Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A recent ad for follow-on milk , quoting from an article in the British Medical Journal , stated that cow 's milk given at six months caused ‘ subclinical but appreciable gastro-intestinal bleeding in about a third of children . ’ |
| 2 | His interest in physics developed at high school in Washington State where his family moved in 1953 . |
| 3 | The breaching of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 opened the doors to a series of revolutions in Central and East European countries which , from November 1989 to January 1990 , saw the toppling of Communist dictatorships , and their gradual replacement by governments relying in most cases on popular support given at free elections . |
| 4 | A two storey building linked by a bridge to the main building , and which incorporated the Library was substantially modified to provide a Modern Languages Suite situated at First Floor Level , with additional Classrooms and Offices , located on the Ground Floor . |
| 5 | But worse still , just as the Poet and the Mistress connived at each other 's deception in 138 , just as the Poet connived at the Friend 's deception in 93 , so in 112 the Poet is inviting the Friend to complete the circle : ‘ For what care I who calls me well or ill , /So you o'er-green my bad , my good allow ? ’ |
| 6 | From the first Protestant Archbishop Thomas Cranmer under King Henry VIII , all the Protestant Archbishops were educated at Oxford or Cambridge and a majority taught at one of those universities . |
| 7 | On April 21 the IAEA requested further details of stocks of weapons-grade uranium located at two research reactors south of Baghdad . |
| 8 | There 's an Ultra Low Cost ( ULC ) Alpha chip in the works at Digital Equipment Corp targeted at X Windows terminals , palmtops and embedded applications , according to the ‘ Terry Shannon on DEC ’ newsletter that arrived on our desk on Christmas Eve . |
| 9 | The example contract included at 1101.10 is a final negotiated contract and should not be used as the basis of initial negotiations . |
| 10 | The second decree had ordered payment to each person with a savings account or state savings bonds of a one-off bonus calculated at 40 per cent of the value of the account or bond holdings . |
| 11 | It was the largest iron roof-span erected at that time , with arches composed of wrought-iron deck-beam spanning 153 feet 6 inches . |
| 12 | Daily injections of melatonin given at 3.30 each afternoon , entrained the rats to a 24 hour cycle . |
| 13 | Courses leading to masters ' degrees are normally designed to fulfil one of the following objectives : to follow directly from the study undertaken at first degree level ; to enable graduates of one discipline to acquire knowledge of another related discipline or subject area ; to develop and apply the student 's first degree knowledge in a related specialized area ; or to relate and synthesize a number of disciplines which the student may not have studied at first degree level . |
| 14 | But the most dramatic change came in 1836 when the ladies and gentlemen assembled in Bristol for a meeting of the British Association gathered at 7.00 am to witness the laying of the foundation of the Clifton Suspension Bridge . |
| 15 | If he does not , he has in effect accepted at one time the proposition ( the matter put upon the mat ) ‘ Telling even a minor lie to advance one 's career is always wrong , even though it harms no one ’ and at another time ‘ Telling a minor lie , which harms no one , in order to advance one 's career is not always wrong ’ . |
| 16 | Darryl Davidson of Gregson Road , Hoghton , Preston wins a VIP day out for a party of four people on the East Lancashire Railway because he was the first entry selected at random with the four correct answers to our quiz based on the North West line . |
| 17 | Rated at four channels of 50 watts each into 8 ohms it can also be used in bridged format to produce the equivalent of a normal stereo amplifier rated at 10 watts mono plus 50 watts stereo. ) the Units will cost £229.99 . |
| 18 | His mouth twisted at some private irony . |
| 19 | As the latent inhibition effect seen at 4 h after lengthy pre-exposure is supposed to enjoy the benefit of contributions from both the short-term mechanism and from the context — stimulus association , this effect should be especially strong . |
| 20 | The sensitivity to contextual manipulations of the latent inhibition produced by lengthy exposure is certainly consistent with the suggestion that a context-stimulus association is responsible for the effect seen at 24 h and contributes to that seen at 4 h . |
| 21 | But nobody could get the movie made at that time , and the question now was whether Val was n't too old for the part . |
| 22 | Astronomers can estimate how much neutral sodium gas lies in front of the star from the precise amount of light absorbed at these wavelengths . |
| 23 | Western rider Bob Mayhew showed just how unimportant reins need be , producing a range of movements , including rein back , leg yielding , sliding stops and ‘ spins ’ ( a never ending pirouette performed at alarming speed ) with virtually no rein contact , and using body and leg aids alone . |
| 24 | Todd , 43 , is keen on renewing a partnership forged at Ayresome Park and will seek his release from Bradford City . |
| 25 | The shores rang to the sound of his skates against the ice , a resonant hollow warble drawn at each stride from the depths of the lake . |
| 26 | Said in yesterday 's paper that someone had had a wheelbarrow valued at thirty pounds stolen from a back garden and it was somewhere at Kirk Hill . |
| 27 | Oh , it said in yesterday 's paper that someone had had a wheelbarrow valued at thirty pounds stolen from her back garden and it was somewhere at , where the back gardens are n't particularly accessible . |
| 28 | Consequently the pull-out torque falls with increasing stepping rate for two basic reasons : ( a ) the phase currents are lower , so the motor torque produced at any rotor position is reduced , ( b ) phase currents may flow at rotor positions which produce a negative phase torque . |
| 29 | This is important as the outcome for women whose labour is induced for ‘ uncertain postmaturity ’ is significantly worse than for those who have labour induced at 42 weeks ' gestation . |
| 30 | Faintly , above the moaning of the wind , they heard a cracked wheezing , the unskilled sequence of chords of a sea-shanty played at half speed . |