Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A recent ad for follow-on milk , quoting from an article in the British Medical Journal , stated that cow 's milk given at six months caused ‘ subclinical but appreciable gastro-intestinal bleeding in about a third of children . ’ |
| 2 | His interest in physics developed at high school in Washington State where his family moved in 1953 . |
| 3 | The breaching of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 opened the doors to a series of revolutions in Central and East European countries which , from November 1989 to January 1990 , saw the toppling of Communist dictatorships , and their gradual replacement by governments relying in most cases on popular support given at free elections . |
| 4 | A two storey building linked by a bridge to the main building , and which incorporated the Library was substantially modified to provide a Modern Languages Suite situated at First Floor Level , with additional Classrooms and Offices , located on the Ground Floor . |
| 5 | But worse still , just as the Poet and the Mistress connived at each other 's deception in 138 , just as the Poet connived at the Friend 's deception in 93 , so in 112 the Poet is inviting the Friend to complete the circle : ‘ For what care I who calls me well or ill , /So you o'er-green my bad , my good allow ? ’ |
| 6 | On April 21 the IAEA requested further details of stocks of weapons-grade uranium located at two research reactors south of Baghdad . |
| 7 | There 's an Ultra Low Cost ( ULC ) Alpha chip in the works at Digital Equipment Corp targeted at X Windows terminals , palmtops and embedded applications , according to the ‘ Terry Shannon on DEC ’ newsletter that arrived on our desk on Christmas Eve . |
| 8 | It was the largest iron roof-span erected at that time , with arches composed of wrought-iron deck-beam spanning 153 feet 6 inches . |
| 9 | Courses leading to masters ' degrees are normally designed to fulfil one of the following objectives : to follow directly from the study undertaken at first degree level ; to enable graduates of one discipline to acquire knowledge of another related discipline or subject area ; to develop and apply the student 's first degree knowledge in a related specialized area ; or to relate and synthesize a number of disciplines which the student may not have studied at first degree level . |
| 10 | If he does not , he has in effect accepted at one time the proposition ( the matter put upon the mat ) ‘ Telling even a minor lie to advance one 's career is always wrong , even though it harms no one ’ and at another time ‘ Telling a minor lie , which harms no one , in order to advance one 's career is not always wrong ’ . |
| 11 | Rated at four channels of 50 watts each into 8 ohms it can also be used in bridged format to produce the equivalent of a normal stereo amplifier rated at 10 watts mono plus 50 watts stereo. ) the Units will cost £229.99 . |
| 12 | As the latent inhibition effect seen at 4 h after lengthy pre-exposure is supposed to enjoy the benefit of contributions from both the short-term mechanism and from the context — stimulus association , this effect should be especially strong . |
| 13 | The sensitivity to contextual manipulations of the latent inhibition produced by lengthy exposure is certainly consistent with the suggestion that a context-stimulus association is responsible for the effect seen at 24 h and contributes to that seen at 4 h . |
| 14 | But nobody could get the movie made at that time , and the question now was whether Val was n't too old for the part . |
| 15 | Astronomers can estimate how much neutral sodium gas lies in front of the star from the precise amount of light absorbed at these wavelengths . |
| 16 | Western rider Bob Mayhew showed just how unimportant reins need be , producing a range of movements , including rein back , leg yielding , sliding stops and ‘ spins ’ ( a never ending pirouette performed at alarming speed ) with virtually no rein contact , and using body and leg aids alone . |
| 17 | Todd , 43 , is keen on renewing a partnership forged at Ayresome Park and will seek his release from Bradford City . |
| 18 | The shores rang to the sound of his skates against the ice , a resonant hollow warble drawn at each stride from the depths of the lake . |
| 19 | Said in yesterday 's paper that someone had had a wheelbarrow valued at thirty pounds stolen from a back garden and it was somewhere at Kirk Hill . |
| 20 | Oh , it said in yesterday 's paper that someone had had a wheelbarrow valued at thirty pounds stolen from her back garden and it was somewhere at , where the back gardens are n't particularly accessible . |
| 21 | Consequently the pull-out torque falls with increasing stepping rate for two basic reasons : ( a ) the phase currents are lower , so the motor torque produced at any rotor position is reduced , ( b ) phase currents may flow at rotor positions which produce a negative phase torque . |
| 22 | This is important as the outcome for women whose labour is induced for ‘ uncertain postmaturity ’ is significantly worse than for those who have labour induced at 42 weeks ' gestation . |
| 23 | Faintly , above the moaning of the wind , they heard a cracked wheezing , the unskilled sequence of chords of a sea-shanty played at half speed . |
| 24 | In the Jerusalem Campaign , they supported the attack on Mughar and the brilliant charge of the Bucks , Dorset and Berks Yeomanry kept the Ambulance employed at high pressure . |
| 25 | Fortunately a gong sounded at that moment and Bertha sprang up with surprising alacrity and led the way to the dining room , where Randolph was already at the sideboard carving the meat . |
| 26 | Q. — A fire-engine driven at full speed to a fire knocks down and kills somebody . |
| 27 | The Princesse presided at one end , while Thomas had been placed as guest of honour at the other . |
| 28 | Pensioner 's car hit at eighty miles an hour . |
| 29 | This is difficult to explain since when a fully saturated complex is half dissociated it will have the same occupancy as a complex generated at half saturation . |
| 30 | It transpires that Grant is a Texan oilman with a boat moored at Grand Isle Marina who is a regular at Sand Dune Apartments . |