Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [art] [adv] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall start by considering in section 4.3 some variables which are characteristic of Belfast English , but which seem to function at a somewhat higher level of generality than those that we have mentioned so far — as identity markers for the community as a whole rather than for internal differentiation within it . |
| 2 | As a result , changes have occurred in adoption procedures , and couples have to apply to adopt at a much younger age , and go through rigorous and lengthy assessment procedures . |
| 3 | CLO patients who did smoke started to smoke at a slightly later age , smoked for fewer years , and accumulated fewer pack years of smoking than the severe reflux oesophagitis group . |
| 4 | If we can trust the figures which suggest that Christians tended to marry at a notably higher age than their pagan contemporaries , Christianity would appear to have reinforced these shifts towards marriage as a more personal and free partnership of equals . |
| 5 | Her eyes were rolling with terror as she began to struggle to free herself from the tenacious , sucking mud — struggles that only served to hasten the process and cause her to sink at an even greater rate . |
| 6 | In the coming two years sales are targeted to continue at an even faster rate , contributing an extra 9.5 billion to the Exchequer by April 1988 . |