Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [n mass] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The average British Holstein type of cow stands 145cm at the withers and weighs 655kg , while the bull is up to 183cm and 1,360kg in extreme cases . |
| 2 | The care which bereaved Minoans sometimes lavished on their dead suggests a belief in the AFTERLIFE , and the idea of an Elysium , a pleasant Heaven awaiting people at the end of their earthly lives , is thought to have been a Minoan creation . |
| 3 | The church cost £2,000 at the time . |
| 4 | She lost her sight following smallpox at the age of eighteen months . |
| 5 | What because you see th , people a at the , at the bottom end of society see people at the top end indulging in tax avoidance schemes and things like that , and off |
| 6 | At that time it was very similar to the modern Devon in conformation and colour : Garrard 's engraving in 1800 showed a dark red Devon ox standing 152cm at the withers , but the bull was 135cm and the cow 119cm — similar to the ‘ Suffolk Polled ’ of the time but smaller than the Hereford and Sussex ( each about 142cm/130cm ) . |
| 7 | There were losses of £1.08m from brickmaking in the United States and £1.34m from wood pulp , but brickmaking in this country made £9.79m at the still respectable margin of 15 p.c . |
| 8 | After all , it was one of the aims of the quota legislation to foster an industry that could promote Britain just as American films promoted America and , with only ten British films a year grossing £100,000 at the local box office , the financiers backing British film companies began to push for expansion . |
| 9 | It would be possible for these records to be analysed in order to produce statistics at the Local Authority level , which could then be used to improve the specificity of the estimates . |
| 10 | This was the commission 's first visit to meet people at the sharp end of the system . |