Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was said that , as noted above , the law would provide not a straitjacket but , rather , scope for the ‘ imaginative application of professional skills at all levels of the education service , within a statutory framework which sets clear objectives ’ . |
| 2 | Unless you intend to fit double-glazing yourself ( and even ‘ Cling-film ’ can be very effective ) , it is best to get brochures and free estimates from several of the largest and longest-established firms in this field before making any decision , as there are numerous small firms selling sub-standard products at high prices . |
| 3 | This could jeopardise the EC target of stabilising emissions at 1990 levels by the turn of the century . |
| 4 | However , they are now going to extremes and breeding the traditional British breeds to be veritable giants at two years old , turning Herefords into red and white Charolais … |
| 5 | Second , there are ‘ coupling constraints ’ , which reflect individuals ' commitments to engage in specific activities at specific times ( work , school , or appointments ) which may be at odds with the timing of public transport services . |
| 6 | Silica also crystallises in the orthorhombic and cubic forms at higher temperatures : The temperature at which one form converts to another is called the transition temperature . |
| 7 | Hence , the two parts of the protein could move independently with respect to each other providing CytR with the possibility to interact with binding sites with different structures and cAMP-CRP complexes at varying distances . |
| 8 | Children may move between the independent and maintained sectors at different stages of their school career ; many different patterns of schooling are possible , some of these are illustrated in Figure 5.15 . |
| 9 | There are two flights of broad steps at right angles to each other , descending to the paved courtyard : the arrangement is reminiscent of the Theatral Area at Knossos , though at Phaistos it is located in the north-east corner of the West Court . |
| 10 | German car manufacturers are now producing advanced designs at affordable prices . |
| 11 | Those few studies [ … ] that have reassessed parental characteristics at various ages of the child have shown that even in the course of a few months during infancy there may be drastic changes in a mother 's behaviour-sometimes resulting from changes in the infant 's behaviour , sometimes brought about by extraneous factors . |
| 12 | Most local authorities are now contested by the major political parties at local elections ( Widdicombe 1986:30 ) . |
| 13 | c holding exhibitions and public meetings at local venues ; |
| 14 | Table 1 shows the percentage humidities attainable by different solutes at various temperatures . |
| 15 | A Revenue spokesman said : ‘ These limits were largely historical and grew up because composite rate tax was applied to different institutions at different times . |
| 16 | Beginning in the east , US Marines and Arab forces breached the Iraqi defences at several points on the Kuwait-Saudi-Arabian border and drove north and north-east towards Kuwait City . |
| 17 | One is an actual building which holds a bar , restaurant , disco , or any combination of the three , that is there specifically for singles to patronise , the other is a group of people who are all single and form a club that has different social activities at different venues . |
| 18 | Hence , if there was a " consumer revolution " it was a matter of stages , with different roles played by different social groups at different times . |
| 19 | To this he added a determination that existing regulations which restricted the number and quality of foreign seamen employed on British ships should he enforced and strengthened , drawing attention to the abuse whereby shipowners discharged British seamen at foreign ports and hired cheaper foreign crews to replace them and to the need to repeal the Indian Merchant Shipping Act which permitted owners to employ lascars on worse terms than British seamen . |
| 20 | Some were no doubt replacements for periodic meetings at pagan sites or in cemeteries with crosses . |
| 21 | People always will want horses but they want them in different forms at different times . |
| 22 | He does seem to suggest , that if you 're directly interested or if you have a direct interest in something you ca n't take an objective view , and I would say that actually , members have shown their ability to erm , to achieve something different from that , the way they wear different hats at different committees , Mr comes to mind where he will argue for the D S O's , at the D S O managing board , and for the client at Education Committee . |
| 23 | The Lorenz equations , named after Ed Lorenz who first introduced them as a model of a two-dimensional convection { 21 } , have been important for a number of different reasons at various times in the past 20 years or so . |
| 24 | A Jacobite solution could be attractive to different people for different reasons at different times . |
| 25 | The compilation of a spatially coherent database from mapped information compiled by different organizations at different scales and on different topographic bases ( see Rhind and Clark 1988 ) is often difficult ; |
| 26 | The vast Butlins holiday camp just minutes from the town centre ( and the Place St Maur des Fosses ) offers the clowns self-catering chalets at bargain-basement rates . |
| 27 | ‘ It is the way of my people to use light words at such times ’ , says Merry apologetically , but just the same he can not stop . |
| 28 | The auxiliary impression , he suggested , was due to such things as the skin being of different thicknesses at different parts of the body , the fact that sometimes it extends over the firm surfaces of the bones , sometimes over the flesh of the muscles , sometimes over cavities , and so on . |
| 29 | The third was connected with a new awareness of history , of the fact that human societies and institutions have developed through long centuries and have taken on many different shapes at different times and in different places — an awareness which was especially sharply focused by the work of Gotthold Lessing . |
| 30 | We all play different roles at different times . |