Example sentences of "[vb past] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes your heart beat at an invigorating pace . |
| 2 | I can tell him , however , that over the 1980s GDP per head in this country rose at an average rate of nearly 2 per cent . |
| 3 | Revised figures show that Britain 's GDP rose at an annual rate of 1.4% in the first quarter , up from the original estimate of 1.1% . |
| 4 | Prices rose at an annual rate of 4% last month , up from 3.8% in April and their quickest pace of increase since March last year . |
| 5 | I therefore set about devising a better mathematical treatment , which I described at an informal seminar in Oxford at the end of November 1973 . |
| 6 | This enabled them once again to draw up a profile of those high-risk subjects who developed schizophrenia , which turned out to be similar to that reported at an earlier stage of the research . |
| 7 | Volkov stopped at an all-night cafe . |
| 8 | In positive terms , Roscoe Pound tried at an early stage to provide a concise , if rather general , statement of what realism stood for : |
| 9 | The same groups of women are at risk : those of a promiscuous nature , and particularly those whose first sexual intercourse occurred at an early age . |
| 10 | This occurred at an end-of-season game where a large crowd was gathered to celebrate the team 's promotion to the second division . |
| 11 | He officiated at an official weigh-in which launched biscuit backstamper Pat Bennett 's slimathon to shed three stones before the August Potters ' Holiday . |
| 12 | In the evening we ate at an Indian restaurant opposite the hotel . |
| 13 | The incident came at an awkward time , preceding by a few days a visit by the Chief Rabbi . |
| 14 | Both meetings came at an important time in Russia 's relationship with the rest of the world and at a critical time for world peace and stability . |
| 15 | Now , a tale of mysterious goings-on in the Bronze Age.New evidence uncovered at an archaeological dig suggests it may have been the site of ritual human sacrifices . |
| 16 | Magdy Yacoub was summoned , and decided the only way to save the man would be to boost his heart with part of a cardiac support system that Yacoub borrowed at an international congress last October . |
| 17 | We arrived at an other dam around noon ; water was rushing over the huge rocks and it was too risky to try to paddle across so the canoes were lined across . |
| 18 | Night fell , and after walking a few more miles down country roads , they finally arrived at an old house standing alone by a river . |
| 19 | Eventually they arrived at an enormous kitchen . |
| 20 | Several banks and insurance companies explored the possibility of creating locally-based groups of older people , linked through glossy magazines , but they withdrew at an early stage . |
| 21 | The OECD Economic Outlook indicated that the trade deficit in the USA stabilized at an annual rate $5,000 million lower than in the second half of 1988 . |
| 22 | While the country 's heritage vanished at an ever-faster rate , our town centres would sprout cosmeticized precincts and flower boxes and hold congratulatory receptions . |
| 23 | Occupation outside the main fort at Ilchester clearly began at an early date and probably included native elements . |
| 24 | MOLLY SCRUTTON 's interest in movement began at an early age and led her to join a junior dance group and later a gymnastics club . |
| 25 | The plan for Shotover was simple ; stretching along an axis from west to east , it began at an octagonal pond , leading to an obelisk , then the house itself . |
| 26 | The primary purpose of the GSP is to produce a comprehensive database on the concentration of up to 30 elements in stream sediments ( or soil samples in the absence of drainage ) collected at an average density of I per km² ; throughout Great Britain . |
| 27 | Alison Rubenstein discovered at an early age that if you want to get on in the world and have a good career , hard work is not enough — qualifications can also be a great help . |
| 28 | ( 1966 : 72 ) recognized such unobtrusive measures have found favour in field-work and I discovered at an early stage that the problem remains one of revealing the structural warts of the system while somehow indicating that this need not be seditious ; and indeed might even be of some value . |
| 29 | He never visited the local pub ; he shopped at an anonymous supermarket in the county town ; he kept his house startlingly neat , but never invited anyone there . |
| 30 | The one who had accompanied him chasing the car simply glowered in the direction it had gone , while the other one , who had n't fired a shot , writhed by the roadside , trying to clutch a leg which trailed at an unnatural angle . |