Example sentences of "[adj] at [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Chomsky states that grammar must be based on two things : observation of language ability to satisfy the native speaker 's intuition about his language For example , it must be able to account for the native speaker 's intuition that active or passive sentences are related to each other ; that some pairs of sentences , though alike on the surface , are different at a deeper level . |
| 3 | In contrast , the effect of expenditure appears to be progressive , with cash transfers being sizeable at the lower end . |
| 4 | Excise duty in most countries is lower for unleaded than 4-star , so some garages are allegedly buying lead free at a lower rate of tax and selling it on to customers as leaded . |
| 5 | It was a silent final , one of the decisive points being David Smith 's decision to quietly take an easy single at the fourth end rather than wait for a more decisive 2 at the later end . |
| 6 | The creation of these two kingdoms seems quite anomalous at the earlier conquest phase , as has hitherto been assumed . |
| 7 | Feeling decidedly uncomfortable at the older woman 's frosty manner , Rachel reluctantly followed her into the sitting-room hoping that David was n't going to be long . |
| 8 | Getting the odd one or two which match is often impossible at a later date . |
| 9 | There was so much going on , and in corporate finance you felt that you were very much at the sharper end . ’ |
| 10 | Indeed , a skirt cut across straight at the lower edge would have a distinctly odd look , rather like a box . |
| 11 | Attempts to make this cost reflection more sophisticated at a later date were , however , jeopardised by internal BEA politics , which reduced initiatives to the lowest common denominator acceptable to the Area Boards . |
| 12 | Graduates pass final examinations in a minimum of six subjects , three at a higher level , similar to A-level , and three at a lower level . |
| 13 | Graduates pass final examinations in a minimum of six subjects , three at a higher level , similar to A-level , and three at a lower level . |
| 14 | An agreement was obtained to run a small dedicated number of these at the higher speed . |
| 15 | Recognising that safety is a growing issue , the Mondeo will come with driver 's side airbag as standard , and passenger side optional at a later date . |
| 16 | In practice we know have a greater quantity of food , more choice of different foods with less seasonal variation and of better quality than every before , all at a cheaper price . |
| 17 | The size of the latent inhibition effect should decline as the interval is increased and the short-term effect is lost ; and when the exposure conditions are poor for association formation ( e.g. when there is just a single , brief exposure ) there may be only a short-term effect and no latent inhibition at all at the longer interval . |
| 18 | " Excess liability " means the excess of liability to income tax over what it would be if all income tax not chargeable at the lower rate were charged at the basic rate to the exclusion of any higher rate . |
| 19 | Rosenfeld and colleagues have shown by in situ hybridizations with embryonal and adult rat brain sections that the brn-2 mRNA is abundant during all stages of neurogenesis and is present at a lower level in distinct neuronal subsets in the adult CNS [ 11 ] These data were corroborated by EMSA studies showing a similar abundance and distribution of the N-Oct 3 protein [ 13 ] [ 14 ] . |
| 20 | The general and flexible nature of the framework ensures that no design decisions made early on in the course of development are irrevocable at a later date . |
| 21 | The diode-capacitor network of Fig. 1 accepts low current at a high voltage and delivers higher current at a lower voltage , behaving like a step-down transformer . |
| 22 | For this purpose a test may be used to discriminate those pupils who have attained a higher level from those at a lower level . |
| 23 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 24 | How many of those at the lower end of this scale could be described as ‘ poor ’ ? |
| 25 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 26 | The situation in this respect is better for those at the younger end of the group than at the other , but a man or woman who was 40 in 1978 was only 10 in 1948 ; an impressionable age and a time before there was much relaxation in sexual codes . |
| 27 | The line of such a woodbank may be marked by pollarded trees , which have , in effect , been coppiced at a higher level , above the reach of cattle . |
| 28 | He is also able at a later stage to add bits of language that move his notes towards sentence form — " There is a " , for instance , in point 1 . |
| 29 | EGF itself is used , by others as well as ourselves , at doses 100 to 1000 times that used for inducing DNA synthesis in cell cultures , because the phosphorylation is not readily detectable at a lower dose . |
| 30 | In many cases those imports are available at a cheaper price than within the Community . |