Example sentences of "[vb infin] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A trader seeking to buy dollars ( for example ) in the forward market will buy at a forward rate which is less advantageous to him ( that is , if the exchange rate is defined as the sterling price of a dollar , f t may be greater than ) . |
| 2 | The other party would then win at a subsequent election , enter office and largely undo the work of its predecessor , implementing instead its own program . |
| 3 | Clearly individuals could survive at a low standard of physical efficiency and in housing which to those accustomed to greater comfort was grossly overcrowded and substandard . |
| 4 | Let us glance at a familiar passage of Scripture : 2 Corinthians 5.16–21 . |
| 5 | The boy will appear at a special sitting of Chesterfield youth court . |
| 6 | A homogeneous population will eventually grow at a steady rate r , which is given by the Euler-Lotka equation , In an asexual population , or a population of sexually reproducing haploids that vary only at a single locus , the outcome of natural selection depends simply on the long-term growth rates associated with each genotype , in the absence of density- or frequency-dependent interactions , each genotype will eventually grow exponentially at a rate that depends on its own life history , given by equation ( 1 ) . |
| 7 | In cross-section ( Fig. 3 ) , the wound front generally has a rounded or only slightly angular profile , rather than the flattened cellular protrusions one might expect at a leading edge that was actively crawling forwards over the exposed mesenchyme . |
| 8 | Please so we can finish at a reasonable hour . |
| 9 | Fourteen two , erm the great problem is it 's easier to get if an afternoon meeting can finish at a reasonable time , then I can probably but erm I think if you , if you 're looking at the clock when home in the evening for a number of reasons it might be then I would this and unless we can sort of put a restricted time on the agenda which is impossible , I can imagine coming down here at two o'clock for the meeting . |
| 10 | National Grid states pylon case in public tome Details of evidence the National Grid Company will give at a public inquiry into plans for pylons across Cleveland and North Yorkshire were published this week . |
| 11 | But these inconveniences can not be related to those which could result at a given moment from the capture by the enemy of three or four battalions , with a loss , by consequence , of several thousands of men . |
| 12 | The choice of starting and finishing places was arbitrary — the desert does not begin at a defined line . |
| 13 | So , if we get trainees graded in the Basic or Premium 3 grades , we will run at a substantial loss . |
| 14 | Trains will run at a 40-minute frequency , with ticket prices at £1.50 adult , and £1.00 child/OAP . |
| 15 | They do n't occur at a uniform rate , but there 's nothing in Darwinism which implies that they should , but I was looking at some data on radiolarians recently in which about every sixty thousand years there 's a population sample — I mean you can estimate and see the rate at which this stuff is building up — and in no occasion in a period of sixty thousand years did the population change by more than about half a standard deviation . |
| 16 | Recently some people have been trying a different approach , seeing if they can change the nature of the atoms such that fusion can occur at a useful rate even at room temperature . |
| 17 | Because the period is not a whole number of years , the next standstill will occur at a different season than its predecessor . |
| 18 | In rural Wales , for example , taking 1938–39 as the year of the ‘ peak ’ network , considerable decline may be seen in route mileage in the first decade up to 1949 , although this did not occur at a constant rate and varied considerably in the north and south of Wales , and according to the specific operating companies considered . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought you might not balk at a straight proposition . ’ |
| 20 | The Pope did officiate at a public mass at the Lighthouse on Oct. 11 . |
| 21 | I want you to come and look at a week-old bull calf . |
| 22 | Bob felt obliged to go and look at a certain number of these places out of politeness . |
| 23 | Let us look at a simple example . |
| 24 | We will also look at a simple form of self-massage to help banish cellulite . |
| 25 | Next we shall look at a long solenoid filled with a high-permeability magnetic material as shown in Fig. 3.9 ( p. 73 ) . |
| 26 | They decide to go and look at a new house they passed earlier in the day . |
| 27 | Run by the Greater London Association of Disabled People , it will look at a broad range of disability issues as they affect disabled women . |
| 28 | In English we will look at a wide variety of different kinds of literature : novels , short stories , drama and poetry — you will be expected to read and understand them , and also to try your hand at writing stories and poems . |
| 29 | You could always look at a small selection of the best furniture on display , chosen by fashion designer Paul Smith and on show at his Avery Row and Floral Street shops from Monday 16 October . |
| 30 | When Rachel was finally writing up her reports at the end of the morning , Nina suddenly called her and asked if she could come and look at a young man who had come in with a skin rash . |