Example sentences of "[vb base] at a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spring , either dig up the shrub and replant at a deeper level , or mound soil round its base so that only the upper half of stems is exposed . |
| 2 | On alternate days walk at a slower pace to help you build up a regular habit of walking . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if we look at a later decision-making episode in the same project when the pupils are temporarily in role as Indians who have to decide whether or not to receive a white stranger into their midst ( p. 53 ) , this is more likely to have been played seriously as a real game for by then the children , after several lessons on the same project , were steeped in the material sufficiently deeply to respect the rich complexity of the problem . |
| 4 | One mechanical method of damping the single-step response is to introduce additional viscous friction ( torque proportional to speed ) , so that the rotor oscillations decay at a faster rate ( Kent , 1973 ) . |
| 5 | And that means they arrive at a slower rate ! ’ |
| 6 | They would therefore be bunched up and arrive at a faster rate . |
| 7 | Following the path , continue down to the charming sunken alpinum of 1800 and arrive at a further part of the Hunger Wall . |
| 8 | Thus , when the UK figure rises the Scottish figure will also rise but at a higher rate and likewise decrease at a faster rate when the UK figure falls . |
| 9 | But in the same period the Government has increased the rate of national insurance contributions from 6.5 to 9 per cent , and , because these rates start at a lower threshold than taxation , the net effect has been to mitigate the changes in income tax . |
| 10 | Such an ability would be of more than merely theoretical interest : there are specialists , detectives one might almost say , who can take enormous quantities of program in a lower-level language ( not binary numbers , but normally machine code or something a little ‘ higher ’ ) and make plausible guesses as to what they actually do at a higher level of description ; or rather , given that they are told what the program was designed to do , work out how it accomplished the task and by what ‘ higher-level ’ steps . |
| 11 | Many of these stalwarts could , I am sure , play at a higher level of football and we are lucky that their devotion to the club and my management skills keep them here . |
| 12 | Other genes change at a higher rate , presumably because natural selection is more tolerant of variations in them . |
| 13 | There is little doubt that their handwriting skills develop at a slower pace than their linguistic skills . |
| 14 | Despite expressions of indignation by members of the Republican Party , Perot maintained his claim and promised to provide proof of the dirty tricks campaign at a later point . |
| 15 | But broadcasting costs are more volatile than other costs and also rise at a faster rate so that even a licence fee increase which keeps up with general costs is an actual real decrease in its total value . |
| 16 | His rivals work at a quieter pitch , making art that is predominantly abstract . |
| 17 | There 15 some evidence that children perform at a higher level in their reading when they are really interested in what they are reading about ( Belloni and Jongsma , 1978 ) , and project work would seem an ideal area in which this could happen . |
| 18 | I shall update you with any changes which occur at a later date . |