Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is useful to photograph the site from a variety of angles , obtaining views both into and out of the proposed development ; photographs often reveal factors overlooked at an initial inspection . |
| 32 | The bank 's deposits grew at an explosive rate from £8m in 1891 to £67m by 1908 . |
| 33 | Their cash holdings declined at an annual rate of 7% in the last three months of 1992 . |
| 34 | This chapter completes the course by looking at three further areas of study ; each is important in its own way , and each is an area on which students working at an advanced level in phonetics and phonology spend a considerable amount of time . |
| 35 | Women learn at an early age that most men do not like angry women living in the same house . |
| 36 | While the physically gifted and superhumanly green-fingered Daisy Gamble ( Barbra Streisand ) sings ‘ Hurry , It 's Lovely Up Here ’ , the flowers on the roof of her apartment block , mostly tulips grow at an alarming yet beautiful rate , conveying a sense of freedom brimming over with life . |
| 37 | However , it has been argued that certain clauses operate at an earlier stage so as to define and restrict the extent of the contractual obligation undertaken and so prevent there being any breach of contract . |
| 38 | I 'd been in the city for too long , too many late nights staring at an empty page : the Muse and I had become jaded with each other . |
| 39 | Their gig attendances grew at an alarming rate and occasional support spots to The Fall were no longer a viable notion . |