Example sentences of "[noun pl] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of these have been used at one time or another but still the TL 072 op.amp seems to combine the best characteristics at a reasonable price . |
| 2 | It is recognised that it is almost impossible to correctly identify the characteristics of fast growers at a start-up stage but once a track record of two or three years data exists selection may be possible . |
| 3 | The trouble was , of course , that among Henry 's sort of person , a rugby-playing surveyor , for example , or the kind of dentist like David Sprott who was n't afraid to get up on his hind legs at a social gathering and talk , seriously and at length , about teeth , he was considered something of a subversive . |
| 4 | However a rough estimate of optimum switching angle can be obtained if the three torque/speed characteristics are approximated by constant torques , effective up to the maximum speed for each angle : The time taken and number of steps executed during acceleration to the maximum speed may be calculated , since for a constant torque , For constant accelerating torque the instantaneous velocity is proportional to time and therefore the distance travelled during acceleration is simply : so for each switching angle the acceleration time and distance can be found : The time taken to travel a total distance of 60 steps can be calculated for each switching angle , e.g. if the switching angle is 6 degrees the system executes the first 25 steps in 94.3 ms and the remaining steps at a constant speed of 540 steps per second : The time taken to decelerate has been neglected in this calculation because the retarding torque ( motor braking torque + load torque ) is , in all three cases , much larger than the accelerating torque ( motor accelerating torque - load torque ) . |
| 5 | Treu [ 15 ] considered the existence of trails through bibliographic citations and thought they should be preserved for a searcher to retrace his steps at a later date . |
| 6 | Les Routiers are offering it to BBC Good Food readers at a special price of £6.99 ( including p&p ) . |
| 7 | The incentives for different social groups to create larger and more inclusive functional organizations at a national level strengthened the move towards post-liberal , non-individualist modes of representation . |
| 8 | A NORTH-EAST council is hoping to make waves at a top boat show . |
| 9 | For the same reason , if we ride fast on a ( preferably quiet ) motorbike past a wailing factory siren , when we are approaching the factory the pitch will be raised : our ears are , in effect , gobbling up the waves at a faster rate than they would if we just sat still . |
| 10 | If , in a given species , animals at a particular stage of their lives habitually live with relatives , then selection will favour altruistic acts that cause a net increase in the number of the relevant genes , whether or not an animal can recognize its own relatives . |
| 11 | Drinkers at a new pub may see more than pink elephants hovering overhead if they have one too many this weekend . |
| 12 | They may therefore reduce output to , say , 80,000 units at a total cost of £340,000 , giving an average cost of £4.25 . |
| 13 | The construction of four 900-MWe units at a single site involves ten years ' work and up to 6000 people . |
| 14 | The thirteen children who developed schizophrenia could be characterised by the following factors : their birth had been relatively difficult ( longer and more complicated than average ) ; most of them had been separated from both parents and many placed in children 's homes at a young age ; they posed a disciplinary problem to their teachers ; and some years earlier they had had a rapid autonomic nervous system ( ANS ) recovery rate . |
| 15 | In each experiment the animals were kept in individual metabolic cages at a constant temperature ( 25 ( 1 ) °C ) with a 12 hour dark-light period and free access to water . |
| 16 | They used a different laser that produces shorter , more powerful pulses at a shorter wavelength , which let them generate third , fifth and seventh harmonics . |
| 17 | Admittedly , the repetition of such similar patterns together can not be coincidental but , as with the mosaics from Newton St. Loe , this repetition is not always best explained by the presence of the same craftsmen at a different site . |
| 18 | Added to all this , to keep cannon , mangonels , battering-rams and other siege-engines at a safe distance from the first or gatehouse tower , an artificial trench had been excavated across the approach headland . |
| 19 | Although Edward attempted in September 1294 to tax the clergy at a national assembly of both clergy and laity , the clergy 's decision was postponed to their own provincial assemblies early in the new year . |
| 20 | The gathering was small but that did not diminish the effect of the occasion as two of only 12 remaining Scottish survivors — out of 500 Scots who fought on the republican side in the Spanish Civil War — gathered with district council representatives to pay their respects at a simple ceremony . |
| 21 | Elsewhere we have argued that part of what made René Lévesque and Lee Iacocca effective as leaders was the temporal significance of their vision : they appealed powerfully to the specific needs of specific stakeholders at a specific time . |
| 22 | Generally , toys made and given to raise funds at a local fête or bazaar would not be considered as being a ‘ business ’ , unless , like Mrs Rees of Moor Farm , Walwyns Castle , you live in the vicinity of Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire . |
| 23 | The assay used in this study measures bile concentrations at a single point in time and may well not be an accurate reflection of overall exposure . |
| 24 | Males can produce sperms at a faster rate than females can produce eggs , and are therefore selected to allocate more of their time to searching and competing for mates than are females . |
| 25 | The government 's reluctance to act in such cases was shown in relation to a further blatant abuse of the Jews at a Nordic League meeting on 20 May 1939 . |
| 26 | In Hampstead , author Margaret Drabble will be mixing it with Michael Foot and Labour supporters at a private party , waiting for news of their candidate Glenda Jackson . |
| 27 | The CLPD secured remarkable success by the tactics of lobbying influential trade unionists and local party members and also by drafting model resolutions carefully designed to promote its aims , which could then be proposed by supporters at a wide variety of meetings . |
| 28 | This could be to the club 's advantage in the long-run , however , because with supporters at a loose end on Saturdays , they have an ideal opportunity to visit the ‘ old home ’ and Mr Singh 's new megastore . |
| 29 | CAN you imagine a situation at a cemetery — the funeral procession arriving , formally attired people getting out of cars at a marked spot , but some of these well-dressed mourners removing their jackets , rolling up sleeves , unloading picks and spades from the boot and starting to dig the grave ; possibly with the professionals cum gardeners watching from a distance and gloating at the mess these amateurs are making ? |
| 30 | For a given set of motor and drive parameters at a fixed speed the only variable in Eqn . |