Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | While I was shaving , peacefully surveying my baggy eyes , thick lips hinting at a recent cold sore , and ever-deepening wrinkles , I saw in the mirror something monstrous appear around the side of my grey hair . |
2 | IF there was one occasion that summed up sporting attitudes in l992 , it was Carl Lewis 's bizarre attempt to set an Olympic record for the greatest number of journalists asphyxiated at a single press conference . |
3 | North of the Border , a balance between those architects expecting a rise and those expecting a fall in workloads in the next six months stands at a dismal minus 19 per cent . |
4 | In one of the most enthralling finishes seen at a European Tour event this season , the 33 year-old Mancunian held his game together , coming down the stretch , to record his first Tour triumph in the European Open at Walton Heath . |
5 | He was also a reformer and builder ; his reforms were far-reaching in administration and law while the arts flourished at a high level . |
6 | In the distance , ponies in long-shafted light chariots trotted at a spanking pace , the wheels spinning around . |
7 | the availability of opportunities to study at a broad range of levels , of course lengths and of modes ( part-time , full-time or mixed ) ; |
8 | Police believe the two cars collided at a closing speed approaching a hundred miles an hour . |
9 | compatibility with existing phonographs did not matter , because dictation cylinders rotated at a different speed anyway . |
10 | The Scots aimed at a federal system which would allow them some autonomy . |
11 | The Labour dissidents failed at a private meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party , by 112 votes to 46 , to commit Labour to oppose an independent bank during the passage of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill . |
12 | Rocky , busy waving his charges on board , glanced over his shoulder in time to see a small group of dark shapes disappearing at a fast lope round the bend of the curving driveway . |
13 | Most , perhaps all , functionalists are thorough-going materialists who believe that mental phenomena are genuine physical phenomena seen at a particular level of abstraction . |
14 | In this case it can include a requirement in the order that he comply with the supervisor 's directions to attend at a specified place to participate in specified activities either with or without the child ( para 3(1) ( c ) ( 2 ) ) . |
15 | Six hundred youngsters gathered at a massive party to help raise cash for the clinic — now the most successful in the world . |
16 | One hastily written poem in Wordsworth 's meditative manner , ‘ Lines Written at a Small Distance from my House ’ , was delivered to Dorothy by young Basil as the Quantock spring was at last arriving : |
17 | Elsewhere , the Malla Park near Kilpisjärvi is famous for its flora , and walkers can reach the three-countries stone , where the three Arctic Scandinavian countries meet at a single spot . |
18 | EMERGENCY telephones have been vandalised and automatic barriers damaged at a level crossing at Moira railway station , police said today . |
19 | A coroner has recorded an accident verdict on a nine year old boy who was killed when two chair-lifts collided at a Californian ski resort . |
20 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
21 | Where there are definite intuitions about which elements belong at a given level , we may speak of substantive levels . |
22 | Clutching the hot loaf to her chest she fled , expecting every minute to hear shouts of : ‘ Thief … thief … ’ as she threaded between the wharves arriving at a narrow lane not far from Marsh Street where the press gangs roamed . |
23 | The previous remarks have raised some questions about the relations between human norms and possible underlying dispositions determined at a biological level . |
24 | The Soviet Communist Party 's ideology chief denied on Monday that the entire ruling Politburo had offered to resign or faced calls to resign at a key party meeting this month . |
25 | With the basket of stocks trading at a combined price of £12.70 yesterday , the puts , exercisable at a strike price of £14.09 and initially costing 117p apiece , carried a mid-price of 203p . |
26 | Nonetheless , there are no grounds for imputing laxity to local officials operating at a safe distance from central supervision . |
27 | So are silk waistcoats and blazers priced at a knock-down £45 . |
28 | The institution of national investment planning would certainly require broad and determined popular support , but by nature it would depend on the formation of a socialist government and would give an important role to organisations operating at a national level . |
29 | Pictures of stars who have made most contribution to the music industry over the last 25 years featured at a glittering party in New York 's Four Seasons Restaurant . |
30 | Tokyo : Stocks closed at a new high for the second consecutive day . |