Example sentences of "[coord] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many more offer their staff free hairdressing either on the premises or at outside salons . |
| 2 | If you are a writer , the majority of your income may come from performances of your music either on the radio , the television or at live concerts . |
| 3 | If one assumes that any paddler runs a risk of shoulder damage when the shoulder angle is forced beyond 180 degrees , then a canoeist can choose to paddle at high risk with an arm position close to the limit or at low risk . |
| 4 | The socialist countries also contributed , often with lines of credit ( USSR ) or at low cost ( Cuba ) . |
| 5 | Many members of the current generation of British writers , including older , established authors whose careers began in the 1950s , show , in single novels or at various points of their careers , an attraction towards experiment as well as tradition and realism . |
| 6 | Many people who were not needed were leaving Liverpool each evening to sleep in the woods at Huyton or at various halls and cinemas on the outskirts of the city , but Julia was too frail to be moved . |
| 7 | On some journeys she was accompanied by relations , but on her ‘ Great Journey ’ in 1698 she travelled on horseback with only one or two servants , staying at inns or at private houses where she had family connections . |
| 8 | Rather , it refers to the ‘ Woopies ’ — Well-Off Older People — who are in their middle 50s , or at pre- or just retirement age . |
| 9 | ( d ) The surveyor makes stage payments based on approximate quantities or related to the number of men employed , and accurately measures and values the work either on completion of relevant sections of the work or at regular monthly intervals . |
| 10 | Over the past few years , since she had broken off her engagement to Jean-Paul , he had seen her on various occasions — at balls in London , or at country-house weekends once at Christian Glendinning 's parents ' house , but they had spoken only briefly . |
| 11 | SunLink ISDN is for users working at home or at remote sites accessing corporate computing resources over ISDN phone networks and transmitting images and graphics at high speeds . |
| 12 | A review rounds application permits doctors and nurses , either in the hospital or at remote locations , to access the image-based records created in the report application at a convenient time . |
| 13 | One is contracting out to private sector firms the production of goods and services which the state provides free or at subsidized prices to consumers . |
| 14 | Essentially , there had grown up in the 1930s a system of subsidies which enabled milk to be bought cheaply by local education authorities for distribution ( free or at minimal cost ) to children . |
| 15 | One suggestion is that the umpires should inspect the ball at the fall of every wicket , or at unscheduled stops , instead of the end of each over when bowlers have the chance to cover their traces . |
| 16 | There may be letters from the victim 's relations , from Members of Parliament , from the general public ( whether directed at a particular case or at penal policy in general ) , or from the Howard League or the National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders . |
| 17 | The company has also introduced the GBC 918 UV-Vis spectrophotometer — a fully-featured double beam system controlled by an external IBM PS/2 or AT compatible computer offering full colour graphics and complete data storage . |
| 18 | Information : management informs employees in writing or at joint meetings . |
| 19 | MATERNAL AGE — denotes the age of women at birth ( or at still birth or abortion ) in completed years . |
| 20 | The pubs were full of people fighting , and big , evil-looking men stood in doorways or at dark corners . |
| 21 | The preference between candidates at the same level or at neighbouring levels was weak , while that between candidates at more distant levels was strong . |
| 22 | In other cases , concessions for cinemas , recreational facilities , hairdressers or restaurants may not be ‘ concessions ’ at all but devices to gain custom on days of the week , or at certain specified times when there would otherwise be little business . |
| 23 | Formerly it was sufficient that attention might be required at night ; now repeated attention is required involving a carer being awake for a prolonged period or at frequent intervals . |
| 24 | Though the standard approach to agoraphobia is an overtly behavioural one of graded exposure , many of the aspects of exposure that used to be described as ‘ non-specific ’ , such as arriving at a realistic interpretation of the week 's events , or at accurate expectations for the future , or dealing with reservations about treatment , are now described in cognitive terms . |
| 25 | the sludge produced can be removed continuously or at fixed intervals , so that the clarification is not interrupted for tank-cleaning . |
| 26 | Mike Coote , managing director of ICL 's mid-range systems division cites ‘ tactical ’ reasons such as price-performance for the decision to use HyperSparc , and not any inability on the part of Texas to deliver SuperSparc in sufficient quantities or at suitable performance levels . |
| 27 | So it pays to arrange the squares at right angles to the leading edges or at right angles to the spine . |
| 28 | Asked to draw lines perpendicular to or at right angles to a given line , fewer succeeded than for parallel lines . |
| 29 | A high frequency signal is fed into the two layers , the signals are normally either opposite in phase or at right angles to each other . |
| 30 | The most interesting aspect of the civil development is the recognition of several elements of a possible internal street grid , apparently laid out in line with or at right angles to the Fosse Way . |