Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Leo had also been taking steps to revivify the influence of religion at other levels . |
| 2 | It politely requested that , for security reasons , I bring my ship down to Underlight speed at specific co-ordinates , at a specific time , and prepare for rendezvous with the Emissary 's ship . |
| 3 | Our earlier quoted settings , which perhaps could be nudged a little sacrificing fuel burn and noise comfort , produced around 145 knots true air speed at low level , and at height around 155 . |
| 4 | This is a well-documented conflict , especially among creative people who need isolation at certain times and company at others . |
| 5 | Indeed , the same patient may require more than one remedy at different stages of the treatment programme . |
| 6 | ( This practice is by no means confined to French music of the period , as a glance at early sources of , say , Purcell 's music will show . ) |
| 7 | It seems to us natural that love should be the commonest theme of serious imaginative literature : but a glance at classical antiquity or at the Dark Ages at once shows us that what we took for " nature " is really a special state of affairs , which will probably have an end , and which certainly had a beginning … |
| 8 | Pink tie tapped again at his calculator and wondered , with a quick glance at striped shirt , if Miss Glover and her brother had considered that realisation of the asset would bring in … well , at a conservative estimate around ten , fifteen thousand extra income ? |
| 9 | This brought an access of homesickness , not for the Yorkshire moors but for the English language , and also for the long days of last summer 's play , for Alexander Wedderburn 's blown-rose full-blooded verse on the Elizabethan terrace at Long Royston , English summer evenings . |
| 10 | James and Kate divided by a tea table on the terrace at Carinish Court . |
| 11 | Dr Julia Thomason , a leading exponent of critical and creative thinking at Appalachian State University , North Carolina , says students are likely to react to this type of problem in one of four different ways : |
| 12 | This was the place where he had almost bowled Anna over many months before and where he enjoyed riding the horse at breakneck speed , disregarding anyone else who might chance to be on the path . |
| 13 | The banks utilized domestic and foreign financial resources , they were shareholders of and suppliers of credits to domestic and foreign industrial companies , they combined the short-term business of deposit banking with the long-term business of investment banking and also provided stockbroker services , managed their clients ' portfolios , acquired shares and voted their own and their customers ' stock at general meetings of joint-stock companies . |
| 14 | But if they were always selling their stock at genuine bargain prices , they would never make any money . |
| 15 | Ken and Pat Ferguson would like to re-cover your dining-chair seats for a labour charge of only £5 each plus the cost of fabric , which you can choose from a selection of pieces available in stock at reduced prices , or supply your own fabric . |
| 16 | In stock at competitive prices |
| 17 | It was seen as an unveiled hint of royal displeasure at Scots separatists ( the elaborate investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales , at a time when Welsh nationalism was acquiring an increasingly strident tone , had been intended to have a similar impact ) but it might also serve as a text for all the concerns of the monarchy . |
| 18 | Eliot may have experienced displeasure at racial mixing in After Strange Gods , which he later withdrew from print as ‘ a bad book ’ , but it was no coincidence that in the same year as the performance of The Rock he defended Frazer , but attacked Ezra Pound 's favourite , Leo Frobenius , whose anthropological doctrines of racial purity he found particularly distasteful . |
| 19 | Square it up , and measure to the centre of one long side at various points down the pile . |
| 20 | Dunloy 's Gregory O'Kane comes into the side at right half forward , with Paddy Walsh moving from the attack to midfield where he partners Paul McKillen in place of Paul Jennings who departed to America during the week . |
| 21 | But at the last minute , following a series of defections , O'Connor was drafted into the side at full back . |
| 22 | I am not offering excuses , but up against such class it was unfortunate that we could not field a side at full strength . |
| 23 | Turning round 3-9 behind , Selkirk suddenly recognised that again they had the beating of the title favourites , their match winner , Ian Ballantyne , having come into the side at short notice . |
| 24 | was seldom indeed far from Irene 's side at public functions , and , even when separated by the exigencies of social intercourse , could be seen following her about with his eyes , in which were strange expressions of watchfulness and longing … |
| 25 | His replies pleading inability to attend were sent from Bogota , and ‘ Bogota ’ became at the time a favourite Tory catcall at political meetings . |
| 26 | Seeking an answer , I visited the laboratory of Dr Alice J. ( Apple ) Pion , until recently a little-known physicist at Dismal Seepage , North Dakota , Community College . |
| 27 | However , liberal democracy requires a party — an aggregation of interests — to win the support of a mass electorate at frequent intervals . |
| 28 | In July he succeeded in settling two years ' disruption at heavy labour cost ( 26 per cent ) and in his all-too-brief career he also announced a 5.9 trillion lire investment programme to be completed in 1995 , divided between fleet expansion ( 3.4 trillion lire ) and ground upgrading . |
| 29 | Although the Liberal-Nationals eventually retained power in the state by forming a minority government , the result was a serious blow for the coalition at federal level . |
| 30 | Following the Rhineland-Palatinate election the CSU threatened to withdraw from the governing CDU/CSU/FDP coalition at federal level , but after a five-hour meeting on May 8 the parties agreed to work towards common policies on such issues as abortion and immigration , and to reassert their traditional values . |