘ asking ’ for the eventual rape . |
| 30 | It is , of course , possible for a monopoly , to break even at a whole series of different outcomes , at different pricing , output , employment and investment levels . |