Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cow , worth thousands of pounds , had been champion of several shows and was due to appear at the National Dairy Event in Warwickshire next weekend . |
| 2 | However , the audience this year was below its normal pitch of receptiveness and Nobby and company might have found it easier to perform at the old Glasgow Empire … ‘ . |
| 3 | Years later , long after Tam was " deed " , I did some research at the Black Watch archives in Perth and was assured that no such thing could ever have happened . |
| 4 | If there are any area display teams willing to perform at the Annual Reunion on Saturday 19th November to be held at Warwick Park School , please contact at , , |
| 5 | So what forces impeded the real wage rate from falling so as to bring into employment those willing to work at the going wage rate ? |
| 6 | This occurred at the main dispensing chemist in Wirral 's largest township : |
| 7 | But even though what was being contemplated was regionally restricted , it nevertheless went far beyond what these states , following the British line , had been willing to accept at the European level . |
| 8 | The dry slope was dotted with rabbits — some nibbling at the thin grass near their holes , others pushing farther down to look for dandelions or perhaps a cowslip that the rest had missed . |
| 9 | ‘ I would hope a club of the stature of Nottingham Forest might have been more willing to look at the domestic market if they wanted a young keeper . ’ |
| 10 | Where firms maximise profits in uncompetitive conditions the effect is that consumers are denied goods which they would have been willing to buy at the competitive market price . |
| 11 | Few biologists have not at one time or another marvelled at the exquisite fit that can be found between the characteristics of an organism and the characteristics of its environment . |
| 12 | This can make it easier to arrive at the correct spot by varying the radius and steepness of the turn . |
| 13 | Ahmed liked to be laughed at , but he was a peasant and Nour was , in his own estimation , a prince and I was of an English generation which would have felt free to laugh at the Grand Turk if it had been so inclined . |
| 14 | Last night 's meeting , involving banking advisers for both GM and Jaguar , was to examine whether GM was prepared to bid at the inflated share price . |
| 15 | But this struck at the very heart of what Laura was hoping to achieve and she quashed the suggestion with ferocity . |
| 16 | Some halted at the right time and others did n't , resulting in a bit of a rugger scrum . |
| 17 | The Non-Proliferation Treaty , however , was the last occasion when the British sat at the top table to discuss nuclear questions with the superpowers . |
| 18 | This hits at the established doctrine that the courts recognise no legal limits to Parliament 's legislative power . |
| 19 | Ranges will be offered up to three Greens for virtually the same price as one , with each installed at the required distance . |
| 20 | It is easy to sneer at the credulous pilgrims . |
| 21 | During Biblical times , some ancients thought moonlight was dangerous for one 's eyes but a more modern belief was that if you took a child , suffering from whooping cough , outside to look at the new moon , then it would effect a cure . |
| 22 | Before tackling the theoretical problems raised by that question , it will be instructive to look at the volatile critical reputation of Brief Encounter within British film culture , since this can be linked very closely to shifting paradigms of authorship . |
| 23 | It is particularly instructive to look at the stratigraphical record of our kindred science of archaeology . |
| 24 | How much spent at the main counter ? |
| 25 | The ravens , uninvited guests , must be content to scramble at the outer edges , snapping up any morsels the vultures accidentally drop . |
| 26 | Some have been designated as sites of special scientific interest ( SSSI ) , but these stop at the low-water mark , allowing rubbish dumping further out on the water . |
| 27 | The tough climate for both buyers and sellers was hard to forget at the Royal Welsh Show but researchers and advisers did their best to pinpoint improved breeding methods , business analysis and anti-pollution tactics , to help cut costs and improve margins during the recession . |
| 28 | First , that non-climatic influences ( including the distribution of natural resources ) are likely to dominate at the regional level , as evidenced by the 10–200 fold variation in national per capital GNP values within 10° latitude bands . |
| 29 | When speeches are made after seated dinners at lengthy , formal wedding receptions , they begin after all eating at the formal meal has finished , and are preceded by the announcement from the toastmaster , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , you may now smoke . ’ |
| 30 | It all came at the right time , she said , at exactly the right time . |