Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I maintained my height over this , diving the extra off , rounded out and touched down at about 250 metres into the field .
2 Abdi Aden Ibrahim , a Somali driver , said rioters near the US embassy told him that troops there had gunned down at least six people .
3 Abdi Aden Ibrahim , a Somali driver , said rioters near the US embassy told him that troops there had gunned down at least six people .
4 Argentinian anti-aircraft fire had brought down at least one Harrier pilot before the gun barrels were depressed and turned against the Paras .
5 The neck joints on both these guitars are superb ; often there 's a yawning gap down at least one side of the neck , but here everything is very snug .
6 Because crossing the stitches causes some resistance you will need to knit a few rows , then ladder down at least one stitch at both sides of the number of stitches marked for cabling .
7 ‘ So , ’ Leith swallowed down at least four contradictions she could have lobbed at him , and queried sarcastically instead , ‘ what would you like to talk about ? ’
8 It is believed that before his death Claud ‘ Hamish ’ Hamilton had shot down at least five aircraft over Malta .
9 Killion raced down at almost three times the German 's speed , and saw his shots plucking and smashing at the lumbering fuselage .
10 Luckily this family all weighed in at over 15 grammes … and that means enough fat to see them through the winter .
11 Particles containing the b quark ( bottom particles ) are the heaviest found so far , some weighing in at around 10 times the mass of the proton .
12 Amongst the challenges faced by P&O Distribution was the task of moving two giant bronze hands , weighing in at around five tonnes and valued at £50,000 safely through the heart of London to their resting place at one of the entrances to Chelsea Harbour .
13 It should come in at around 45 Specint 92 and top out at around 60 .
14 Recipes for this " black tart stuff " as it was called appear in at least two cookery books of the second half of the seventeenth century .
15 But it does mention them in at least two contexts , one is when you 're measuring noise when it says that changes of twenty five percent should be recorded .
16 And he will appear in at least one feature film for Columbia , which Sony owns .
17 In contrast , Boro boss Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ I 'll be looking to bring in at least one signing before the next match . ’
18 Children need exercise too and should be encouraged to participate in at least one sport .
19 The footballer as sex symbol was not exactly new — Dixie Dean had been the subject of female interest and cited in at least one paternity suit — but the avidity of the press for salacious gossip and the relentless pursuit of young footballers , who were suddenly rich and emotionally immature , was new .
20 INTRODUCED GAME BIRDS : Among numerous species of game birds from Asia and North America which have been introduced into the region from time to time , these have established themselves in at least one area , the pheasants in woodlands .
21 The decision to convert for NetWare is customer-driven , he said — with NetWare 's 60% to 70% market share in both Europe and the US , Informix can be sure that Novell 's operating system will be running in at least one department in the majority of companies .
22 Again , the decision to convert for NetWare is customer-driven , he said — with NetWare 's 60% to 70% market share in both Europe and the US , Informix can be sure that Novell 's operating system will be running in at least one department in the majority of companies .
23 Remember , too , that you must check in at least 1 hour before take off .
24 Remember you must check in at least 1 hour 30 minutes before take off for most flights .
25 Such schemes were an attempt to accommodate the desire of many older people to continue in at least part-time work and to find new ways of continuing the older tradition of gradual transition from full-time work to full retirement .
26 The uni-male harem occurs in at least three kinds of population dispersion pattern .
27 " Ali Yegani ( Sinaneddin Yusuf : d. 945/1538–9 ) who taught in at least three medreses before reaching the Iznik medrese where , in about 921–2/1515–16 , he was receiving 45 akce a day .
28 Newens 's views were perhaps influenced by his contacts with Ceauşescu and he had written or edited at least three books about Ceauşescu : Nicolae Ceauşescu — the Man , His Ideas and the Achievements on the Road to Socialism ( which appeared in at least three editions between 1972 and 1978 to satisfy popular demand ) , Talking with Nicolae Ceauşescu , and Nicolae Ceauşescu — The Effort to Create a Modern Romania .
29 He 'd be expecting her to come dragging in at least ten minutes late , with a scowl on her face , unwilling and reluctant .
30 When one looks more closely at the individual creation myths one recognizes that the work will involve more than simple description of the myths themselves ; it will be necessary to go into the societies from which they sprang in at least sufficient detail for the myths to be appreciated in context .
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