Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important thing is to increase time before pace ; so walk at a moderate pace for 30 minutes , gently stretching yourself as you go . |
| 2 | As the blades only meet at a single point when cutting , they retain their sharpness for a lifetime of use . |
| 3 | In reciprocal discourse , then , interlocutors can always establish , by the turn-taking of talk , the necessary grounds of shared knowledge , and so arrive at a mutually satisfactory schematic convergence . |
| 4 | I would n't be much use at a party . ’ |
| 5 | Revenue figures necessarily start at a modest level and even 100 per cent growth leaves us with a level only slightly less modest . |
| 6 | Occasionally he sneaked off to one side and had a good long suck at a silver flask . |
| 7 | We did n't have much to do , just sit at a table or something , and when it 's over I go outside and sit in the car , and Peckinpah comes out and gives me this look . |
| 8 | Secondly , married women whose earnings are curtailed ( but nevertheless remain at a level above the ICA earnings limit ) or who stop work altogether and claim ICA are likely to find their financial dependency on an earning spouse is increased . |
| 9 | Just look at a swan landing on water , a whale leaping out of the water , or a child playing on the beach — such beauty just in the movements . |
| 10 | Any time you have something such as the Rodney King incident on video tape for the entire nation to see , and the jurors somehow arrive at a verdict of not guilty , it is obvious that the system is not based on truth or justice at all . |
| 11 | These already exist as , as obviously the speakers to the motion is , are aware , they already exist at a national level , erm if we support this motion obviously what we 're talking about here is introducing er awards at local or regional level . |
| 12 | These changes in form thus occur at a multitude of levels , from the molecular to that of an entire population , and are conserved by genetic transmission . |
| 13 | Is it possible to disconnect each thing from itself and still arrive at a recognisable record ? |
| 14 | In fact , since free fighting changes all the time to meet new circumstances and requirements , the stances also change at a rapid pace . |
| 15 | They also remove at a stroke the central workplace the bedrock of strong trade union organization . |
| 16 | In 1940 , Mannheim concluded : ’ Where unemployment and crime both stand at a high water mark , it can safely be assumed that the latter is largely due to the former . ’ |
| 17 | But broadcasting costs are more volatile than other costs and also rise at a faster rate so that even a licence fee increase which keeps up with general costs is an actual real decrease in its total value . |
| 18 | These developments also come at a time when drives for greater efficiency are features of both public and private sectors . |
| 19 | Using committees internally to overcome restrictions on information and thereby arrive at a decision . |
| 20 | What makes the privatisations even more attractive is that vouchers on the secondary market now sell at a discount of over 60% . |
| 21 | Schizophrenia , or split personality , is the most common serious mental illness and studies carried out so far hint at a genetic link , although no susceptible genes have yet been identified . |
| 22 | The same argument can explain why different functions often decline at a similar age : synchronous collapse does not imply a single mechanism of senescence ( J. Maynard Smith , personal communication ) . |
| 23 | They now worship at a new hall , but the pastor admits that many older villagers miss the little chapel . |
| 24 | They buy always from fellow dealers , never at auction , and now exhibit at a dozen major fairs each year . |
| 25 | Sock Shop shares , having hit 325p last year , now stand at a record low of 62p . |
| 26 | Parents often arrive at a session with a large number of complaints and generalizations about their child 's behaviour . |
| 27 | One is that I often stay at a first-class hotel to merge into the background . |
| 28 | Well look at a miner I mean if he worked three days a week he might only get thirty shillings , in tho very very very seldom worked a full week . |
| 29 | Somehow you can put up with and even smile at a stranger or workmate 's silly antics and daft behaviour , but when someone close to you starts rubbing you up the wrong way you 'll explode . |
| 30 | For details of these please ask at a Post Office Counter , or phone the Parcelforce National Enquiry Centre on 0800 22 44 66 . |