Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most dramatic development of the last quarter of a century has been the emergence of the urban-rural shift as a major factor in population redistribution , but in the late 1970s and early 1980s its strength waned somewhat , as too did the pace of local decentralization , whereas the North-South divide reasserted itself at this time after a period of lower significance . |
| 2 | ‘ We want to see proper education and we have said we will put a penny on income tax to provide it at all levels from the age of three upwards . ’ |
| 3 | WE CA N'T CHANGE THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD , BUT WHAT RED NOSE DAY GIVES EVERYONE AT COMIC RELIEF AND ALL ITS SUPPORTERS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE MONEY THEY NEED TO RADICALLY CHANGE THEIR LIVES . |
| 4 | The next morning Dad woke him at eight . |
| 5 | Be warned though , it does n't work on all PC speakers — there are one or two in the office that emit a sound of some sort , but so quietly that you need a hearing aid to catch anything at all . |
| 6 | Burden Creek has none at all , and after they merge , downstream all the way to the gap and out , the water is clear and dead . |
| 7 | So , on a board the apparent wind we experience when we travel at 10 knots in a 10 knot cross-wind will be a 14 knot wind hitting us at 45 degrees . |
| 8 | The hotel manager woke me at 10 a.m. with a telegram from my mother , which had been delayed . |
| 9 | Some 64pc of those entitled to Family Credit receive it at any one time . |