Example sentences of "a [adj -er] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a Lower boy at the time I came before the Lower Master . |
| 2 | To end this chapter I would like to return to the question of livestock farming and take a further look at the balance that has to be drawn between animal welfare , conservation and protecting the environment . |
| 3 | The gene is expressed throughout embryogenesis with an increase in the expression level between 3 and 10 h and a further increase at the hatching stage . |
| 4 | After the production 's two-week run in Coventry and a further week at the Oxford Playhouse , Frank Finlay — who played the father who ultimately realizes his failure — left the repertory company for America , where he appeared on Broadway in the short-lived John Osborne/Anthony Creighton play Epitaph for George Dillon . |
| 5 | A further search at the end of February was also unsuccessful . |
| 6 | But when the socialists proposed a further cut at the end of 1945 , he baulked . |
| 7 | It is important that Compacts be designed with sufficient flexibility for those students who are failing at a certain stage , to negotiate re-entry and a further attempt at the goals . |
| 8 | There will be a further report at the next Personnel Meeting on the outcome of the meeting that we held with J C C meeting on the twelfth of January and a further meeting is being fixed up for February . |
| 9 | Looking around at all the there are a whole lot of people who have left the same even border all the way round instead of having an even border top and sides and leaving a bigger border at the bottom . |
| 10 | Spreading the annuity purchase over a period of years will average out rates over that period , but whether this will result in a bigger pension at the end of the day is highly speculative . |
| 11 | The award and the ceremony itself were instigated by the British Fashion Council , which tried every tactic it could -including the setting up of a smarter venue at The Duke of York 's Barracks -to persuade Katharine Hamnett to show in London . |
| 12 | Try using a paler shadow at the inner corner of the lids and blend to a deeper tone on the outside . |
| 13 | Make a larger hole at the other end by working outward around the pin hole . |
| 14 | If you want a V shape section of knitting , enter a small number at the first x and a larger number at the second x . |
| 15 | Britain therefore likes the French idea that the European Council should take on a larger role at the expense of the commission . |
| 16 | By Ian Hargraves TRANMERE Rovers have won Football League backing for a resolution that would give the league power to order a match that has been abandoned , to be restarted at a later date at the point it was called off . |
| 17 | An even better view of it is a later reward at the summit of Carn Dearg , when you can clearly see the sharp high gully that slices Ben Alder in two , with a remarkably large high-level loch nestling between the summit and the top of Beinn Bheoil . |
| 18 | Similar parts for the tre nobilissime giovani Dame ( or a similar group at Mantua ) were composed by a younger musician at the Mantuan court , Claudio Monteverdi , whose Terzo Libro de Madrigali ( 1592 ) includes a number of such pieces exploiting their various skills . |
| 19 | In fact , the British inventor P. J. Packman took the idea a stage further ; he developed a cutter for V-shaped grooves , rather than the U-shaped grooves then considered normal , so he got a deeper groove at the same time . |
| 20 | In addition to single blooms , there are several semi-double and double kinds that open wide and full with a ‘ mop ’ of smaller curled petals at the centre , sometimes shading to a deeper colour at the base that suggests bi-colour , a different and almost foreign appearance . |
| 21 | Many hundreds of Londoners have moved out into the central south region , opting for a cheaper home at the cost of the long journey to work . |
| 22 | Had I met you sooner I doubt I would have entered into it , but Maud 's father is influential and I hope to gain a better position at the hospital on his recommendation . ’ |
| 23 | You do not need a complete conventional circuit with a long downwind leg , although this will obviously give you more time in which to have a better look at the field . |
| 24 | I thought no more of it , and stared vacantly into space , wishing that the weather would improve so that I could have a better look at the scenery . |
| 25 | People were squeezing towards the raised pit to get a better look at the fighting cocks . |
| 26 | Will you be all right with him while I take a better look at the other bloke ? ’ |
| 27 | Nicholson laid it on a piece of black velvet that lay on the work top , allowing his visitors to get a better look at the tiny object . |
| 28 | He moved his head to get a better look at the driver . |
| 29 | You 're not that blonde one I 've noticed driving around and nearly swerved to have a better look at the other day are you ? |
| 30 | A better song at the learning stage does not , for instance , allow it to defend a territory or court females more effectively — although it may well have such a consequence later , after the song has been learnt ( p. 127 ) . |