Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice . |
| 2 | I have looked at quite a few , but there have not been any which have struck me as being ‘ the one ’ . |
| 3 | … no inconsiderable sacrifice to put in the time and effort that this sort of work requires , particularly when , as I fear has been the case so far , it has to be pursued at rather a breakneck speed . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) Under CA 1985 , s131(1) merger relief ( see para 23.1.5 below ) will be available " … where the issuing company has secured at least a 90 per cent equity holding in another company in pursuance of an arrangement providing for the allotment of equity shares in the issuing company on terms that the consideration for the shares allotted is to be provided ( a ) by the issue or transfer to the issuing company of equity shares in the other company … |
| 5 | Finally , for all the majesty of his presidential rule , de Gaulle himself had undergone at least a partial " desanctification " in the years after 1962 . |
| 6 | They think it 's the same teenager who 's made at least a dozen calls to the police and a hospital in Lincolnshire she sometimes uses the name Cindy and sometimes Linda . |
| 7 | As we 've just heard in the headlines Nottinghamshire police have taken the unusual step of releasing a recording of a girl they believe has made at least a dozen calls claiming she 's given birth . |
| 8 | They think it 's the same teenager who 's made at least a dozen calls to the police and a hospital in Lincolnshire since reporting the birth at the weekend . |
| 9 | They think it 's the same teenager who 's made at least a dozen calls to the police and a hospital in Lincolnshire since reporting the birth at the weekend . |
| 10 | Three out of four children are aware of cigarettes before they reach the age of 5 whether the parents smoke or not ; at 10 years old as many as 40% of boys and 28% of girls have had at least a few puffs of a cigarette [ 1 ] and about one third of those who become regular smokers have started before age 9 [ 2 ] . |
| 11 | If they had dominated I expect they would have had at least a few more ( in 20 mins ) . |
| 12 | Scotch whisky is produced at over a hundred distilleries , widely scattered , but the greatest concentration of the industry is along the River Spey and its tributaries . |
| 13 | The terminal explosion over Tunguska is typically estimated to have occurred at roughly an atmospheric scale height H 8.4km . |
| 14 | If one were to count heads , particularly among younger economists , Keynesian ideas were being eclipsed at quite an astonishing speed . |
| 15 | It works particularly awkwardly for married women at any age , since they may be employed at quite a different level from their husbands , or not at all . |
| 16 | Undercutting , polishing and pitting up to about 3 m ( 10 ft ) confirms that wind has played at least an important part in their development , while their restriction to areas of erodible sandstone providing a large amount of material for sand blasting also strongly suggests the part played by the wind . |
| 17 | The most dramatic of these increases in percentage terms are , not surprisingly , to be found where the earlier payment was small , as at Lavenham , Totnes and Tiverton , but even major centres such as Norwich and Coventry , which had been assessed at quite a high level in 1334 , showed a percentage increase above the national average . |
| 18 | As a result of our involvement , however , it would appear that the NCT is little known at either a national or local level . |
| 19 | Clerical and administrative backup were provided at only a modest level . |
| 20 | In the examination itself , divide up the time on the basis of how the marks are likely to be distributed ; if you run out of time for your first answer , quickly sketch a conclusion and move on to the next question , so that you have provided at least a general indication of work in all the questions . |
| 21 | Research institutes seem to have found at least a temporary solution to their problems . |
| 22 | However , while you have been reading the book , you will have converted at least a thousand calories of ordered energy , in the form of food , into disordered energy , in the form of heat that you lose to the air around you by convection and sweat . |
| 23 | Where revolutionary committees existed much of their impetus reflected the organizing ability of the party which , by capitalizing on the natural and man-made disasters of flood and terrible famine which may have left at least a million dead , and on Vietminh seizure and distribution of rice from guarded granaries , was able to discredit existing authority , both French and Japanese . |
| 24 | This perhaps supports the criticism that the Queen 's advisers should not have allowed her to be urged into an immediate invitation to Lord Home and that she should have taken at least a little time fully to apprise herself of the changing political situation and of the views of the Conservative leadership , as it was then emerging . |
| 25 | Do n't you realise it 's taken at least a hundred years for that to grow ? |
| 26 | In miles per second that 's not so easy , but humans have travelled at perhaps a few tens of miles per second in a spacecraft . |
| 27 | The death by drowning of a girl who worked for a Minister of the Crown and who died after dining at the restaurant where the Minister 's wife was also dining , whether or not he himself was present , would normally have justified at least a brief paragraph in one of the national papers . |
| 28 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
| 29 | Many more parents became governors , governing bodies changed in their size and balance of membership and they were given at least a formal opportunity to exercise greater control over the conduct of a school . |
| 30 | well — there is still some kind of hope ( NOT ! i guess ) — but i still ca n't see why he was not even given at least a whole second-half this season . |