Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just over a year ago , over a thousand biologists gathered at an international meeting in Vancouver . |
| 2 | The court heard one of the burglaries occurred at an old people 's home . |
| 3 | Gemma sits like a reclining obelisk with messy hair dyed a shade lighter than his , large eyes resting at an artful slant , a full mouth . |
| 4 | By searching for flashes repeating at exactly the same rate as the radio pulses , they were able to investigate much fainter pulsations than if they had been looking for pulses occurring at an unknown rate . |
| 5 | His shoulders sloped at an alarming angle so that he looked like a pyramid wearing a hat . |
| 6 | The performance of computers improves at an astounding rate , perhaps unlike any other machine in the world . |
| 7 | In SPAR , however , reference resolution is able to overturn any preferences applied at an earlier stage . |
| 8 | Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability . |
| 9 | These companies realized at an early stage that there is no point in trying to compete with the majors in releasing daytime radio or ‘ Top of the Pops ’ material , and that it would be better to find acts who have proved popular on the live circuit but who are considered too left field for the majors . |
| 10 | The JMU will take a dim view of any practice in which it discovers repeat breaches or a failure to meet undertakings given at an earlier inspection , regardless of whether or not these were the subject of subsequent correspondence with the Institute ( the fact that they were raised and documented at the closing meeting with the Inspector is a sufficient record ) . |
| 11 | However , this proves difficult in the space available when you consider that the total number of current classes stands at an impressive 170 ! |
| 12 | Thus , if changes appear at an early stage it may be necessary to carry out more frequent testing ; alternatively , the reverse situation may apply . |
| 13 | Erm , I 've also received information from the Region , erm with lots of events that 's coming up in the East Anglian Region , erm , just run through those quickly , er , there is a workshop on this Thursday at the Courts , erm , there is on Thursday twelfth of March there is er , somebody from the Columbian committee for human rights speaking at an open meeting , that 's the fifth er , Wednesday first of April there is er somebody called Duncan , he 's a paediatric surgeon who works part time as a volunteer at the Medical Foundation for the Care and Victims of Torture who will be speaking at St. Mary 's and St. Edmunds group , and that , that 's Bury St. Edmunds , and then the next East Anglia Regional Meeting is on Saturday May the twenty third at Bury St. Edmunds again . |
| 14 | WITH REFERENCE to Robert Brooke 's letter ( WCM June ) regarding Geoff Humpage removing his pads to bowl at an early stage of a first-class match , on Saturday , July 17 , 1982 at Headingley he again removed his pads , and bowled the 12th over of the game . |
| 15 | The epithets " naughty " and " dirty " arise , perhaps reinforcing terms used at an earlier stage as regards the eliminatory functions or inadvertent sexual display . |
| 16 | The phylogeny based on mitochondrial LSUrRNA introns inserted at an identical position as Pw ri1 coincides strikingly with trees based on nuclear sequences and with phylogenies using morphological data of the corresponding taxa . |
| 17 | Prices rose at an annual rate of 4% last month , up from 3.8% in April and their quickest pace of increase since March last year . |
| 18 | There will be a handful of players operating at an international or ‘ multilocal ’ level , exploiting the benefits of size through the transfer of knowledge and resources and the efficient use of capital . |
| 19 | John 's case also suggests how the perceptions of those professionals involved at an early stage of an assessment and the actions that follow may influence , direct or constrain the later perceptions and actions of other professionals . |
| 20 | Deviations from ancient routes appeared at an early date . |
| 21 | Implementing decisions taken at an earlier gathering [ see p. 39115 ] , delegates also approved a " shadow government " by electing a three-member presidential council ( one Kurd , one Shia and one Sunni ) , with rotating primacy , which then chose a 25-member executive committee ( one Assyrian , one Turkoman , five Kurds , the remaining 18 seats divided between Shias , Sunnis and Arab tribes ) . |
| 22 | President Theodore Roosevelt holds the record for the number of hands shaken at an official function ? |
| 23 | The two sides agreed at an additional , unofficial meeting on March 13 to hold a third round of talks in May in Beijing . |
| 24 | Both sides noted at an official ceremony the following day that the transfer of JNA troops , facilities and equipment had proceeded without serious incident . |
| 25 | To allow pupils to start at an earlier age , teaching will start in P6 , though our system is designed to cope with entrants at P7 and S1 as well . |
| 26 | Rather than one or two men working at an isolated face , up to fifty men would be involved in winning coal by working at a face up to seventy to ninety metres in width . |
| 27 | Already for a number of years , employers have not been able to oblige women to retire at an earlier age than their male colleagues but by law must have a common retirement age that applies equally to both sexes . |
| 28 | Others intercede at an earlier stage , working along the routes that the municipal trucks take . |
| 29 | Fashions change at an alarming rate and at any given time experts hold differing views . |
| 30 | As yet , industry hereabouts may not fully have ‘ taken off ’ , but at the same time the many £2 assessments downgraded for tax purposes in the Vale region indicate a degree of recession , the state of some towns hinting at an uneasy period of relocation . |