Example sentences of "[adj] of [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he received all of the 3,813 papers , but each of them at a reduced value . |
| 2 | Simultaneously the far more important question of relations with the American colonies , and of the moral justification of the demands which the mother-country was now making on them , roused intense feeling and stimulated widespread political discussion , much of it at a relatively high intellectual level . |
| 3 | The effect will be the same as in the distribution of a primary surplus : in the simpler system the transfer of a proportion of the available votes , the transfer of all of them at a reduced value if the senatorial rules are used . |
| 4 | A realistic budget will do three things for you : it will sort out the urgent essentials from the details which can wait ; make you feel good if you manage any or all of it at a lower price than your original estimate ; and inspire you to improvise , to consider if you could achieve an equally good effect and still fit in with what you can comfortably afford . |
| 5 | The main purchasers of bills are the discount houses , which then sell many of them at a slightly higher price , to the banks . |
| 6 | T : I 've got a lot more respect for them now because I met one of them at a party once and he told me they 're going to be bigger than The Beatles — in all seriousness . |
| 7 | Different theoretical traditions , it is sometimes claimed , belong to ‘ incommensurable paradigms ’ ( Kuhn , 1962 ) ; one can work within only one of them at a time . |
| 8 | It took all three of them to lift him out of the reeking waterlogged shelter through an opening just big enough for one of them at a time . |
| 9 | You act on one of them at a time , and then decide which , if any , is going to be most productive . |
| 10 | They should always be placed in the same positions each time ; you should be able to put your hand on any of them at a moment 's notice : no scrabbling around ! |
| 11 | If you do n't turn your body to face your opponent directly you will succeed only in placing both of you at a disadvantage . |
| 12 | I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price . |