Example sentences of "it [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question then arises as to how this pragmatic enterprise differs , if it differs at all , from the kinds of activity which are customarily carried out under the name of research . |
| 2 | The amazing thing about this second ‘ Carry On ’ was not so much that it succeeded at all , but that it outgrossed the first in the series . |
| 3 | It succeeded at first , but Party Politics ' breathing was still impaired and a second , much more difficult ‘ tie-back ’ operation had to be attempted . |
| 4 | I do n't know if it shuts at five o'clock or what they do or if evening staff come on ? |
| 5 | but then the bell does n't go till nine , although sometimes it goes at two minutes to nine and sometimes it goes at five past nine |
| 6 | And it goes at sixty revolutions to the minute . |
| 7 | but then the bell does n't go till nine , although sometimes it goes at two minutes to nine and sometimes it goes at five past nine |
| 8 | It goes at several different speeds and there are occasional bouts of sour intonation but Brüggen shapes the music — above all , the inner part-writing — less haltingly than Norrington on EMI . |
| 9 | If it goes at different times , it 's a different consignment . |
| 10 | And , although this huge deficit is in large measure a consequence of the fall in tax revenue and the cost of unemployment in the recession , the IFS expect it to remain at this level for some years even if a gradual recovery does take place . |
| 11 | And as it slumped to the stairs , it realised at last that the girl was also somehow connected with the storm . |
| 12 | It involves at one and the same time our understanding of the nature of God , of the nature of humanity , and of the real depths of the life and unity of the universal Church . |
| 13 | The knowledge which it produces at any time is tentative and always open to challenge by further evidence . |
| 14 | The knowledge it produces at any time is tentative and always open to challenge by further evidence . |
| 15 | We have , however , been gathering information on task/standing groups as it arose at various Senior Management meetings . |
| 16 | ‘ It leaves a hell of a hangover , ’ said Mrs Ridley , and Lee felt relieved as if she had been ashamed of her suffering and had had it authenticated at last . |
| 17 | How , if this were a complete picture of the League 's activities , did it survive at all ? |
| 18 | In his book , The Stress Myth , he contradicts the usual assumption that unwanted stress is an inevitable part of life and teaches that instead of looking for ways of dealing with it after it has occurred , we ourselves should take action to prevent it happening at all . |
| 19 | Such successes may be short-lived , but the possibility of it happening at all is a dimension to be considered by the major political parties . |
| 20 | For what it 's worth , it stopped at twelve o'clock . ’ |
| 21 | The stunt was practised in slow motion , before the cameras rolled and captured Crawford zooming between the lorry 's wheels as it moved at fifteen miles per hour . |
| 22 | It stands at 5.2 per cent , compared with 10 per cent for Scotland as a whole . |
| 23 | Today , devoid of sundry aid pegs , it stands at hard E2 ; and at that time it was another leap in climbing standards . |
| 24 | This is the money required to make up the difference between what the company can pay and what it owes at any one time or , in accounts department terms , net current assets minus current liabilities . |
| 25 | This is the money required to make up the difference between what the company can pay and what it owes at any one time or , in accounts department terms , net current assets minus current liabilities . |
| 26 | The maximal amylase response to caerulein of acini from saline ( controls ) treated rats was achieved at 10 - 1 1 M of caerulein , while that obtained from animals infused for five hours with caerulein , it occurred at 10 - 10 M of caerulein . |
| 27 | It provides a good training for any biologist because it looks at living organisms from many different viewpoints . |
| 28 | It looks at other initiatives similar to the one that we 're planning , and Derek has got a copy of that , if anyone would like details , on any of that . |
| 29 | Set against the background of inflation this rise is less impressive than it looks at first sight . |
| 30 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |