Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hurd looked every inch the professional , a man of gravitas who understood history and foreigners , an authoritative performer in parliament and on television , the sort of unflappable figure essential at the side of an untried leader as new abroad as Mr Major . |
| 2 | His enthusiasm for the game is clearly undiminished and the 35 Scottish coaches present at the Dundee seminar are certain to have benefited from his experience . |
| 3 | Earlier studies of such palaeomagnetism in France and Japan had shown that iron-rich volcanic rocks , such as basalt , record the magnetic field prevailing at the time they are formed . |
| 4 | Dinner is served at 7pm but if you miss it , there is a range of tasty snacks available at the bar . |
| 5 | The neck is a sensible 43mm wide at the nut , medium deep , D-shaped as opposed to V-shaped and well rolled-over at the fingerboard edge . |
| 6 | It all left yesterday 's would-be refugees furious at the latest delay in an evacuation that has taken two months to negotiate . |
| 7 | Sample ( some ) of almost 80 different brews available at the Sixth Chappel Beer Festival at the East Anglian Railway Museum between September 9 and 12 . |
| 8 | It is surely reasonable to maintain that the parties assumed to contract in the light of the scientific knowledge prevailing at the time of delivery . |
| 9 | They were private individuals or partnerships , paid by the state to provide a universal service free at the point of use . |
| 10 | Goodwin ( 1986 : 3 ) takes up an idea which originated with Milliband : ‘ some local state institutions and in particular local government both represent local interests and , at the same time , represent the social interests dominant at the centre ’ . |
| 11 | Could my night-time visitor have called in here to pick up the key he had shown me , and left the back door open at the same time ? |
| 12 | GENEROUS donors shocked at the sudden death of a little girl have raised more than £1,000 for vitally-needed equipment . |
| 13 | Like 1-2-3 and SuperCalc , Quattro Pro lets you see the different sheets on-screen at the same time , but you can have as many windows as you like — tiled , tiered , or whatever ! |
| 14 | There is no University-owned residential accommodation available at the Belfast campus , but a number of Belfast students may be accommodated on campus at Jordanstown , some seven miles away . |
| 15 | ‘ Normally they had a second soprano in the wings for the high D flat at the end . |
| 16 | honestly felt a wee bit nervous at the start just to make sure that I had the structure , that , that , I think that was the whole crux of the thing . |
| 17 | ‘ Ye looked a wee bit shaky at the bar . ’ |
| 18 | Britain was the first country to offer health care to the entire population free at the point of use . |
| 19 | Section 5 renders an agreement made with an unauthorised person unenforceable at the option of the innocent party . |
| 20 | Easy Boot allows you to have fifteen separate configurations available at the touch of a mouse button , or the press of a key . |
| 21 | I was a little bit surprised at the answer to nine . |
| 22 | used to get a little bit jealous at the end of the day . |
| 23 | It was a triumph of modern science , and the new patron could not have been more impressed — although being seven months pregnant herself she was a little bit squeamish at the sight of the giant ten-inch needles used in the procedure . |
| 24 | Under this system tenants paid low annual rents and a large entry fine at the beginning of their tenancy . |
| 25 | The case at Water Newton is rather less certain , but it has been argued that either one of the two large buildings visible at the centre of the defended area served as an administrative centre for the Fens , or that this function was performed by the remarkable complex identified at Castor to the north-east of the town 's extramural suburbs . |
| 26 | Cambridge , Massachusetts-based Spinnaker Software Corp has now completed the acquisition of Power Up Software Inc for $18.5m in cash , plus the assumption of some debt : the acquisition was financed through the purchase of preferred stock by Harvard Management Co , which bought $23m of series B preferred stock redeemable at the company 's option and convertible into shares of common stock at a rate of $1.50 or $2.25 per share . |
| 27 | Weathering can be defined as the adjustment of the chemical , mineralogical and physical properties of rocks in response to environmental conditions prevailing at the Earth 's surface . |
| 28 | For whatever reason , the government chose to accept the case for retaining an Exchequer-financed service free at the point of use . |
| 29 | It also makes more powerful features available at the user interface , such as image transformations . |
| 30 | The pink blotting paper tattered at the edges was marked with a criss-cross of different inks blodged with faded blots . |