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

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1 Now I think the landscape issue and by landscape I mean er landscape and ecology , is capable of assessment at a strategic level , that 's why we have er National Parks , A O N Bs and so on .
2 This effectively destroyed any chance of progress at a crucial stage in the negotiations , it meant the collapse of the so-called ‘ Finlandisation ’ option .
3 Indeed , getting proposals through is a test of virility for some executives , so notions of change at a late stage in the policy-making process are unreal .
4 There 's a wide range of products at a wide range of prices , and deciding which to go for can be a difficult decision … and an expensive one to get wrong .
5 It is possible that these differences reflect the availability of suitable timber , but it is difficult at present to determine the extent of woodland at a sufficient level of detail .
6 Culturally this interaction is crucial , for it defines the social relations of artists at a different level from that of most other kinds of production .
7 Some years ago I discussed my beliefs with a learned Professor of Agriculture at a leading university .
8 He could glean from each category what was happening and , of course at a convenient time , he would test the aircraft itself and then put it on line so that the bombload could be installed before mid-afternoon or early evening .
9 It must also be remembered that a written admission of liability at an early stage could have dire consequences if the third party 's medical condition , without warning , drastically deteriorates and such deterioration is not due to a NOVUS ACTUS
10 There is little , if any , analysis of why particular attitudes and behaviours have developed , of the ways in which cultures are related to and continuously reinforced by the wider structural position of particular groups ; the ways in which cultures can be a rational response to the social position of groups at a particular time .
11 With strict control over the internal movement of people inside Japan , and a strictly enforced system of social hierarchy , it is not difficult to see how the identity of groups at a local level might be maintained .
12 What the seller now has is something of immediate value — the undertaking of the buyer to pay a certain sum of money at a future date .
13 Another of Mr. Talbot 's activities was the loaning of money at a fair old rate of interest but he did not believe in spending a penny to smarten his premises from which the paint was peeling so badly that bare wood was revealed .
14 Second , the affirmation of the right was to ensure that the unification of different peoples was voluntary , part of a well-founded democracy and ensuring the equality of nations at a particular stage in Russian history , the bourgeois revolution .
15 This is particularly necessary if you are using either the VHS-C or Video 8 formats ; unlike the ubiquitous standard VHS cassettes which can be bought just about anywhere , the availability of the mini-format cassettes tends to be patchy and you risk running out of tape at an awkward time .
16 Consider someone 's total state of consciousness at a particular moment , comprising various perceptual experiences , thoughts , imaginings , feelings and so forth .
17 As I see it , it is conveying the intellectual achievements and excitements of palaeontology at a level appropriate to that part of the population who enjoy Life on Earth and Horizon on television .
18 More senior posts were employed as tools of patronage at a higher level , for they might be the object of the ambition of a substantial freeholder with his own political interest , whose support might be of value to the Administration directly .
19 They agreed to try to express any feelings of animosity at an early stage , rather than harbouring them until they exploded .
20 The shibboleth of the DM3 standard should not stand in the way of entry at a realistic level , which would probably be at around DM2.80 to the pound .
21 Enterprise democracy , that is , was presented as the complement to social planning of investment at a national or even supra-national level .
22 Liley , with a try , five penalties and two conversions at Welford Road on Saturday , is already ahead of Hare at an equivalent stage in the Leicester programme .
23 CAN you imagine a situation at a cemetery — the funeral procession arriving , formally attired people getting out of cars at a marked spot , but some of these well-dressed mourners removing their jackets , rolling up sleeves , unloading picks and spades from the boot and starting to dig the grave ; possibly with the professionals cum gardeners watching from a distance and gloating at the mess these amateurs are making ?
24 A further 25 Mb of data at a 1 : 3 000 000 scale will also be stored .
25 That such discrepancies arise is due to compilation of data at a local scale and its subsequent incautious use to derive estimates at a regional scale .
26 Thus , the final decision on segmentation and labelling is made as a result of recognition at a higher level .
27 Now imagine a source of light at a constant distance from us , such as a star , emitting waves of light at a constant frequency .
28 Now imagine a source of light at a constant distance from us , such as a star , emitting waves of light at a constant frequency .
29 In RFS a parallel beam of light at a single frequency ( or energy ) from a tunable laser is directed at the atoms .
30 To do so , it is necessary briefly to increase the rate of insertion of bricks at a particular point in the house — the roof — without changing the rate of removal ; bricks thus accumulate as the chimney is constructed .
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