Example sentences of "at [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since immigrants from hot countries have settled here for generations , surviving the cold , icy blast , the hybrid ‘ English , ’ with the blood of many nations in their veins will not turn a hair at the cooler climate or the cooler neighbours . |
| 2 | In the same way , if your spouse pays income tax at the higher rate and you pay tax at only the ( lower ) basic rate , then in order to obtain Higher Rate Tax Relief , your spouse should enter into the covenant , or into a Joint Deed of Covenant with you , and he/she should actually make the covenant payments . |
| 3 | If you pay tax at the higher rate you will personally obtain further relief of 15% on the gross figure , so making the net cost of the payment to you £600 . |
| 4 | Similarly , if your spouse pays income tax at the higher rate and you pay tax at only the ( lower ) basic rate , then your spouse should make the Gift Aid payment in order to obtain the higher rate relief . |
| 5 | An agreement was obtained to run a small dedicated number of these at the higher speed . |
| 6 | At the higher frequencies chosen , the cells need to be made much smaller but have the benefit that the telephones can be built to need a great deal less power . |
| 7 | The half year result was a 34 per cent rise over last time , and at the higher end of City estimates . |
| 8 | It was used in a similar way by the newly literate or semi-literate Bolsheviks at the higher levels of the Smolensk and Kursk guberniia party organizations , as can be seen from even a cursory reading of their minutes . |
| 9 | On surfacing , the rate again speeds up , generally remaining at the higher level until the carbon dioxide content of the exhaled air has returned to normal — usually in a few seconds . |
| 10 | At the higher levels of education scientists , economists and others who may play a future role in policy making , research and administration must be helped to understand the problems of disadvantaged areas in relation to society and the economy as a whole . |
| 11 | In general , those leisure activities that are more popular among middle-aged and older groups as well as those aimed at the higher socio-economic groups are likely to hold up better than those aimed at the more financially stretched groups . |
| 12 | Conversely if the samples stored at the higher temperatures show little or no change , it may be possible to reduce the frequency of , or even omit , certain of the scheduled examinations at lower temperatures . |
| 13 | In Powys , £10.08 million was paid in 1982 on 66,900 cattle , 855,100 sheep at the higher rate and 420,100 sheep at the lower rate . |
| 14 | I am prepared to argue that doing business involves , even at the lower levels in an organization but especially at the higher levels of management , semantic problem-solving ; for example , agreeing on boundaries , identifying individuals , establishing and maintaining classifications , conjecturing ways of doing things that belong in no existing formal schema . |
| 15 | band A , B or C in four approved subjects at the Higher grade , or |
| 16 | band A , B or C in three subjects at the Higher grade , together with either band A , B or C in two subjects at the Standard grade&sup4 ; or grades 1 , 2 or 3 in two subjects at the Ordinary grade&sup4 ; . |
| 17 | At the higher levels , humans in the prime of life can hear noises up to about 20,000 cycles per second . |
| 18 | I did find with mine that the secret lay in a final row at the higher tension and that removing the weights was the answer to perfect transferring . |
| 19 | Most early plantation development was at the higher elevations , especially in the central highlands , which covered parts of Kandy , Nuvara Eliya and Badulla districts . |
| 20 | At the higher temperatures the plant becomes straggly . |
| 21 | The issue of such shares is treated as giving rise to an income tax liability on the recipient shareholder , but only at the higher rate of income tax . |
| 22 | Both came to lead theoretically revolutionary parties , which they staffed at the higher levels with relatives or friends from their home region . |
| 23 | If all incomes rise by the same percentage amount , then those at the lower end of the income scale will , of course , receive a lower extra sum of money compared to those at the higher end of the income scale . |
| 24 | Ian Watson , the student in question was a clever young man who had worked very hard to achieve his place at the higher seat of learning ; he found it very difficult to manage on the pittance that his father allowed him . |
| 25 | At the higher levels of government , candidates are usually selected by the top leaders themselves , another element of ‘ top down ’ power , making the actual election process little more than a ‘ rubber stamping ’ exercise . |
| 26 | The groups at the higher points on the diagram — that is , those with higher median levels of RNR — consist of households in which the elderly live with younger people and it is one or more of the younger members who own or rent the home . |
| 27 | Overall , however , there were few signs of any sales at the higher end of the price range . |
| 28 | Privately , however , reaction at the higher end of the trade is positive , with the feeling that potential purchasers will turn back to the dealers for better service at more or less comparable prices . |
| 29 | At the higher levels , the syllabus is necessarily more complex and in Directions , the fourth book in the series , the standard unit format is the double page spread . |
| 30 | These are picture-based at the earlier levels , and text-based at the higher levels . |