Example sentences of "at a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The invitation could not have come at a better time . |
| 2 | According to Mr Dieter Brauninger , an economist at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt , the newcomers could not have arrived at a better time : a period of dynamic growth , when gaps created by the fall in the birth rate in the past two decades need to be filled . |
| 3 | Turner has been offered employment by the company of Newport 's new coach , Gareth Evans , at a better salary than he currently enjoys . |
| 4 | For Sinton , who made his England debut in Poznan in the crucial final qualifier against Poland last November and was a member of the England B side that defeated France B at Loftus Road in February , that run could not have come at a better time . |
| 5 | And the announcement of the engagement could not have come at a better time for the battle-weary Royal Family . |
| 6 | If he liked them he would take another twelve , at a better price . |
| 7 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 8 | He found the identity for his clown not in the figure of a worker but rather in the form of a man whose sensitivity , grace , almost feminine beauty , charm , clothes , and swagger all hint at a better background and perhaps at social and sexual aspirations . |
| 9 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 10 | Selling on is an attitude of mind , an attitude whereby you do your customers a favour by selling them more than they ask for , and often at a better price than they expected . |
| 11 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 12 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 13 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 14 | To heighten concern about the Convention , Broken Promise could not have come out at a better time . |
| 15 | Competition works if one can buy an alternative product at a better price from somebody else . |
| 16 | It is hard to imagine him coming at a better time as we plan to make our first Diocesan Assembly the centrepiece of his visit , on Saturday 10th June . |
| 17 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 18 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 19 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 20 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 21 | ‘ Then my news could not have come at a better time ! ’ |
| 22 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 23 | New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time . |
| 24 | And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season . |
| 25 | Yes , so what er that council on study and television er could n't of come at a better time Don |
| 26 | I generally only knit the ribber at a looser tension and leave the main bed at its usual ribbed tension . |
| 27 | For some specialised yarns , say those with knops , or the hairy yarns , you will probably need to work at a looser tension for the cables to show but this is not to their disadvantage since the cables , loosely worked , frequently add to the richness of the finished look . |
| 28 | This last row also has to be knitted at a looser tension , four or five whole numbers looser than your main tension . |
| 29 | Because of the last row knitted before casting off has to be knitted at a looser tension , the linker can only be used for casting off all the stitches . |
| 30 | Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer . |