Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argue that prolonged exposure ( to an odour in their experiments ) will allow the formation of a context-stimulus association , wholly responsible for the latent inhibition seen at 24 h and partly responsible for that seen at 4 h . |
| 2 | For this to happen at all , it was assumed , an ad would have to attract their attention . |
| 3 | One lamp holder was then fixed in each compartment and the end of the lighting cable plugged into the shop mains , a socket for this provided at each stage . |
| 4 | But nothing of that survives at all . |
| 5 | A row of 43 found at Old Erringham ( Sussex ) was 1.5 m long ; experiments have shown that 0.5 m of warp thread would require 14 loom-weights ; 1.5 m would therefore require 42 . |
| 6 | None of this matters at all provided the ferrets work efficiently . |
| 7 | The trade-weighted index was also lifted by the better sentiment towards the pound , rising from a historic opening low of 75.7 to end at 76.3 . |
| 8 | The famous letter from the archbishop of Rheims to Baldwin V of Flanders , praising him for his activities in draining and ditching the coastal areas ( presumably after the Dunkirk inundation of 1014–42 had at last subsided ) is explicit evidence of an interest in agricultural expansion . |
| 9 | All of these have at some time commanded the Empire 's armies . |
| 10 | Alone on a holiday and trying to come to terms with his grief , he reflects that ‘ the most cruel pain of all occurred at such moments , when I tried to face the still unacceptable fact that I could never tell her anything again . |
| 11 | Five policemen and three former contras were reported to have been killed and dozens of civilians wounded during armed clashes , although unconfirmed reports put the total number of those killed at 24 or over . |
| 12 | MIPS ' operations meanwhile , are slowly being dismantled by SGI : US reports suggest that 450 of the 685 jobs at MIPS are to go , although there are plans to redeploy at least 250 of those lost at other SGI sites . |
| 13 | All centuries , of course , have been centuries of change ; but few would deny that in the nineteenth century change was greatly accelerated ; that much was apparent to the more perceptive of those living at that time . |
| 14 | Second , the majority of those studying at British colleges are so-called " home students ' , which includes students from other European countries ( or more accurately , from countries within the membership of the European Economic Community ) . |
| 15 | For children receiving education at private schools , the structure is less pyramidal : A greater proportion of those educated at private schools proceed to university than those attending state schools . |
| 16 | He only got a ‘ C ’ for music , but he was the only one in his group of nine to pass at all , which in an odd way is a consolation — & suggests poor teaching . |
| 17 | Also in the field of twenty-nine were previous winners Early Mist ( 1953 ) and Royal Tan , who at the age of twelve started at 28–1 to repeat his 1954 victory . |
| 18 | Was there anything like erm redundancy money or anything like that payed at that time when the place |
| 19 | Doubts like this crystallize at one or two points , either where the presuppositions are so mixed and unsatisfactory that they are inaccurate , or where the presuppositions are true as far as they go but do not go far enough and so are incomplete . |
| 20 | This will provide an unprecedented opportunity for many to experience at first hand the richness and diversity of Japanese culture . |
| 21 | The Independent of Dec. 7 estimated that 3,400 foreign nationals were being held in Kuwait and Iraq , including 580 detained at strategic military and civilian sites as part of Iraq 's now abandoned " human shield " policy [ for which see p. 37697 ] . |
| 22 | In an attempt to streamline its personal computer range , DEC plans to market the new Alpha and Pentium systems in parallel , with both offered at similar price points and configurations . |
| 23 | This line of argument is bound to be disappointing for those looking at aetiological studies in search of implications for prevention . |
| 24 | The Mond — Turner talks attempted to form a common alliance between the employers and the unions on such matters as unemployment , outlining remedies such a development fund , colonial development , more liberal trade facilities , export credits , augmented pensions for those retiring at sixty-five , the raising of the school-leaving age , and , above all , ‘ the substitution of modern plant and techniques for existing machinery and methods ’ — in consultation with the unions and with measures ... for safeguarding workers displaced by rationalization . ’ |
| 25 | Two massive walls were recorded in 1891 lying at right angles to the line of the town wall under the modern street , but no proof of their Roman origin was obtained . |
| 26 | In fact , the choreographer 's growing skill was manifest in the way he combined different elements , from that sobbing at one extreme to the rapturous final duet at the other ( in which influences from Balanchine and Ashton could be seen ) , into one fluent whole , and fitted it all so smoothly to the music he chose , Ravel 's ‘ Mother Goose ’ Suite with one section omitted . |
| 27 | On the autobahn or the test track , this translates into an uncanny ability to accelerate strongly to 140 mph with sufficient in reserve to cruise at that speed for as long as conditions allow . |
| 28 | However , departures from this occur at lower values of z/L than one might guess on the basis of eqn ( 21.29 ) ; they are detectable for z/L above about 0·01 and very substantial when . |
| 29 | Among the symposia mooted is one in 1993 looking at new museum media for the millennium , organised with the Video Department of the Whitney Museum in New York . |
| 30 | Although the unemployment rate in Wirral in 1985 stood at 20 per cent , 87 per cent of the borough 's known opioid users were unemployed , and strong correlations were found throughout the borough between level of opioid use , unemployment and social deprivation . |