Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Kwajalein , the world 's largest atoll , seismic work shows a volcanic basement at approximately 1 000–2 000 m ( 3 300–6 600 ft ) . |
| 2 | It was with one of those credit insurers that Graydon met in January 1991 to take a fresh look at how corporate risk could be effectively measured and summarised . |
| 3 | Earlier predictions indicated that as much as 5,000 volts of energy would be generated along the tether as it crossed the Earth 's magnetic field at around 28,000 kph . |
| 4 | And — yet another blow — caustic soda , that other great alkali , became available to British industry at increasingly competitive prices . |
| 5 | It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice . |
| 6 | Complimentary high tea at 4pm daily . |
| 7 | The wife , presumably looking after the children , gets about by bus with whatever inconvenience that entails , such as the lack of public transport at less busy periods . |
| 8 | In his opinion , Faisal Barakat ‘ died as a result of the forceful insertion of a foreign object at least six inches into the anus . |
| 9 | or 20 MN/m2 , commercial steel at about 25,000 p.s.i . |
| 10 | ‘ And that ties in with what Dippy Martin had to say about a woman entering by the Glynns ’ back door at around 11.30 . ’ |
| 11 | The landlord of the Dersingham Arms saw it driven past at about three-twenty pm . |
| 12 | Still , it has the characteristic qualities of the Shire 's ‘ high style ’ : plain language , proverbial sentiment , a closeness to immediate context reaching out simultaneously to myth , a brave suggestiveness at once hopeful and sad . |
| 13 | Litherland Jubilee maintained top form at Under 13 with a 4-1 win against Southport Trinity and Dynamo ( Mark Beesley , Mark Peckham ) won 2-0 at Birkdale . |
| 14 | Protection of the Environment … it shall be the task of the legislators to protect the natural basis of man 's existence , with due regard for prevention , the polluter-pays principle and co-operation , and to promote uniform ecological conditions of a high standard at least equivalent to that reached in the FRG … |
| 15 | Let us look in more historical detail at how Marxist accounts deal with these changes . |
| 16 | With a further increase in temperature the rod straightens under its own weight and eventually regains its rubber-like elasticity at slightly higher temperatures . |
| 17 | ARGUMENTS against electoral reform look rather threadbare when looked at against the reality that our constitution has already failed to prevent ideologies of the extreme Right and Left from seizing power at both local and national levels . |
| 18 | Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it . |
| 19 | Indeed , in a partnership that has cost British Telecom £19m along with £5m from HIE , the existing infrastructure in the region has been significantly upgraded with the installation of advanced equipment at over 60 of its telephone exchanges . |
| 20 | You also need to bear in mind that you may have other payments under existing deeds of covenant or other payments made under Gift Aid in the same tax year , and you will need to have a taxable income at least equal to the gross amount of all these payment , as well as the Gift Aid payment being contemplated , otherwise you will have to account to the Revenue for some tax . |
| 21 | A known mass of the sample is held in an atmosphere of pure oxygen at about 25 atmospheres . |
| 22 | The source , set at a convenient reference point , sweeps a composite beam at about 60 rpm . |
| 23 | Telegrams calling for a substitute teacher at very short notice in some far flung place were not unusual and had to receive prompt attention . |
| 24 | There was to be no let-up : by the end of the Civil War at least 200,000 enemies of the Nationalist ‘ crusade ’ would have been executed in this way . |
| 25 | On the following day at least 10,000 people , including striking workers , rallied in front of the Byelorussian government building , and speakers announced not only the wage demands but demands for the resignation of Gorbachev , of Byelorussian President Nikolai Dementei , and of the central and republican governments , as well as for an emergency session of the Byelorussian Supreme Soviet to disband Communist Party cells in factories . |
| 26 | The captain of the Rebecca Sims described it in the ship 's log as a brownish-grey reptile at least 45 metres long . |
| 27 | Future policy at both national and local levels needs to be directed towards integrating such schemes into mainstream service provision across the country without sacrificing quality of care . |
| 28 | Lachesis children cough in their early sleep at about 11 pm but if kept awake they will not cough . |
| 29 | In order to qualify as a small or medium-sized company in respect of a financial year , a company must satisfy for that year and the preceding year at least two of the following conditions : |
| 30 | This reflects a 53.8% long term survival for those who received a suitable donor organ and a 70% actual survival at almost 6 years ' mean follow up in those discharged from hospital after surgery ( fig 2 ) . |