Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In keeping with the rank-and-file strength of the movement , however , pressure was applied most effectively at local level .
2 The engine steams slowly in at one end .
3 If there was a bit of low in the land , he had to let his plough bite in a little deeper at this spot to bring his furrows up level .
4 ‘ They obviously thought I was doing terribly badly at that time and were very pleased at how well they had rigged me out … until I put on the mac .
5 That is especially so at this time , when we are effectively handing from Parliament to Ministers the right to decide , on private Bills , to lay orders .
6 But I was n't recalling the data so clearly at that moment .
7 This suggests that , as in present BV , so also at some point in the development of SBE , velar environments were fronted and raised ahead of other environments and were not accessible to the back-rounding rule .
8 It will take time , I 've detected , as I 'm sure you have too delegates , a feeling of confidence in our debates so far at this conference , a confidence that has n't been there recently .
9 Beckoning Robert to a seat , he continued to talk into the mouthpiece about the school , about its playing-fields , its concert hall and several other items that , so far at any rate , existed only in his imagination .
10 It was comforting to note , however , that , so far at any rate , the little blind boy had shown not much talent for destruction .
11 The encouraging thing was that all the people he had sentenced were , so far at any rate , in good health .
12 At half-term , Ali had offered ten pounds to any of ‘ the proud Muslim people of South-West London ’ who would be prepared to finish off Robert Wilson , but , even though he had raised this sum to twelve pounds fifty , there were , so far at any rate , no takers .
13 The only comforting thing about this was that , although they were well placed to take over my brain , they had , so far at any rate , declined to take up the offer .
14 He paused dramatically , gazing so intently at each child below him that Sam thought he must be scanning their heads for lice .
15 To understand why it should have attracted Nietzsche so strongly at this time , we must turn to the background of his academic specialization , and his great love for Greece .
16 Perhaps surprisingly at first sight , additional variable capacitance is introduced in parallel with R 2 and additional fixed capacitance in parallel with R 1 .
17 He went at it very hard : punishingly , perhaps even at that stage , dangerously hard .
18 Her mouth did n't move so well at one side now , after that last turn .
19 The players could have played it without a conductor , we knew it so well at that time .
20 The new information on the inefficiency of bleach , alongside the trends indicated by our London data , suggests that household bleach should only be recommended as a last resort in the absence of sterile syringes and only then at full strength ( 5.25% sodium hypochlorite ) .
21 The lower storey has thick walls while the upper one has thinner walls set back to form a terrace all round at first floor level .
22 We sell a great many long haul holidays , often breaking apart the packages then putting them together again at lower cost . ’
23 ( Probably because she had been in and out of Charley 's so freely at this time , working on her portfolio . )
24 The perception of urban problems changed ; in due time the nature of planning response changed with it , and it is in this context that explanations may be sought as to how and why the tempo and style of the public regulation of the urban environment changed so markedly at this time .
25 When he saw her smiling so happily at this offering , he scowled .
26 But although I can not do so systematically at this juncture some limited anticipatory comments may be in order .
27 That means that they were designed to be viewed right through at one sitting .
28 Do n't pull the thread right through at this stage .
29 From somewhere outside at one point there came a distant rumble and chinking , like old milk bottles clashing together .
30 She jerked her face free and sat down , putting as much distance as possible between herself and those hard , warm fingers without actually running away , although she would have liked to run away right at that moment .
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