Example sentences of "at a [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Indeed , at a certain point the stories come to seem almost like pauses , moments of reflection perhaps , in a wider discourse that envelopes the written word , such as to make the readers of Celati 's narrative acknowledge something in common with Palomar listening to his blackbirds , uncertain which part of their communication is language , which silence . |
| 2 | But Hans Geissbehler from its agro-division says : ‘ At a certain point the responsibility of the company ends . ’ |
| 3 | The new sociology of culture can be seen as the convergence , and at a certain point the transformation , of two clear tendencies : one within general social thought and then specifically sociology ; the other within cultural history and analysis . |
| 4 | These were then collated and summarised by a planning group with copies made available for all in order to encourage further dialogue , debate and reflection at a second conversation the following evening . |
| 5 | It is an opportunity to experience at a practical level the pleasures of creating a piece of work or joining and dance . |
| 6 | High winds and snowfalls have , however , grounded at a lower level the powerful US Navy Sea Stallion helicopters used to transport the slabs . |
| 7 | At a separate meeting the then Japanese Foreign Minister Sosuke Uno expressed regret that Takeshita 's remarks had not been fully understood , but " seriously " accepted Qian 's view . |
| 8 | A very thick hard rail , which you can hardly get your hand around , is often used in the mid-sections of a race board where speed is important , since when the board is sailed at a slight angle the thick rail digs in providing more lateral resistance and thereby helping the daggerboard . |
| 9 | For example , through our Science across the World programme , any BP site can offer to a science class at a neighbouring school the chance to exchange data with other schools linked to BP almost anywhere in the world . |
| 10 | Although I was walking at a normal pace the impact stunned me . |
| 11 | She had been married and divorced , had had fifteen lovers , give or take a little , had been to the United States seventeen times , to Africa twice , explored from a car or at a leisurely pace the capitals of Europe , twice circled the world , done the ‘ sophisticated ’ things but left undone so many ordinary things . |
| 12 | For a given set of motor and drive parameters at a fixed speed the only variable in Eqn . |
| 13 | This examination will test at a higher level the linguistic skills and business knowledge tested at the Second Level . |
| 14 | To help cover the import bills Miles would take half the orders around the corner into Soho where at a higher price the proprietor of a dirty book shop would retail them to less artistically minded purchasers . |
| 15 | The news agency Interfax reported on July 5 that at a joint meeting the two opposition movements , Birlik and Erk , had decided on joint action , acknowledging that the differences in approach between them since Erk 's split from Birlik in late 1989 had played into the hands of the government . |
| 16 | Thus , because its shares trade at a low price the company will need to issue a larger number of them to raise a given amount of capital than would otherwise be the case . |
| 17 | At a recent meeting the Local Joint Working Party considered the appropriate grades for the above posts . |
| 18 | At a two-day congress the Polish Co-operative Movement agreed to become a political party , it was reported on Dec. 16 , 1989 . |
| 19 | At a macro level the decisions could involve the option of a reduction in the number of teachers and the closing of some schools , which keeps the cost per child constant and reduces total expenditure ; or the improvement of educational standards through reducing the number of pupils per teacher and therefore increasing unit costs . |
| 20 | At a superficial level the recent history of population in Britain conveys an almost static picture . |
| 21 | It is extremely unlikely that there will be any difficulty — at a general election the returns to the writs will have identified the winners and , nowadays , the oath is unlikely to present any problems , although it has in the past . |
| 22 | At a general level the answer is easy ; it is because their families are unable to look after them , control them or because they cause them to be ‘ at risk ’ . |
| 23 | At a personal level the visit had obviously been a great success , but Napoleon III came away without any specific extension of the Entente and he left the British Ministers unconvinced of his desire for peace and stability in Europe . |
| 24 | He preferred to count what rugby had given him , as he remarked to his squad when the tourists handed out their thank-you presents at a private party the morning after the Second Test . |
| 25 | This means that if , for example , the cooking cycle is programmed for two-and-a-half minutes at a required temperature the machine will adjust to compensate for the fall in temperature which occurs when a frozen or chilled food will have been cooked for two-and-a-half minutes at the correct temperature . |
| 26 | Assuming that the contributions are made during the five years the child is at a fee-paying school the difference in total cost works out at £43,000 at an investment return of 13 per cent , compared with £58,320 at 8.5 per cent . |
| 27 | There we walked through the Green Dragon to the force , at a hundred feet the longest unbroken waterfall in England , and known to freeze into a massive ice tube in winter — Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy visited the spot and were impressed by its grandeur , so much so that William , ever the florid poet , wrote ebulliently to Coleridge , describing the visit : |
| 28 | At a seated dinner the speakers are usually at the top table and the microphone is nearby and can be handed to each speaker . |
| 29 | Overall , with the possible exception of Planning Applications , most references were subject-based , and , although in broad terms certain subject matters were the same , at a working level the information needs were totally dissimilar , reflected in the manner of structuring the reference codes . |
| 30 | What healers seem to be able to do , to put it simply , is to allay at a subconscious level the negative feelings which stop sick people recovering . |