Example sentences of "[noun] at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be attributed to a number of factors : the increased availability of street heroin in Wirral during the early 1980s ; the periodic droughts of pot and speed at around about the same time ( some of the users suggested a direct relation between these phenomena ) ; the existence of large numbers of users initiated in the 1978–81 period who acted both as models to emulate and who were also probably the first dealers the new initiates came into contact with . |
| 2 | Driver Helen Challoner who was passed by bike and car estimated their speed at around a hundred mills an hour and said there was no more than a car 's length between them . |
| 3 | These maternal ages are also associated with rising risks at successively higher birth orders , i.e. , the higher the order , the greater the risk . |
| 4 | It does n't work for her the mistress of the moment of sudden isolation at not seeing back to the black magician who fantastically juggles luminous hoops in the recto-rectangular hey put my mirror back . |
| 5 | Whilst in manufacturing industry the proportion of the workforce which is temporary stands at only just over three per cent , in the service sector it stands at well over seven per cent . |
| 6 | As members of the Panel the Chief Executives of these organisations meet the appropriate mister at least once a year so that successive governments are aware of the problems and aspirations of the deaf and the hard of hearing . |
| 7 | Leith was overwhelmingly aware of Naylor 's speculative glance at both her and Travis — and knew the reason for it . |
| 8 | As I walked in the door I was greeted by a new son and a strange emotional mixture of delight and disappointment at not having been there . |
| 9 | Would-be grandparents can express their disappointment at not acquiring the longed-for grandchild . |
| 10 | ‘ You should go , Isobel , ’ she said generously , swallowing her own disappointment at not being asked . |
| 11 | Fifthly , the disappointment at not returning home becomes another loss . |
| 12 | In between times , a whole psychological scenario is elaborated , in which we piece together the flavour of his anxiety about the pay , his disappointment at not getting the information out of the lady , his interpretation of what she is like ( inferred from her appearance , actions , and conversation ) , his assessment of her son , his misunderstanding of the son 's errand , and his recollection of how he came to be involved in the interview . |
| 13 | Although the campaign against apprenticeship brought a renewal of petitioning , by 1838 the Scots abolitionist William Smeal was expressing his disappointment at how ‘ cavalierly ’ petitions which had taken so much effort were received by the Commons . |
| 14 | Four of the companies issue economic guidelines at least once a year . |
| 15 | Shortly after entering the mouth of the valley , at Schlattli , is the bottom station of a funicular which rises to Stoos , a settlement on an alpine terrace at upward of 1,300m ( 4,265ft ) . |
| 16 | What 's more , we offer you the height of luxury at highly competitive prices . |
| 17 | Why is that happening , because we like to assume in this country that we have enough safety nets to catch those people , to ensure while they may not live in the lap of luxury at least they do n't have to go without . |
| 18 | Do n't introduce too many new songs at once . |
| 19 | THANKS LARGELY to Doris Day , pop singers like Sandra Dee , Helen Shapiro and Connies Stevens and Francis , were sweetly feminine — nice girls , all looking for that one special guy , in their songs at least . |
| 20 | The positive or scientific method was ( or would be ) the triumph of the last of the stages through which mankind must pass — in Comte 's terms , the theological , the metaphysical and the scientific ; each with its own institutions , of which Mill and Spencer at least agreed that liberalism ( in the broadest sense ) was the suitable expression . |
| 21 | Van Cheele decided to go and see Cunningham at once . |
| 22 | But Cunningham at least has the benefit of knowing New Zealand conditions . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll change all that when we 're married , ’ Naylor assured her , and her heartbeats raced an erratic rhythm at just the very thought of being married to him . |
| 24 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend at least give the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) the benefit of consistency ? |
| 25 | He turned his horse at once and ambled off without a word . |
| 26 | She just looked through her pony 's ears at where she hoped he would land . |
| 27 | … not noise , but something more like an invisible hammer which smacked into both ears at once . |
| 28 | Lill on ASV on the other hand interprets this as a clearly defined slower central section which , to my ears at least , makes a great deal more musical sense — this is backed up by a comparison of the overall timings ; Gavrilov knocks a whole minute off Lill 's 7′53″ , which is quite a lot considering the brevity of this sonata . |
| 29 | The ancient world , its texts and its history , were submitted to critical analysis with an unprecedented thoroughness , sense of system and concern for evidence that was , in intention at least , dispassionate and ( in spirit of Kant 's moral and aesthetic philosophy ) disinterested . |
| 30 | In conjunction with these offers , there is free fitting and rubber underlay on any carpet from stock at over £4.99 per square yard . |