Example sentences of "[to-vb] at a [adj] level " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has recently been a sharp rise of interest in artificial intelligence — very broadly the attempt to write computer programs to work at a human level of intelligence and performance in such tasks as identifying and recognising objects in cluttered environments , understanding ordinary human languages such as English , or diagnosing what is wrong in cases of human illness or machine failure . |
| 2 | Any movements of base level set the sea to work at a different level and the processes of subaerial erosion to grade to the new level . |
| 3 | If we want to work at a high level of stress , however , anywhere near the potential strength of glass for instance , we must be prepared to keep the surface free from even the most microscopic cracks for , if even one crack is allowed to exceed the Griffith length , which may be only about a thousand Ångströms , catastrophic failure will occur . |
| 4 | If there are doubts about the search firm 's ability to work at a senior level , say to find a chief executive , the client may well invite two or three firms in to pitch competitively and see who has the best overall track record and appears most attractive and experienced to the Board . |
| 5 | Some of our SPECIALIST WEEKENDS allow you to work at an ADVANCED LEVEL . |
| 6 | Child care is one obvious example , but there are also the many day-to-day tasks which enable households to be maintained and to function at a reasonable level of efficiency . |
| 7 | Surely the fact that teachers are at the ‘ formal operational ’ stage does not mean that they prefer to discuss at an abstract level ! |
| 8 | It is an opportunity to experience at a practical level the pleasures of creating a piece of work or joining and dance . |
| 9 | As a result of this the club has been able to run at a constant level of activity . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You have got to enjoy yourself to be able to complete at a top level and I still love my running . |
| 12 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 13 | In Britain , water tables are expected to remain at a low level throughout the summer . |
| 14 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 15 | Recruitment clearly has to continue at a high level so as to maintain C&P 's scientific excellence [ and relevance ! ] . |
| 16 | It 's far better to undertrain at a consistent level rather than to overtrain , which inevitably leads to staleness and possibly injury . |
| 17 | I mean , I do I do take your point about the culture , and it and it 's it is a significant issue , which will take some time , I mean , probably wi with your experience in Social Services you 'll know that a substantial number of directors of Social Services are in fact female , and maybe one of the questions that we have to ask at a senior level is , our s senior erm , chief officers , erm , the fact that we 've got no woman , chief officer , and it may well be because now that we 've got an equal opportunities policy , that we may get applications from erm , very able women who see that we have got a clear commitment to equal opportunities demonstrated in this paper . |
| 18 | In a review which is intended to operate at an institutional level , it is of considerable importance that it should be seen that way by those taking part . |
| 19 | In these subjects the OR continued to occur at a high level throughout training , a result suggesting that a stimulus that fails to predict its consequences reliably will continue to receive some form of processing . |