Example sentences of "[adj] at a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Getting the odd one or two which match is often impossible at a later date . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ] . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | For this purpose a test may be used to discriminate those pupils who have attained a higher level from those at a lower level . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In many cases those imports are available at a cheaper price than within the Community . |
| 17 | Sadly , the latest evidence suggests that , despite the delays , Philips may still not be ready with video at the launch and that the first CD-I consumer players will be sold with an expansion slot for a FMFFV cartridge upgrade , available at a later stage . |
| 18 | Land is in fixed supply , and what is considered uneconomic to develop in one period may prove profitable at a later date . |
| 19 | Other companies may prefer ‘ bolt-on-on ’ acquisitions to takeovers — buying a division of another group may be possible at a lower multiple than buying a company outright . |
| 20 | With the benefit of hindsight it is possible at a later stage to determine whether the strategy provided a safeguard against these forces and , if not , whether the reasons were foreseen or at least foreseeable . |
| 21 | Special upgrade deals will also be available to customers who want to graduate to LocoScript Professional at a later date . |
| 22 | And we are likely to abandon the sphere of the concrete to the positivists and that of theory to the essentialists , rather than to theorize the relationship of the two at a higher level . |
| 23 | OSF says the snapshot features sample code of all the various DME component technologies so far announced , but adds that there will be other parts to be tacked-on at a later date . |
| 24 | It 's also important to preserve original documents imposing restrictive covenants , granting or reserving easements , etc , since the terms of these are often not set out fully on the Register , and reference to them , and to the exact terms of a covenant , may be necessary at a later date . |
| 25 | The graph also gives an economical means of representing a large amount of information in an implicit and flexible format , and provides a record of the input information should further checking become necessary at a later stage . |
| 26 | As each component was later to be assembled into the complete working mechanism , care was taken in laying out the details in order to reduce the manipulation that is necessary at a later stage . |
| 27 | He was also surprised at a later date to find on one occasion an abstract in Minton 's studio . |
| 28 | Few men other than Eliot have read through the lengthy catalogues of ritual in Frazer 's volumes and found those volumes to be ‘ throbbing at a higher rate of vibration with the agony of spiritual life ’ . |