Example sentences of "[conj] at [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Whether or not you can reasonably be expected to take a job of a different kind or at a lower rate of pay will depend upon the circumstances .
2 In practice , however , there appeared to be some ambivalence about whether care programming was aimed at people being discharged from hospital or at a wider range of those who use mental health services .
3 Do we , for instance , place a tick in the square labelled ‘ baby burps ’ and another in the box called ‘ mother pats back ’ ; or do we include a box called ‘ mother responds to baby ’ ; or at a higher level , does she score a point on an index of ‘ sensitivity ’ ?
4 If it is of exceptional quality , there is a chance that it may be vested — either immediately or at a later date — in the Redundant Churches Fund .
5 Given any example of a classic scientific theory , whether at the time of its first proposal or at a later date , it is possible to find observational claims that were generally accepted at the time and were considered to be inconsistent with the theory .
6 In the case of parish , town or community councillor the declaration must be made before or at the first meeting of the council after his election , or if the council at that meeting so permits , before or at a later meeting fixed by the council .
7 If for some reason you miss this opportunity or at a later stage wish to know more about particular parts of the Library 's stock and its services , then ask a member of the Library staff to explain how the material in the Library is arranged and listed and how it may be used .
8 As Heather Joshi has estimated ( see Chapter 8 here ) , women returning to work after a period caring for children or at a later stage of the life cycle are likely to re-enter the labour market at lower rates of pay .
9 This unifying issue can be presented at the beginning of the drama or at a later stage , after the children have taken on roles and started on small group work .
10 In siliciclastic sediments careful attention to petrographic detail , particularly the compaction history , is necessary to determine whether a cement formed during deep burial ( >2,000 m ) or at an earlier stage in the diagenetic history .
11 The gain may be taxed at the basic rate of income tax therefore or at the higher rate .
12 The same trend happens in the rural areas , although at a slower pace .
13 Total business declined in the first quarter , although at a slower rate than at any time over the past year .
14 None the less , what the United States data imply is that the upward trend in recorded crime is in the same direction as actual victimization , although at a slower rate .
15 ( Some nuclei that are not aligned with the field also take part in fusion reactions , although at a slower rate . )
16 The company has dropped strong hints to union leaders that the current programme involving cuts of 24,000 over the next year will be followed by a further rundown , although at a lower rate .
17 Under the scrutiny of Hayward and Browne , he began to revise and concentrate his verse — after the problems with The Family Reunion , he wished to use only poetry which met the test of " strict dramatic utility " although at a later date he was to worry in case he had strayed too close to the drama of Frederick Lonsdale .
18 By 1973 the Conservatives had moved to a statutory prices and incomes policy and massive state intervention in industry ; the reorganization of secondary schooling along comprehensive lines proceeded , albeit at a slower pace than under Labour , and the trade union legislation under the Industrial Relations Act was effectively non-operational .
19 With year-end gearing under 5 p.c. , spending on marketing and product development this year will rise as a proportion of sales , albeit at a slower rate than in 1991 .
20 Nonetheless , it did seek to address the problems identified during the FAOR analysis , albeit at a lower level of attainment in the initial stages .
21 However , the same techniques also detect this organism albeit at a lower prevalence , in other conditions in the gut .
22 Exports rose by 9 per cent in 1989 ( albeit at a lower rate than the 14 per cent recorded in the previous two years ) , to $110,000 million ( fob ) and imports by 8 per cent , thus leaving a commercial balance of $28,000 million .
23 We know that at a later date there were steps down to the river as Thorpe tells us that in his time there was a handsome flight of stone stairs remaining which extended from the Palace to the low water mark .
24 But can we then be quite sure that at a later stage , when the same kind of performance has been taken out of the service and then out of the church , the signal is unambiguously to ‘ art ’ ?
25 I hope that at a later stage we can persuade the Minister that a compromise is possible , feasible and affordable .
26 Note that at the higher temperature there is a higher spread of speed .
27 As Mr Day points out : ‘ To the small and medium sized company , all accountants are very much the same and , with the increasing competition from certified and unqualified accountants , I do n't believe that at the lower end of the market chartered accountants will ever get back on the pedestal in the same way they used to be .
28 And than at a later stage go bock and have a go at Sally and and remind her of all these good things that you talked about .
29 It is probable that plague remained a constant threat , even if it is less well recorded in contemporary writings than at an earlier date ; probably men were more inured to its presence than they had been in the first shock of 1348 .
30 Bridbury also suggests , from the admissions to the freedom of the boroughs , that the ranks of the citizens were being widened , and that even at a time when rural conditions provided more incentive for men to remain in the country than at an earlier date the towns were still able to attract them ( 61 , pp.62–4 ( Tables , 65–9 ) ) .
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