Example sentences of "[adv] at [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heat loss in pumping water to the aquarium ( especially in trickle filters ) means that the filter unit can be run at 30°C or more , which makes the filter much more efficient since the nitrifying bacteria operate better at higher temperatures . |
| 2 | Raise the tank temperature to 70°F. before adding it as it works better at higher temperatures . |
| 3 | The circuits of these devices can rectify currents induced by RFI , especially at higher frequencies , into pulses confusingly similar to desired digital signals . |
| 4 | [ Teachers ' ] reluctance to categorise children , especially at younger ages , was reflected , in the schools visited , by the low priority given to marking written work , the paucity of written records and the lack of diagnostic testing of ordinary pupils to aid the development of reading and number programmes to meet individual needs . |
| 5 | It would be impossible administratively to place a higher tax on a given item for those with higher incomes although one could impose indirect taxes mainly on the goods and services consumed by higher-income groups , and perhaps at higher rates . |
| 6 | At high speed , the Alpine feels rock steady which suggests careful attention to aerodynamic tuning and it is only at lower speeds , over give-and-take roads , that the price of the rear engine layout has to be paid with momentary vagueness in the steering when the car crests a brow . |
| 7 | ( Figure 21.15 shows also the distribution of the intermittency factor and it is evident that intermittency is affecting the intensity distributions only at larger values of . ) |
| 8 | Elsewhere , the tree had grown randomly at lower elevations , and the nut was used for local consumption . |
| 9 | ‘ We are selling publishers ’ books at list prices , to the core market , and thus ensuring that publishers are able to recover their origination , only to see a mass of examples of the same book on offer elsewhere at cheaper prices . |
| 10 | We could go out to work , although usually at lower salaries and with lower expectations than men . |
| 11 | Another group of critics , central bankers among them , point out that borrowing more at shorter rates may undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve . |
| 12 | Control of body roll is good , although we could n't see the advantage of manually selecting the sport setting when the suspension firms things up automatically at higher speeds . |
| 13 | They were both at higher floors so she ran up the stairs instead . |
| 14 | If borrowers perceive medium- and long-term interest rates to be high and likely to fall in future then they will prefer to borrow short and refinance the loan later at lower rates of interest . |
| 15 | Our balance sheet is strong and we are looking carefully at further acquisitions in both the oil and non-oil sectors . |
| 16 | ‘ If your husband is glancing sideways at younger women , your elderly parents are driving you mad and your daughter looks now how you would like to look , HRT will not magically put your world to rights . |
| 17 | Habitat similar , but stonier and less grassy , often at drier margins of marshes . |
| 18 | Paul shouts angrily and loudly at smaller children who want to play with the toys he is using . |
| 19 | Ozone occurs more frequently at higher altitudes , so uplands may be particularly at risk . |
| 20 | Saturation of the effect of βγ t on inositol phosphate formation by PLC- β1 or PLC- β2 was not achieved even at higher concentrations of βγ t . |
| 21 | The increased awareness of the importance of the individual worker to profit and success generally , particularly at higher levels in the organisation , has stimulated the growth of a specialist placement profession colloquially known as the head hunters . |
| 22 | On the other hand , some problems show up more markedly at smaller gatherings . |
| 23 | As an example , atmospheric temperature shows marked day-to-day variability , a strong seasonal cycle with some year-to-year variations , a weak minimum variability for 10–20 year averages and then increased variation again at longer time-scales ( ESSC 1988 ) . |
| 24 | The policy , which is aimed primarily at larger clubs , is now widely known and there are many more similar projects in the pipeline . |
| 25 | Alan Spence 's gentle trans-cultural fable , aimed primarily at older children , has many affecting moments , and features a fine central performance from Luna Rahman . |
| 26 | Moreover , succeeding governments tried to operate the economy at lower levels of demand and therefore at higher levels of unemployment in order to reduce inflationary pressures . |
| 27 | Family size has been ‘ squeezed ’ from both extremes of the age range : at older ages as a continuation of long-term trends away from large families ; and more recently at younger ages as women have married , and started families , later in life . |
| 28 | Though the proportion of low birth weight infants decreases from very young maternal ages and from first birth order towards the prime childbearing ages and higher order births , it increases again considerably at later ages and from third and fourth birth orders ( Hungary , 1970 ; Selvin and Garfinkel , 1972 ; Chakraborty et al , 1975 ) . |