Example sentences of "[noun sg] at [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There was also an interest in integrating local authorities more closely with the developing machinery for economic management at both a regional and a national level . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , to the relief of the assembled celebs ( who no doubt speak on behalf of many Britons ) , irradiated food will have to be clearly labelled , giving the shopper at least a choice of taking any possible risks on board . |
| 4 | To avoid this , start your new method of contraception at least a week before the IUD is removed . |
| 5 | Technologies designed to replace or substitute for lost functions will also continue to improve , allowing if not complete recovery at least a greatly improved quality of life for patients . |
| 6 | The motorspeeder had entered a canyon at least a mile wide . |
| 7 | Vegetation , like this tree found in the same area , suggests that the mammoths were existing in a climate at least a couple of degrees warmer than southern Britain has now . |
| 8 | ‘ I have played the organ at quite a few weddings but this is one that stood out . |
| 9 | ‘ I have played the organ at quite a few weddings but this is one that stood out . |
| 10 | Owned and bred in Ireland by Major Eustace Loder ( she was foaled only two years after Sceptre ( see pages 18–19 ) ) and trained at Newmarket by Peter Purcell Gilpin , she made her racecourse debut in the British Dominion Two-Year-Old Plate at Sandown Park in June 1903 and turned in an electrifying performance to win by an official margin of ten lengths — though some put the correct distance at nearly a hundred yards ! |
| 11 | Here it is , a breech at least a hundred yards long and the power station has been swept away . |
| 12 | Dating a " consumer revolution " suggests a beginning at least a generation earlier . |
| 13 | Yeah I I usually find myself having just deposited Spike at the station at about a quarter past nine and then I 'm in town and er able to do things in town . |
| 14 | With inflation at even a relatively modest rate , the value of business assets can increase , creating a liability for CGT upon disposal . |
| 15 | The growing emphasis at both a national and institutional level on policies designed to widen and increase access to higher education has led to increased interest in recent years in the relative performance of students with non-traditional qualifications in higher education . |
| 16 | These themes are alive and well in British child care policy at both a national and a local level . |
| 17 | The electronic cheep from the alarm chiselled into his skull at precisely a quarter to seven . |
| 18 | Drive a Range Rover at about a hundred and ten along the motorway , you |
| 19 | Mankind had , after all , turned from hunting to farming as a way of life at least a thousand years before this date , by which time both goats and sheep were already domesticated . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'll leave Thunder Bay at about a quarter to one , ’ Nell said , ‘ so we 'll have lunch soon after . |
| 21 | Tax revenue was found to reach a peak at around a 60% ‘ composite tax rate ’ , i.e. one which includes both direct and indirect taxes , as well as various social security payments , all expressed as a percentage of GDP . |
| 22 | BISHOP JOHN CROWLEY writes of Bishop Harris : With everyone else I share a sense of gratitude to him for all that he has given to the church at both a diocesan and a national level during his 14 years as bishop here . |
| 23 | With everyone else I share a sense of gratitude to him for all that he has given to the church at both a diocesan and a national level during his 14 years as bishop here . |
| 24 | You will need support from a trained counsellor at either a voluntary organisation like The Terrence Higgins Trust or a sexually transmitted disease clinic , in order to make a good informed decision . |
| 25 | They had been at it for over two and a half hours before the searchlight finally picked out the slumped body in the yard of an abandoned farm at over a thousand metres on the slopes of Mount Guffone . |
| 26 | With you have to be organised and book at least a week ahead for the train you want . |
| 27 | You know , people And I did n't , well you were suppose Well we did mark the book at perhaps a p a pound to a book you know , like they were in those days . |
| 28 | Mr Yenici told the committee in London he had believed he would be in the private hospital at least a month , but was ‘ in and out within a week ’ . |
| 29 | Inside sources claim that Cobain is devastated by the revelations , and the possibility that Nirvana may cancel their appearance at Reading Festival is very real , given that the band were prepared to scrap their jubilant homecoming show at just a few days ' notice . |
| 30 | All are best ordered from your local bank at least a week before departure . |