Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roughly speaking , the quality is determined by location in the vineyard , which can be divided into bands : the most northerly band , elevated at a height of between 180 and 220 metres , comprises some of the finest grand cru slopes in all Champagne and represents about a third of Bouzy 's hectarage ; below this is a wide strip situated at a height of between 160 and 180 metres which , in my estimation , should hold the rank of a top premier cru ; the lowest band , at about 170 metres , runs around the flat northern edge of the village and produces vines of a markedly inferior quality . |
| 2 | Fire fighters from Stockton put out a fire in a potting shed at a house in Bishopton Road , Stockton . |
| 3 | The jeep stopped at a caravan that was situated just off the path and under two trees . |
| 4 | But whereas General Franco 's rapid and decisive action resolved at a stroke the problem of order and the underlying political question , the use of force to suppress anarchists and revolutionary communists in Barcelona only exacerbated the Republic 's political difficulties and thereby seriously undermined its capacity to offer united resistance to its attackers . |
| 5 | His features were strong and rather austere , and his high cheekbones gave him a distinction that was all his own , though the line of his well-cut mouth hinted at a sensuality that disturbed her without her knowing why . |
| 6 | Her mouth hinted at a passion Claudia had never known , and the curve of her breasts above the green silk promised the fulfilment of every man 's dream . |
| 7 | They assert that the payments to Anser were transactions at an undervalue made at a time when the company was unable to pay its debts and within the relevant period of time stipulated in section 240 . |
| 8 | For example , the question may state that the defendant shot at a burglar when a bystander was standing dangerously close , and hit the bystander . |
| 9 | Using this relation ( µ M /µ E = cos α/2; where µ M is the electrophoretic mobility of the DNA-protein complex with the protein bound at the middle of the DNA fragment , µ E is the mobility of the complex with protein bound at an end ) we determined bending angles of 47°±5° for the ICP4 motif and 44°±5° for the Ad2 motif from several experiments using 4% gels . |
| 10 | This sensor consists of an ordinary mercury tilt switch mounted at an angle so that the small mercury bead encapsulated in the switch easily rolls on and off the contacts as the switch encounters movement . |
| 11 | By the time it had been carefully re-written , my feature described in glowing terms the ‘ Hollywood film-set scenery ’ ( but no mention of The Good , The Bad and The Ugly and ‘ exotic cuisine ’ ( on the strength of a passable chicken tikka masala eaten at a restaurant some distance from the hotel ) . |
| 12 | A home movie taken at a party just before the earthquake showed her dancing , a pretty young woman , a little overweight , a little overdressed . |
| 13 | The red of the blood drunk at a feast . |
| 14 | Dilsworth H. Brown , the AAM 's outgoing president stated at a news conference that money , or , as he put it , a ‘ financial base ’ for museums was the main issue facing them right now . |
| 15 | This was followed by pamidronate in 500 mL 5% dextrose infused at a rate of 15 mg/h . |
| 16 | Environmental groups criticized a decision made at an ITTC meeting in Yokohama , Japan , in November 1990 to approve the continued logging of important forests in Malaysia and the Amazon basin [ for November 1989 meeting see p. 37054 ] . |
| 17 | IN most respects a purchase made at an auction constitutes an ordinary contract for the sale of goods . |
| 18 | Oakey Park built at a cost of one point five million and named after club president Aubrey Oakey was packed out … |
| 19 | The first Atlantic cable operated at a speed of around 3 words/min , equating to a bandwidth of about 1.5Hz/s . |
| 20 | In most ERCP patients , hypoxia can be avoided by intranasal oxygen given at a rate of 4–5 litres per minute . |
| 21 | They had not gone far before the leading vehicle halted at a metal pole stretched across the road , and the rest of the convoy bunched up behind . |
| 22 | About a month later the buyer had the clutch repaired at a cost of £45 and claimed this sum from the seller , alleging that the car was not of merchantable quality and not reasonably fit for the purpose of being driven on the road . |
| 23 | The convenience and exclusivity come at a price , though : £1.75 per metre , ex-VAT per day , and electricity costs £2 per day extra . |
| 24 | Tutors will be paid an honorarium for the work done at a rate to be determined annually . |
| 25 | In the illustration a man sat by a fireplace , reading a newspaper , his face obscured , the scene reflected at an angle in the mirror over the mantelpiece . |
| 26 | The upper floors of the storage shed were also at inconvenient levels and the discovery of wholesale decay in this joisted construction supported a policy of removing these elements and replacing them with a new upper-floor set at a level which could be extended into the roundels to give adequate headroom in the new ground-storey rooms , while ensuring that the four upper-storey bedrooms located in these projections had a sufficiently deep vertical wall surface to accommodate conventional windows . |
| 27 | The Pinewood Youth Club youth committee pictured at a meeting on Monday with youth workers Sue Hornsby and Kevin Howpett ( left and second right ) and Val Bethell ( third left ) . |
| 28 | An analysis of feminine and masculine symbolism delivered at a conference on ‘ archetypology ’ characterizes ‘ inversion by double negation ’ as ‘ typical of the imaginative function in its descending aspect of depth , night , femininity , container which becomes contained , swallower which becomes swallowed ’ as opposed to the ‘ upward masculine aspect ’ ( 109/503 ) . |
| 29 | It welcomed the direction CNAA discussions were going , held a joint meeting to discuss the CDP 's ideas , but the Committee learned at a meeting in June 1975 that the CNAA had not supported a CDP paper on ‘ accreditation ’ . |
| 30 | An inquest jury has returned an open verdict on the death of a baby girl killed at a playgroup . |