Example sentences of "[adv] at " in BNC.
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| 31 | Silence descended in a cloud of universal embarrassment , even the urbane Moreau seeming somewhat at a loss . |
| 32 | I tend to have a lot of sausage and bacon because it 's easier and my time is somewhat at a premium with around a dozen cattle to care for . |
| 33 | One is therefore somewhat at a loss whether to regard the Committee or the House as voicing the correct view and the matter remains somewhat uncertain . |
| 34 | So , having been robbed of all convenient benchmarks , I 'm somewhat at sea . |
| 35 | She sat with her back to the window and Lee felt somewhat at a loss faced , at last , by the elderly woman in the opaque , black-lensed spectacles and the expensive , rather drab suit , framed by sun-rays admitted through the tall crimson-curtained opening . |
| 36 | Merton 's emergence in the public eye has been steady , and somewhat at odds with the prevailing comedy spirit . |
| 37 | For a discipline which has made a speciality of the modern world we are somewhat at a disadvantage compared to journalists . |
| 38 | Our measurements show that cooling is predominant , resulting in renewed convection , and is therefore somewhat at odds with the model results . |
| 39 | Dynastic concord and family harmony were , however , bought somewhat at the expense of the two princes ' subjects . |
| 40 | This equity was not always easily achieved , however , since the organisation and philosophy of schooling in some divisions was somewhat at odds with the values embraced by the project . |
| 41 | Evidently he had been expecting Hazel to speak first and was somewhat at a loss . |
| 42 | This conclusion is somewhat at odds with Waller 's ( 1983 ) contention ( written before the 1984–5 dispute ) that it was company control of the villages and of the politics there which made the Dukeries a quiescent region . |
| 43 | This conclusion is thus somewhat at variance with that usually encountered in the literature . |
| 44 | As Betty talked about the rain of the previous days the builder spoke briefly of water tables ; as she deplored the unemployment in the principality he gave a succinct resumé of the economic situation ; as , somewhat at a loss , she praised the sun for now shining , Emyr described in a few words how it would eventually burn itself out . |
| 45 | The Sandinistas in government are somewhat at a loss for their own charismatic figure , but continue to draw amply on the ( revised ) ideology and mythology of Sandino himself and of the martyred heroes of the revolution . |
| 46 | Clearly clearly there are o there are there are clear reasons in my view why that route was chosen but there are As I say I find th somewhat at a disadvantage because I have n't come prepared to talk about the relative merits in great detail of the two routes . |
| 47 | ‘ And I 'll tell you again , ’ she returned with a bravado somewhat at odds with the way she was feeling . |
| 48 | Mills were often built on an estuary where the water could be trapped upstream at high tide by sluice gates . |
| 49 | In Fig. 9.4 the original floodplain of the river is represented by the terrace A , while , after one rejuvenation , a second terrace B was formed into which the river is again cutting down to form a third terrace C. Each terrace disappears upstream at the point to which the head of rejuvenation has receded : this can be more readily appreciated from a section down the valley ( Fig. 9.5 ) . |
| 50 | From where she stood it shimmered in silver under a glancing sun , though upstream at the inn , where she had seen it close to , it rolled darkly brown and turgid , and laden with the debris of bushes , for the spring thaw had come late and violently , bringing down an immense weight of snow-water from the mountains of Wales . |
| 51 | Water inlets at the Broken Scar Treatment Works , near Darlington , were closed as a precautionary measure on Tuesday and its emergency supplies brought into use after a pollution alert further upstream at Barnard Castle . |
| 52 | Interestingly two such sites are located in the immediate vicinities of both the transcription initiation site at +1 and the proposed transcription initiation site further upstream at -287 . |
| 53 | The Chorley Machine Knitting Club hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month , 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Astley Village Community Centre , Nr Chorley . |
| 54 | The Ivel Machine Knitters Club hold their meetings on the second Thursday of every month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at The Labour Hall , . |
| 55 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 56 | With difficulty I raised my gaze to her face , staring dazedly at the soft abundance of her mouth , the petal-perfect skin , the powerful femaleness that radiated from her eyes . |
| 57 | She switched on the bedside lamp and looked dazedly at the clock . |
| 58 | Menzies barked fiercely at his butler . |
| 59 | Jinny looked fiercely at him . |
| 60 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |