Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] at a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real value of the licence fee has grown at a relatively slow pace and has never quite caught up with the rate of inflation . |
| 2 | Having followed the decline in the number of cases of gonorrhoea into the middle fifties , syphilis , in contrast , has remained at a comparatively low level ever since . |
| 3 | In the US , insider trading law has evolved at a much faster pace than any other country . |
| 4 | Fortunately she 'd learnt at a very early age never to be taken in by good looks alone . |
| 5 | The timing of the announcement could not have come at a more politically sensitive time . |
| 6 | I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’ |
| 7 | The eve of the second anniversary of Maxwell 's death could n't have come at a more crucial time for the pensioners who travelled to London today . |
| 8 | His return to Eaton Park could scarcely have come at a more opportune moment considering that Gordon Hamilton , Stuart Laing , Norman Robson and Davy Nicholl have all moved on during the close season . |
| 9 | Schemes such as the furniture stores would have operated at a much more modest level whereas now they are the main providers of this service in the city . |
| 10 | Nonetheless , the farmers could have bought at a slightly higher price certified seed , which , being certified , was less likely to be suffering from the virus which affected the seed actually bought . |
| 11 | In fact , you 're probably thinking that it could n't have arrived at a less propitious moment . ’ |
| 12 | As the will of Archbishop Ælfric of Canterbury ( d.1005 ) bequeaths to the king a ship together with sixty helmets and byrnies this must have happened at a fairly early date . |
| 13 | It is clear that the therapist should have endeavoured at a much earlier stage to involve the parents in treatment , preferably by means of conjoint sessions with Pamela and her parents together . |
| 14 | He could n't have returned at a less opportune moment . |
| 15 | He became involved at a much more personal level , playing cricket at Horton . |
| 16 | We had driven up a muddy track for ten miles and had arrived at a completely ruined farmhouse with no windows or doors , set into the slope of a mountain , looking over a marshy plain . |
| 17 | It had not been shown that the Special Commissioner had misdirected himself or that he had erred in law or that he had arrived at a wholly insupportable conclusion . |
| 18 | Jonadab had followed at a more leisurely pace , not wishing to appear too eager to hear Annie 's news . |
| 19 | It might be say at equal opportunities which we 've worked at a very great deal over the last year . |
| 20 | Although relations with China had improved at a less dramatic pace , in 1990 a South Korean team had participated in the Asian Games in Beijing and a trade agreement between the two countries had been signed [ see p. 38623 ] . |
| 21 | But , as every homebuyer knows , house prices have risen at a far greater rate . |
| 22 | On the basis of their vast volume , flood basalts on the ocean floor have erupted at a much faster long-term average rate than their continental equivalents , although the major contribution of volcanic material on the ocean floor comes from mid-oceanic ridge spreading centres . |
| 23 | SCOTVEC 's role in accrediting SVQs was announced by Ian Lang , Scottish Education Minister , in 1989 and since then developments have proceeded at a very rapid pace . |