Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] at an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 2 | The limpet , like Neopilina , produces shell at an equal rate right round the circumference of the mantle and so builds a simple pyramid . |
| 3 | Improving the outlook for patients will require either diagnosing cancer at an asymptomatic and presumably earlier phase or offering more effective treatment for those with advanced disease . |
| 4 | Boy would have been happiest to stand on the end of a pier from which big ships , real proper ocean ships , embarked ; but he would have settled for just an ordinary pier , a small one — so long as it was big enough for him to walk away from the city , into the wind , turn his back on everything and stand there looking west at an empty sea , or a far horizon , and think about America , or somewhere . |
| 5 | When executive search consultants leave or retire , they are forced to sell back the equity to other partners who , on election to the partnership , are encouraged to purchase stock at an agreed rate . |
| 6 | Although he 's no long he no although he no longer competes , he drove hydroplane at an international standard , was highly competitive and had many wins and top level events to his credit . |
| 7 | Fuel is needed if you want to stay in the air because the Epical engines consume fuel at an alarming rate . |
| 8 | AIR France has dropped an advertising campaign which poked fun at an English town after being bombarded with protests by furious residents . |
| 9 | Seeking advice at an early stage could solve small worries before they become major problems . |
| 10 | The trail loses height at an amazing pace , then hugs the side of a steep cliff along the side of Roaring Springs Canyon . |
| 11 | At the end of February Greenspan remained optimistic and committed to maintaining interest rates when revised figures for real growth in GNP in the final quarter of 1989 showed growth at an annual rate of 0.9 per cent rather than the estimated 0.5 per cent . |
| 12 | The Northern also revealed how North of England Investments loaned money at an annual interest rate of 660pc . |
| 13 | This suggests that this counting on of steps takes place at an unconscious , neural level . |
| 14 | The story takes place at an unspecified date but clearly in the years immediately before the First World War . |
| 15 | Out takes place at an unspecified time several decades after the unexplained but presumably cataclysmic event known as the ‘ displacement ’ . |
| 16 | Having work at an appropriate height in relation to distance from the eye makes a real difference to avoiding unnecessary fatigue , and this can only be effected by a comfortable working position . |
| 17 | Straw plaiters started work at an early age and the occupation was a common one in the South Midland counties ; for instance , in 1871 about a third of all Bedfordshire girls aged between ten and fifteen were recorded in the census returns as plaiters . |
| 18 | Having already paid for my return ticket I was cross at having to buy another one , and even more upset at having to pay extra for the one-way ticket and convert sterling at an unfavourable rate . |
| 19 | Offshore non-trading companies are exempt from corporation tax , but may waive their exemption and pay tax at an agreed rate . |
| 20 | Experience in Leeds suggests that intervention must take place at an early stage in order to be effective . |
| 21 | The answer is that a reaction will take place at an appreciable rate only if there is a specific enzyme that speeds it up . |
| 22 | For example storytime might take place at an established time towards the end of the school day , but in a follow-up session the next day questions could be asked to see how much they remember of the story , or one child could be asked to retell the story they heard yesterday ( see Boxes 4 and 5 ) . |
| 23 | Two men are accused of murdering the informer to stop him giving evidence at an armed robbery trial . |
| 24 | Mr and Mrs Hoad , giving evidence at an earlier hearing , said Mr Gould had |
| 25 | The first alternative ( and at one time in the News International dispute it was considered a possibility ) , is to fight censorship at an institutional level ; that is , for the professional association as an organization to join battle with the local authority or similar organization , by recourse to legal means whenever censorship arises . |
| 26 | Pearl enlisted the help of independent consultants Price Waterhouse at an early stage . |
| 27 | As far as other firms facing financial difficulties are concerned , she says that she would advise them to consider IVA at an early stage . |
| 28 | One of the first indications that this belief would have to be abandoned came when calculations by the British scientists Lord Rayleigh and Sir James Jeans suggested that a hot object , or body , such as a star , must radiate energy at an infinite rate . |
| 29 | Delegates felt that women had more talent than men for spotting potential sources of trouble and taking action at an earlier stage . |
| 30 | Joanne Gurney spat abuse at an Old Bailey jury for convicting her live-in lover Frederick Feathers of murder . |