Example sentences of "at a [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originally an all-purpose type , it was later developed for milk and yields now average about 3,500kg at a little over 4 per cent butterfat . |
| 2 | The world 's population now stands at a little over four billion . |
| 3 | In broad outline : the prison population of Nicaragua is estimated at a little over 7,000 inmates . |
| 4 | In her favour , though , was the configuration of the Aqueduct track : at a little over seven furlongs round it is very tight , and demands the pace to lie in a handy position , the balance to negotiate the turns , and the acceleration to dominate the race in the home straight . |
| 5 | In 1979/80 the expenditure per student in polytechnics was 82 per cent of that in the universities : by 1987/88 per capita expenditure in the polytechnics had fallen to 58 per cent of the university figure and by 1989/90 it stood at a little over 50 per cent . |
| 6 | An example is the terrace around Lake Harrison at a little above 120 m ( 400 ft ) OD ( see Chapter 14 ) , which might easily be confused with the well-known British marine terrace at about the same level but probably much earlier in date . |
| 7 | At a little after six of the early evening clock , Cornelius and Tuppe were once more in Sheila na gigh . |
| 8 | At a little after one of the sunny afternoon clock they stopped at a vast motorway services area thingy . |
| 9 | The candles began to gutter at a little after three a.m . |
| 10 | At a little before ten o'clock he was walking along Moorgate towards the house on stilts , smoking his pipe and thinking about Sarah . |