Example sentences of "[vb base] at [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They guess at only the tip of the iceberg of what is going on in these firms . |
| 2 | Cold dark-matter particles move slowly — hot ones move at nearly the speed of light . |
| 3 | I do not claim any more for these criteria than that they raise at least the possibility of a belief being affirmable . |
| 4 | The free Church Council , special emergencies apart , will therefore best serve the administration of its city or town , neither by meddlesome interference with it , nor by attempting to be represented as such in its political caucuses , or even on its administrative boards ; but by training men who , representing its views and coming under its influence , have at once the strength of character and the breadth of conception , which will cause them to secure its great ends … in the ordinary arena of public life . |
| 5 | Hibs , while not exactly setting the place alight , have at least the comfort of knowing that a win would lift them above St Johnstone and back into the top half of the table . |
| 6 | Evil men may be reborn as sub-human animals , but virtuous men have at least the prospect that they may escape from the cycle of rebirths into the nirvana of final extinction . |
| 7 | Graham , John Taylor and I spend at least the equivalent of a day a week on cycling matters . |