Example sentences of "at [adj] [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Average maintenance is running at fifty pounds a week . |
| 2 | If I had twenty seven quid 's worth at fifty P a litre that 's fifty two fifty two ? |
| 3 | This sea-floor spreading , as the phenomenon is known , is happening at an impressive rate : near the Galapagos Islands the sea-floor is expanding at eight inches a year ; down by Easter Island , by nine inches . |
| 4 | The broadcast was subsequently distributed on record at eight shillings a disk . |
| 5 | At each Hour a verse from the hymn is followed by a prayer which acknowledges this and sees the Incarnation as the means by which all men , both living and dead , can be united : The office thus daily rehearsed the historical story of the Passion of Christ and its significance in such a way that it is constantly renewed in human awareness through both the linear and cyclical experience of the passing of time . |
| 6 | They hesitated , looked at each other a bit sheepishly and Bill songed away Just a Little Less Harder Than Before . |
| 7 | At each level a comparison is being made of performance between the pre-protection ( 1924-31 ) and post-protection ( 1931-37 ) period . |
| 8 | HAMLET : ( To ROS ) Mark you , Guildenstern ( Uncertainly to GUIL ) and you too ; at each ear a hearer . |
| 9 | instead of laying down detailed action at each step a plan may allow for flexibility or contingencies . |
| 10 | However , at lower energies a phenomenon called spontaneous symmetry breaking is invoked to explain the fact that the photon has zero rest mass , whereas the W + , W - , and Z are all very massive . |
| 11 | as if to increase my terror , there came at that instant a pause in the electric war overhead . |
| 12 | At that hour a cab would be ages getting through the twisting streets of the old city and across the Thames to Rotherhithe . |
| 13 | If only we could know for sure , but at that moment a guard came in and took away the television . |
| 14 | Just at that moment a man staggered out of the door of the bank ; when he saw the tableau of police and soldiers in front of him , he threw his arms up in the air . |
| 15 | At that moment a man in an old black coat rushed in . |
| 16 | At that moment a policeman arrived and took Oliver by the collar . |
| 17 | There used to be a programme that introduced new records on the radio , and my father was sailing somewhere and he had this little transistor all primed up , and he said proudly to his friend , ‘ This is my sons ’ record' and at that moment a wave hit the boat and the radio went overboard . |
| 18 | At that moment a clap of thunder exploded directly overhead as the storm burst and rain began beating noisily against the outside of the house . |
| 19 | At that moment a child 's bone snapped . |
| 20 | There were many records of such manifestations , from reliable and intelligent observers , who had often described the curious incident before they could possibly have heard bad news from India or Australia , where at that moment a friend 's life was endangered . |
| 21 | They collapsed into each other 's arms and at that moment a group of callow youths stomped past , bigger than the girls and ferocious looking . |
| 22 | At that moment a rainbow appeared in the sky . |
| 23 | At that moment a rock moved under his right foot and he went under . |
| 24 | At that moment a pigeon with a stump for one leg hirpled past . |
| 25 | ‘ I m-m-must wait until the contraband is actually handed over , ’ thought the Captain , and at that moment a boat loomed into view out of the misty night . |
| 26 | He made it clear that at that point a judgement would be taken as to whether the draft treaty was acceptable or not . |
| 27 | At that time a variety of the women 's presses were mooting ideas for conventional anthologies of Black writing in the UK . |
| 28 | Ray was at that time a member of the Morris Side and would be very glad to hear from any of his contemporaries , although his style of dancing is rather different these days . |
| 29 | The footpath went over the hatches to the Mill , at that time a bone-mill which produced a terrible smell that pervaded a wide area , rather spoiling the lovely spot . |
| 30 | In the nineteen seventies I ran a school primary team , and at that time a woman refereeing football was quite a novelty . |