Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While his explanations do not seem clearly to separate older arguments about managers under- or over-investing from the impact of the business-cycle stage itself , it does seem clear that investment at the right time , i.e. early in the product life-cycle , does lead to increased ROI if management is able to establish its product in the market place and control costs . |
| 2 | No , I was thinking about feeling heavy when you got to the bottom of that drop and started going up again — and feeling light and floaty at the top . ’ |
| 3 | As to the available sounds on the Sunburst , they are in general quite warm and bluesy at the bridge end , with a nice smooth and mellow effect when the neck humbucker enters the picture . |
| 4 | There would be no difficulty in principle both in improving the theory tests and in extending both them and the practical tests so as to include , for example , score-reading and harmonization at the keyboard , aspects of the university courses in music which many students now find very difficult indeed . |
| 5 | Like most wrasse , it is known to change sex ( from female to male ) , but it is unlikely that any can function as male and female at the same time . |
| 6 | The superstition that the third light from a match brings bad luck apparently originates from the first world war , when German soldiers in the opposite trench would notice the first light , take aim at the second and fire at the third . |
| 7 | Perhaps because it is a fine example of the Flaubertian grotesque : it can not help being serious and comic at the same time . |
| 8 | Bill long and curved in ibises , straight and spoon-shaped at the tip in spoonbills . |
| 9 | how can a thigh bone erm be strong and light at the same time ? , not in the bloody |
| 10 | how can the thigh bone yeah be strong and light at the same time cos it 's hollow |
| 11 | They will succumb to neither self-abuse or abuse at the hands of others . |
| 12 | The structure of the transaction has not been finalised , but it is likely that management at the Scottish broker will end up with an equity stake in the combined business . |
| 13 | Full of fire at the first performance , he would be worn out and as cold as marble at the third . |
| 14 | Middle schools developed in a variety of patterns ; some catered for 8–12-year-olds ( deemed primary ) , others for 9–13-year-olds ( deemed primary or secondary at the discretion of the LEA ) and yet others for 10–14-year-olds ( deemed secondary ) . |
| 15 | If you would like help or advice please contact your insurance adviser or Legal & General at the address shown at the top of your renewal notice . |
| 16 | We ca n't afford more than food at the moment . |
| 17 | Diplomats expressed no more than disappointment at the lack of progress ( but that 's why they are diplomats ) . |
| 18 | However , it is not clear that such memories are completely accurate and it is unlikely that arousal at the time of encoding is the only important factor in creating such memories . |
| 19 | First , academic institutions have made only moderate progress in developing internal processes which encourage self-reflection and self-criticism at the institutional level . |
| 20 | Would I be tough and wise-cracking at the end , or would they have to drag me screaming through the last door like a jelly-livered rat ? |
| 21 | I was angry as hell at the time and disappointed , too , for this was a strongly Labour-controlled council , but looking back now I realize that this was the best thing that could have happened to the group , for now we could present ourselves to the people of Rotherham as a genuine minority with a grievance . |
| 22 | It is they who make possible the " naive " Homeric identification with living and pain at the idea of death . |
| 23 | It was supposed to be work experience , but I did n't do much work other than stare at the test card , and this was a pretty boring experience . |
| 24 | This is not surprising since experience at the pilot sites has thrown up some important benefits and opportunities . |
| 25 | He resigned as group chief executive to join Capital House shortly after Lord Stevens , who is retiring as chairman at the next annual meeting , became a shareholder . |
| 26 | No , it was a candle from the statue of the Madonna where they had met , and then he put his arms around her , each one was long enough to cradle her on its own , and pulled her against him , he was warm and firm like newly-baked loaves , and the taste of his tongue was sweet and salt at the same time . |