Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] and at " in BNC.
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| 1 | West Indies bowled better this time and at 83 for 5 had England in trouble , with only Gooch having looked confident . |
| 2 | ‘ The cup suits us in so many ways and at least it has permitted some stability and provided a focal point in the absence of a league challenge . ’ |
| 3 | ( 4 ) Their factories looked naturally to the United States for resources , especially spare parts and at times the shortage of these resources made things very critical . |
| 4 | Unfortunately it is an extremely time-consuming process and at the time of the SEA much yet remained to be done before all the products that needed to be dealt with had in fact been covered . |
| 5 | Also , the proportion of households containing one person living alone increased between 1981 and 1991 from 22% to 26% , and the proportion of households containing only one adult and at least one child increased from 2% to 4% . |
| 6 | True in its first incarnation , only last year and at the same venue , it played to packed houses but this is no reflection on its merit , merely an indication of popular appetites for down market products . |
| 7 | It would be the way of our century to say that I was suffering from time-shock , no doubt ; since our personality is largely built and buttressed by our environment , and the assumptions environment and society force upon us , one has but to tip away that buttress and at once the personality is threatened with dissolution . |
| 8 | In the course of this treatment , during which Patrick 's eyes followed Marcus 's movements , Patrick 's face assumed a more alert expression and at last his lips moved and he uttered a sound . |
| 9 | Worse still , if the stick is being held back the aircraft may bounce off the ground into an even more nose-high attitude and at an even lower speed . |
| 10 | He would prefer a seven day delay between the file examination and the final meeting to ensure that any points raised are dealt with in a more relaxed fashion and at whatever depth the JMU wishes . |
| 11 | Patients with irritable bowel syndrome experience pain induced by inflating a balloon in the colon at different and more numerous sites and at lower distending volumes than normal subjects . |
| 12 | A future article will look at more complicated problems and at various practical methods of setting transfer prices . |
| 13 | These are stores that have five or more departments under one roof and at least twenty-five employees . |
| 14 | Although they are an unreliable indicator of the conditions of these markets , the results can not inspire confidence for the more important sales taking place later this month and at the beginning of December . |
| 15 | In the big race … the womens championships … the favourite Andrea Whitcombe who was out to win for a record equalling third year in a row was beaten in to second place by Lisa York of Leicester … they raced for nearly four miles and at the finish there was just three seconds between them |
| 16 | He selected the simplest steps and poses of classical dance with its perfectly balanced form and at the same time gave it straighter , longer lines to draw attention to the more athletic qualities of Greek dance and to the clear , austere sounds of Satie 's modern music . |
| 17 | His robot companions were now to operate well away from him across a fairly large room and at key moments in the drama when there was an anticipatory silence from everyone else , he found he had the personal ‘ power ’ , and with some verbal style ( and a high degree of repressed excitement as he discovered he could be publicly effective ) he presented himself as an efficient robot controller . |
| 18 | This went on for about ten evenings and at the end of it all he had lost a stone in weight and had attracted the waterfowl from the entire county ! |
| 19 | Yeah , when I started in nineteen thirty one and in those days you got a rise every six months and I got a one and three rise after they 'd been there six months and at the year I was earning seventeen and six . |
| 20 | West made a conventional bid showing a hand with at least 5 Spades and at least 5 Diamonds . |
| 21 | The tasks involved are sometimes difficult , hard physical labour and at times dangerous . |
| 22 | Patients were recruited in hospitals and blood samples taken at least 3 months and at most 9 months after their MI . |
| 23 | They include a club promoter , at least one DJ and at least two dancers who 've been associated with the scene we 've been involved with for the last few years |
| 24 | Edie has worked for JS for almost four years and at the age of 69 is very active , enjoying walking , gardening and travelling . |
| 25 | The speech , an undeniable disappointment , had indeed been given in an unusually dull monotone and at great speed . |
| 26 | ( It had been announced in July 1990 by the Soviet Union that from Jan. 1 , 1991 , trade between COMECON members was to be in freely convertible currency and at world market prices — see pp. 37630 ; 37979 . |
| 27 | Henry 's response was to send yet more messengers and at long last he was able to persuade his son to come to see him . |
| 28 | They were miles apart last night and at 2-0 . |
| 29 | It was rebuilt in about 1700 BC , although to a significantly different plan and at a higher level , so that the lower wall-courses of the earlier temple and its west façade are still visible on the west side , now that the site has been excavated to the earlier courtyard level . |
| 30 | ‘ They have a very complex structure and at first sight they appear not to be connected in any way , ’ said Professor Mann . |