Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , cross at lights whenever possible or at a clear stretch of road where there is good visibility , rather than at a corner . |
| 2 | Whether you prefer to eat soft cheeses when they begin to be runny or at a slightly earlier stage when they are chalkier is simply a matter of personal taste . |
| 3 | Students will need to discipline themselves to keep a record , in a loose leaf binder , on a very regular basis eg. weekly or at the longest once a fortnight . |
| 4 | Many of the masters who lead the trips , and therefore either travel free or at a reduced rate , are surprised that so many parents can still afford further-flung expeditions . |
| 5 | If you are on a low income , you may be able to get dental treatment for free or at a reduced cost . |
| 6 | ‘ The next point I wish to make concerns services and deals with the position of employees of organisations , bodies , or firms which provide services , where the employee is in receipt of those services free or at a reduced rate . |
| 7 | The Natural History Museum undertook to buy any suitable specimens which I brought back , and most firms I approached agreed to provide rations , ammunition , films , medicine and other requirements for the expedition , either free or at a considerable discount . |
| 8 | Section 2(1) ( c ) will also , for example , cover situations where the accused gains admission free or at a reduced charge by pretending to be an old age pensioner . |
| 9 | This is particularly true in this area where we have to compete with the Townswomen 's Guild which has a lower subscription and also with numerous Council-run activities , many of which are free or at a low cost for pensioners . |
| 10 | A late election will also be acceptable where at a crucial time one of the signatories or a signatory 's agent was unavailable for unforeseeable reasons ( such as a serious illness ) and there was no one else who could reasonably be expected to stand in the agent 's shoes . |
| 11 | The activities may be spontaneous or at the suggestion of the teacher . |
| 12 | It is clear that at a meeting on July 4 between Lord Young and BAe , discussions included various tax benefits for Rover , to be achieved through the removal of the ring fence on tax losses and sympathetic revenue treatment . |
| 13 | With hindsight , it is clear that at the time we did not fully grasp the real significance of the workers ' position . |
| 14 | Whilst the White Paper acknowledges that local policy objectives and resources must be a key context in planning and delivery services , the government appears to be clear that at the point of assessment , decisions must be needs-based and ‘ should not focus only on the user 's suitability for a particular existing scheme ’ ( DoH , 1989b , p. 18 ) . |
| 15 | Is it not clear that at the next general election the public will face a clear choice between lower personal taxes under a Conservative Government or swingeing increased taxes under Labour ? |
| 16 | Still , he reckons that the bigger the mainframe , the cheaper relatively it is to buy — 10% cheaper , in fact , at the top than at the bottom end of the range . |
| 17 | It was interesting that at the controversial Chequers seminar on Germany six British and American experts voiced overwhelmingly favourable opinions about Germany and the Germans ( ‘ If Chancellor Kohl had sat in , he would have agreed with or accepted as fair comments 90 per cent of what was said ’ , commented one of them ) . |
| 18 | Yet everything he talked of was clear and at the tip of his tongue . |
| 19 | At first they were very calm and at the end , at the end there was a big panic that they was , they were all talking over each other , there was no control , you know , it was a bit rushed at the end , but , that was n't because it was bad planning , it was just they were panicked at the end . |
| 20 | Expectations are always exceedingly high and at the minute club football in Cavan is poor . ’ |
| 21 | And it applied also to the Chartists — ‘ A nation can not become free and at the same time continue to oppress other nations ’ . |
| 22 | I found his personality irresistibly magnetic and at the end of his speech I joined the rest of the huge crowd in tumultuous cheering . |
| 23 | There are insult-words for women who have too much sex ( slag ) and women who have too little ( pricktease ) ; women can be tasty and at the same time cunts . |
| 24 | The progress of this relationship is n't altogether clear but at the end of the book he describes the Italian male lover as a ‘ sleepy tomcat ’ and Vittoria 's life as subject to frequent phases of ‘ wailing neck biting followed by complacent indifference ’ from such men . |
| 25 | Finn had at last wrenched Bothwell free but at the cost of tearing apart his controls ; in a spiky halo of torn wire , Bothwell crumpled to the floor . |
| 26 | It must be tight-fitting but at the same time easy to remove , for as the caterpillars grow they will consume enormous amounts of nettles . |
| 27 | They 're Italian , they 're 25 years old but at the same time brand new … |
| 28 | Games always result in a win-lose outcome where someone comes out on top but at the other person 's expense . |
| 29 | At a temperature the sample absorbs most of the energy and damping is high whereas at a much lower temperature the material tends to store the energy and mechanical damping is considerably lower . |
| 30 | Why give out the message that certain sexual activities are risky whilst at the same time conveniently ignoring the real needs of lesbians ? |