Example sentences of "[noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind rarely blows constantly and results can vary depending on whether the wind is increasing or decreasing in speed at the particular moment when an ammeter reading is taken . |
| 2 | He joined the Getty in 1982 , having previously worked in the department of Western European sculpture and decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum , New York . |
| 3 | WASHINGTON , D.C. The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art has just published volume 11 of Sponsored Research in the History of Art 1991–1992 . |
| 4 | There is substantially more information both general and related to risks at the risky junctions than at the less risky ones . |
| 5 | Halley and his successors at the Royal Greenwich Observatory would surely have been fascinated to learn of the unexpected uses to which astronomers of the late 20th century would put their solar observations . |
| 6 | In equal isolation at the Intercontinental Hotel , 16 miles away , Lebanese journalists found themselves restricted to the parliament 's two opening statements and a diet of gentle assurances from Prince Saud al-Feisel , the Saudi Foreign Minister , that optimism was the order of the day , but while he had heard of some disputes in the parliamentary chamber , he had every reason to believe the Lebanese would accept the Arab League peace plan . |
| 7 | I an authorised officer in nineteen sixty eight , so it 'd have been twenty years and er from there I became er an instructor in nineteen eighty four er having successfully completed a number of national run courses on firearms , firearms tactics at the national school of firearms er which are in the metropolitan district and er Lancashire and West Yorkshire . |
| 8 | Table I shows the age distribution and patient characteristics at the initial evaluation of the 174 children with idiopathic constipation . |
| 9 | Reflected glory : Liam Reilly from Mirror Factory , one of the many new stands at the Ideal Home exhibition in the Kings Hall , Belfast . |
| 10 | One glance at the young men emerging from a vehicle told her that the rafting parties had arrived , and within moments Silas was there to greet them . |
| 11 | A glance at the vested interests of the four debaters , debating whether sports-climbing is threatening the traditional ethos of British climbing , throws up interesting comparisons . |
| 12 | But a glance at the Soviet Union should be enough to remind Mr de Klerk that it is far easier to dismantle his predecessors ' oppressive structures than to build a new democracy in their place . |
| 13 | A single glance at the actual contents of Mogridge 's cupboard embarrassed me . |
| 14 | The end result is an animal that looks very much like some kinds of oyster , although a glance at the internal feeding structures shows at once that they are brachiopods , unrelated to the bivalves they superficially resemble . |
| 15 | Now , as a brief glance at the current catalogue will show , he is one of the most recorded composers of his generation . |
| 16 | A glance at the current programme shows that we already have courses on planning , recruitment and publicity . |
| 17 | He spared a glance at the ragged specimens of humanity crouched against the wall and wondered how many of them had once been prosperous farmers or innkeepers or tradesmen . |
| 18 | A glance at the Financial Times or Money Management will reveal the large number and variety of offshore funds in existence . |
| 19 | A brisk walk around the bailey to work up an appetite sounded good , and a glance at the Prior , who was still shaking his head gloomily over his drinking-horn , convinced him that there was no more to be gained by pushing the issue . |
| 20 | THOSE OF the opinion that rock ‘ n ’ roll is a soft option are advised to cast a cynical glance at the Screaming Trees . |
| 21 | It will be apparent from even a cursory glance at the preceding chapter that with relative ease , and often with no lack of management application , an apparently valuable asset can rapidly revert to a financial liability . |
| 22 | With the passing of time , Greek silver coins tended to have a wider diameter and lesser thickness , and a glance at the general appearance of a coin will enable it to be assigned to either the fifth to fourth centuries or the second to first centuries BC ( compare figs. 9 and 6 ) . |
| 23 | A glance at the awful title suggested the answer ‘ nothing ’ but I soon found that this book is not like all the others . |
| 24 | As Cynthia fell silent , the lawyer stole a quick glance at the dying woman and , shocked at the wastage of so young a life , he hastened to lighten Dorothy 's obvious distress . |
| 25 | But one glance at the cascading wisteria blossom — never mind the rest of the promising , if overgrown , London garden — and Spanish translator Patricia Grillo was hooked . |
| 26 | A GLANCE at the present political map of the South West shows almost all of the region under Conservative control . |
| 27 | A casual glance at the equivalent circuit of figure 10.6(b) might suggest that the output resistance of the common-emitter amplifier is and that maximum signal power gain arises with this network when the load resistance equals . |
| 28 | But the Substitute caught his movement and , with a quick sidelong smile and a rueful glance at the offending object , he leaned back in his seat and said solemnly : ‘ It 's my only vice . ’ |
| 29 | Elizabeth cast one happy glance at the dawning delight on the other two faces , and continued with the joyful work . |
| 30 | And although the famous ‘ bass ’ never falters from the beginning to the end of each strain , the allegro attributed to Alberti ( p.68 ) is even barer of thematic ideas ; a glance at the lively and imaginative genuine pieces is enough to convince one that this is spurious . |