Example sentences of "and [noun pl] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mila III ’ is powered with MTU 6V395TB93 diesels , 2–40 KW Northern Lights generator sets , and cruises at a comfortable 17 knots . |
| 2 | To accommodate the former a whole range of speculative buildings appeared , largely the product of individual estimates of need and attempts at a quick profit . |
| 3 | Men 's skin is thicker than woman 's and ages at a slower rate . |
| 4 | It is all too easy to get foreign bodies into the pipe , which will wreak havoc with pumps and valves at a later date . , . |
| 5 | He had lopped off the leaves and twigs at a joint so that it made a very crude crutch . |
| 6 | James Brady is just one of hundreds of experts and survivors at a top level conference on brain injuries . |
| 7 | Like its Gulf neighbours , Oman has undergone a dramatic transformation from underdevelopment to a modern oil economy , building roads , housing , hospitals and schools at a great speed . |
| 8 | Just make sure that each person has not used York before and lives at a different address . |
| 9 | The geodesic surface is spanned by geodesics tangential to the 1 and 2-axes at a given point , and for simplicity the frame at this point is taken to be one which is in free fall . |
| 10 | He turned away , making his way across to the great hallway of the hospital , his guards and retainers at a respectful distance . |
| 11 | We 've got to be able to set out the implications of the decisions , that may or may not be made , and priorities at a given time . |
| 12 | Although people cut down fats and sugar in the 1980s following official advice , there were more fat and very fat people in 1987 than in 1980 , Dr David Buss told nutritionists and doctors at a Royal College of Physicians conference in London . |
| 13 | They would be sending out radiation and particles at a steady rate . |
| 14 | Staff and pupils at a primary school which was destroyed by fire have been celebrating the opening of a new building . |
| 15 | The bar beside the large pool and sun terrace functions from June to August and serves snacks and drinks at a reasonable price throughout the day . |
| 16 | This is vital if we are to continue to lose weight and inches at a satisfactory rate , and essential if we are not to return to our previous shape . |
| 17 | STAFF and students at a local boys ' school are preparing to thrill audiences with their latest drama . |
| 18 | If the upkeep of a garden is getting too much for an elderly person , and finance and willing helpers can be found , a suggestion that it should be paved , with a few easily managed tubs of flowers and shrubs at a convenient height , is often an acceptable idea . |
| 19 | PRESIDENT F. W. de Klerk was pelted with bottles and stones at a major political rally yesterday in Mitchells Plain , South Africa 's biggest coloured township . |