Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [be] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The similarity continues if people or animals are examined at a later stage . |
| 2 | In the case of perpetual debt where interest is paid at a constant rate , or at a fixed margin over a benchmark the correct finance charge will be equal to the coupon payable for each period . |
| 3 | He got some sort of report from intelligence sources in England that Steiner was killed at a place called Meltham House trying to get at Churchill . ’ |
| 4 | The inquest into Ian 's death was told that £950 was spent at a pub during the fatal party . |
| 5 | The court was told that Gilchrist was arrested at a house in Pershore after he himself had telephoned the police . |
| 6 | It also recommends that excavations be coordinated at a national level , albeit at the same time as more powers are devolved to the regions , this decentralisation freeing the CSRS of its administrative and financial role and giving it the freedom to concentrate on scholarly matters , with — and this is a novelty — systematic recourse to the advice of outside experts . |
| 7 | Our standards of service are rigorously monitored to ensure that performance is maintained at a consistently high level , and we also aim to take good care of your parcels . |
| 8 | The mayor of the the island of Capri has suggested that negotiations be opened at a diplomatic level for the return of the Altar of Cybele from the British Museum . |
| 9 | Although VAT was levied at a lower rate than GST — 10 per cent compared with 13 per cent — it was applied to a wider range of goods . |
| 10 | The effectiveness of the market for control rests on the proposition ( ’ the efficient market hypothesis ’ ) that stock markets behave rationally , that is , that shares are priced at a level that reflects a company 's prospects under existing management and that prices are not merely the outcome of speculations on the part of market participants about each other 's behaviour , causing price and underlying value to become detached . |
| 11 | We have seen that VAT is levied at a common standard level , with food and a few other items exempted . |
| 12 | It is important that samples be stored at a minimum of three different temperatures that are spaced sufficiently widely from each other . |
| 13 | Plants grown at temperatures of 5° and 20° were viewed at a distance of 75cm and the readings compared . |
| 14 | Thus , it is not surprising that interaction between the two can result in cumulative movements in income for example , if income is rising at an increasing rate , both investment and consumption will be rising , causing further rises in income in the next period . |
| 15 | Might this be solely because its mystery and complexity are recognized at an instinctive level ? |
| 16 | Police picked up Mr Beaton and MacIver was arrested at a road block at Doune . |
| 17 | Conversation between brother and sister was conducted at a level of mutual aggression which stopped just short of exploding into a row . |
| 18 | Complaints about bad service and housekeeping were running at an ‘ alarmingly high ’ level , said the 1993 edition of The Good Pub Guide . |
| 19 | Radiogenic Ag , Te , Nd and Sm are trapped at a distance of about 50 metres from the reactor core — probably transported there by convection in aqueous solutions before enough bitumen had been generated to precipitate uraninite and trap them in its crystal lattice . |
| 20 | DNA and protein were mixed at an approximate ratio of 2:1 . |
| 21 | Each field started with 95 cells and images were taken at a rate of 12 frames per hour . |
| 22 | Then Swindon asked for a million pounds , Chelsea offered nothing , and Hoddle was valued at a maximum of 175 thousand pounds . |
| 23 | Like the stately swan gliding serenely over the water , few suspect that under the surface the legs and feet are going at a rate of knots , with the result that the following items are in the pipeline , if not already attended to : — |
| 24 | If donations were taken at a service , they were left at the door either on the way in or on the way out . |
| 25 | The decision to abolish the GLC and MCCs was taken at a time of major political disagreements between the GLC , in particular , and the national government ( Livingstone 1988 ) . |
| 26 | Ethnic Germans and asylum-seekers are entering at a rate of 1,600 per day . |
| 27 | They consisted of an elaborate sequence of libations poured into a large vessel on an altar between two double-axes mounted on painted pyramidal bases ; grave-goods were dedicated to the sheepskin-draped statue of a god in front of another altar ; offerings of food and drink were dedicated at a third altar set up in front of a sacred tree shrine ; music was played and an ox and two goats were sacrificed . |
| 28 | ‘ There was no escaping VAT , which hiked the price of the cars up , and inflation was running at a horrific rate , 1.5% or 2% a month , ’ says Mr Nearn . |
| 29 | If goods are sold at an auction to someone who has been a party to such an agreement to abstain from bidding , then the seller can rescind the contract . |
| 30 | Facilities for X-ray were installed , and a new operating table and lamp were obtained at a total cost of £150 . |