Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at a [adj] level " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if there 's any er er erm thought that the er ombudsman complaints were running at a high level as far as this committee 's interest were concerned , I can confirm that that is n't in fact the case . |
| 2 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |
| 3 | Out of this it was agreed that services ( unemployment relief , pensions , education , etc. ) were provided at a similar level to those in Britain and if there was any money left , an ‘ imperial contribution ’ was paid towards the cost of common services such as the armed forces and the cost of conducting foreign policy . |
| 4 | In September 1871 Japan concluded a commercial treaty with China , under which consular jurisdiction was to operate in both countries , tariffs were fixed at a low level and there was no most-favoured-nation clause . |
| 5 | But in reality such protests were conducted at a low level in order not to interfere with normal , and reasonably good , relations which British foreign secretaries wished to continue and nurture with the offending nations . |
| 6 | The population were kept at a pre-technological level of civilization , with android advisers to make their lives easy . |
| 7 | The belief expressed was that wage rates were held at a depressed level in the provinces of England compared to London . |
| 8 | Thus violence was sustained at a high level by American capitals ‘ first great offensive against labor ’ from the late-nineteenth century to the 1920s . |
| 9 | A few seconds later a second flock was seen at a higher level and directly in the aircraft 's flight path . |
| 10 | This effect could not be attributed to different patterns of intonation in the two conditions ( Zurif and Mendelsohn , 1972 ) which implies that the effect was mediated at a syntactic level . |
| 11 | The only disturbance to the peace of this natural sanctuary occurred 120 years ago when a spectacular railway was laid at a high level across the head of the valley ; this apart , Dentdale today is very much as it was three centuries ago , happily free from modern developments and well content to remain so . |
| 12 | The northern half of the piazza , which was left at a lower level to accommodate a pedestrian subway ( unbuilt as yet ) to the nearby Forum des Halles shopping centre , will be filled in . |
| 13 | If a decision that he regarded as properly belonging to himself was taken at a lower level ( even by the prime minister ) , he invariably administered a sharp rebuke . |