Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These contain a spinning mechanism that turns at a gentle 15 to 30 revolutions per minute — just enough to ensure convection and prevent cells from adhering to the glass walls of the bottle . |
| 2 | On the positive side , it says that the company 's financial condition remains strong , with about $150m of cash and long-term investments at 1992 year end , and $112m of debt , and a debt-to-equity ratio that stands at a conservative 13% . |
| 3 | We shall see that although the uncertainty principle places limitations on the accuracy of all our predictions , it may at the same time remove the fundamental unpredictability that occurs at a space-time singularity . |
| 4 | Through this relationship , they can also be a record of the life force that exists at a certain site . |
| 5 | The assumption is that there is only one possible explanation of our saying this : namely , that we believe that the man 's utterance is the result of encoding something that exists at a pre-linguistic level , namely a thought , and that in the case of the parrot there is nothing at this level . |
| 6 | The gall bladder is a reservoir that empties at a slow pace . |
| 7 | It is a show that progresses at a terrific pace , none of the performers , from Duncan downwards , spare themselves . |
| 8 | ( In modern French , a discussion that proceeds at a businesslike pace , even briskly , may be said to do so rondement . ) |
| 9 | More than once they saw a passer-by , soaking wet , shout threats and curses at an open window . |
| 10 | The Figure omits the clones and probes spanning the rDNA region , because the majority of these clones also hybridise to over half of of the other YAC probes , and so it is not possible to place these clones and probes at a single position on the map . |
| 11 | The task is to follow lead car , which also appears on the screen , and travels at a varying rate . |
| 12 | It 's well put together and retails at a competitive price for a four season bag . |
| 13 | The packet-switch bus uses slight changes in Voltage to determine binary 0 and 1 and operates at a sustained rate of 200Mbps on the Sparcserver 1000 . |
| 14 | The packet-switch bus uses slight changes in voltage to determine binary 0 and 1 and operates at a sustained rate of 200Mbps on the Sparcserver 1000 . |
| 15 | A side road leaves here and climbs steeply to Dent Station , four long miles from the town it was intended to serve , and continues at a high level before descending to Garsdale Head . |
| 16 | Midway , a loop road branches from the A683 and runs at a higher level before rejoining it two and a half miles further on . |
| 17 | In contract Mr does not count hours , but arrives at an overall figure of seven thousand five hundred pounds . |
| 18 | ( j , j' ) when expression of Krox-20 begins to be downregulated in r5 , but remains at a high level in r3. ov , Otic vesicle ; r3 , r5 rhombomeres 3 and 5 . |