Example sentences of "[vb pp] at a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The breaking point was located at a significantly lower pH in patients with gall stones than in controls ( pH 7.1 v pH 8.2 ) ( p<0.0001 ) . |
2 | Another sequence with enhancer-like character has been described in the S-phase regulated histone H4 , although located at a very distal position with respect to the transcription start point ( 21 ) . |
3 | On March 24 a soldier was shot and seriously wounded at an otherwise peaceful demonstration by Islamic students in Makulla , east of Aden , and two days later counter-demonstrations were organized in the town , attended by several thousand people . |
4 | Either the C scribe or one of his predecessors added to the 1017 entry that the ætheling Eadwig was afterwards killed , and ( perhaps inadvertently ) omitted from it the expulsion of Eadwig king of the ceorls , which appears under 1020 ; the information in 1030 that Olaf " was afterwards holy " ( i.e. regarded as a saint ) must also have been included at a fairly late stage in C 's composition . |
5 | The eve of the second anniversary of Maxwell 's death could n't have come at a more crucial time for the pensioners who travelled to London today . |
6 | I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’ |
7 | His return to Eaton Park could scarcely have come at a more opportune moment considering that Gordon Hamilton , Stuart Laing , Norman Robson and Davy Nicholl have all moved on during the close season . |
8 | He still held himself with the easy confidence she remembered , his dark head carried at an unconsciously arrogant angle , and he still had that polish to him , the patina of success . |
9 | Not only had he resigned at a particularly sensitive historical moment , it was also a political fact of life that the Cold War situation literally demanded that no concessions be made to anyone venturing to attack the party ; and the attempt to rehabilitate the " police spy " Nizan was undoubtedly perceived as an attack on the party . |
10 | There are no other comparable arrangements however , and as a separate facet of this sequence they are relatively uninstructive and more profitably considered at a more specific level of affinity ( section 2.2 and 3.3 , below pp. 30 and 33 ) . |
11 | The court also has power to order transfer of its own motion and the question should be considered at a very early stage in the proceedings . |
12 | The answers received will be analysed in tabular form for statistical presentation and so categories of response must be considered at a relatively early stage . |
13 | Throughout most of this period the focus has been on government records and then mainly at a national level , although in rare instances the issues have been addressed at a more local level . |
14 | The implication for in-service education of teachers ( INSET ) is that , rather than placing exclusive emphasis on ‘ group work ’ , it would be more appropriate for the issues to be presented at a more general level and discussion encouraged of a range of different strategies and their practical implications . |
15 | d , Changes in pH i ( as in a ) and uptake current produced by 100μM L-Glu and D-Asp ( applied at a more negative potential to increase its uptake current ) . |
16 | This should be done at a fairly early stage . ’ |
17 | Only that portion of income above this figure is taxed at a marginally higher rate . |
18 | He wrote : ‘ But it is when we examine the zoology of these countries that we find what we most require — evidence of a very striking character that these great islands must once have formed a part of the continent , and could only have been separated at a very recent geological epoch . |
19 | He smiled as he sat back , looking suddenly quite charming although the duelling scar on one cheek hinted at a more ruthless side to his nature . |
20 | In the past eighteen months he has felt at an appallingly low ebb . |
21 | The fax is transmitted at a much faster rate thus saving on telephone bills . |
22 | Since Bush 's State of the Union address , Congress had moved at an unusually rapid pace to adopt a tax package which would be responsive to his demands but would also shift a greater proportion of the tax burden on to the wealthy . |
23 | The real value of the licence fee has grown at a relatively slow pace and has never quite caught up with the rate of inflation . |
24 | Evidence will now have to be prepared at a much earlier stage . |
25 | But , as every homebuyer knows , house prices have risen at a far greater rate . |
26 | Official monthly statistics , based upon those claiming social security benefits , suggest that women 's unemployment has at times risen at a much faster rate than men 's , although the absolute and percentage numbers for men remain higher . |
27 | The problem of the trade balance is caused by the fact that imports have risen at an even faster rate , a most unusual phenomenon during such a severe recession . |
28 | Fears that France would withhold its co-operation had grown after French officials expressed opposition to the recently proposed Rapid Reaction Force ( RRF ) [ see pp. 38170-71 ; 38216 ] , claiming that it " pre-empted " defence arrangements being made at a purely European level . |
29 | These preliminary contacts are made at a very early stage in development when the embryo is very small and the pioneer cells need only extend their exploratory axons over a short distance in order to contact the target . |
30 | The decision would need to be made at a very senior level of management ( possibly Chief Executive level ) . |