Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coelurosaurs , he said , normally walked at 5 mph but could run at up to 8 mph . |
| 2 | The buses can run at up to 100 km/h . |
| 3 | The project was initially for three years , and will therefore run at least until 1993 . |
| 4 | And erm which I 'll never look at again at all . |
| 5 | He predicts that this cancellation effect will last into the 1990s , after which the effect of CFCs will dominate at least in mid latitudes of the northern hemisphere . |
| 6 | Which explanation , she was sure , had deceived neither Mama nor Papa , for both of them had written saying that if she needed them they would come at once after all . |
| 7 | Snow is a good insulator , and the temperature inside a snow cave will remain at just above freezing , regardless of the temperature outside . |
| 8 | Some farmers were told that they could either settle at once for 60 per cent of what was due to them , or wait three years to fight for the full amount . |
| 9 | There is too the fact that the original letter or document is charged with an emotion , an urgency , and an immediacy , to which the later printed record can never pretend At least for some — and probably for more than is generally imagined — the original document , letter or journal is the best door into the past . |
| 10 | But it is worth noting that though the problems this produces for validation of theory are still not resolved in the social sciences , some researchers comfort themselves with the argument that different theories may agree at least on common working definitions , while a significant body of methodological writers has learnt to love the thorny creature by arguing ( after Max Weber ) that the theory- or value-component is a crucial positive factor in social-science explanation . |
| 11 | Runners compete to win the cheese which can roll at up to 70 mph . |