Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Readability researchers often emphasise that it is not possible to use a formula to assess difficulty at the individual sentence level ; a formula or graph can only make predictions about difficulty at a global level . |
| 2 | Further , decisions about the needs of kin , and whether one has a duty to put them before one 's own interests , cease to be static sets of responsibilities and become matters for judgement at a particular point in time , with such judgements being related both to the economic circumstances then prevailing , and to the situation of all the other members of the family group . |
| 3 | As an alternative means of adding security , the bill[s] of exchange may be sent with shipping documents — the buyer only obtains title to the goods once the bill[s] have been accepted for payment at a future date [ or , if the bill is payable ‘ at sight ’ , when payment has been made ] . |
| 4 | It 's snug , sexy and exceptional value for money at a basic Y1.07 million to Y1.331 million . |
| 5 | Dinah , accordingly , had champagne drunk out of her slipper , more champagne thrust upon her in a glass ; and was driven home in the small hours of the morning , after supper at a famous restaurant with three escorts ; Nathan Holland , the famous actor who played Macbeth , and her father . |
| 6 | In the study which Teresa Hinton and Richard Berthoud made of Money Advice Services , they showed how much the development had been a response to the increasing demands for help at a local level . |
| 7 | Mandy had planned a short trip : about a forty-five-minute paddle and then a stop for lunch at a secluded bay down the lake , and then back . |
| 8 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
| 9 | Now I think the landscape issue and by landscape I mean er landscape and ecology , is capable of assessment at a strategic level , that 's why we have er National Parks , A O N Bs and so on . |
| 10 | This effectively destroyed any chance of progress at a crucial stage in the negotiations , it meant the collapse of the so-called ‘ Finlandisation ’ option . |
| 11 | Indeed , getting proposals through is a test of virility for some executives , so notions of change at a late stage in the policy-making process are unreal . |
| 12 | It is possible that these differences reflect the availability of suitable timber , but it is difficult at present to determine the extent of woodland at a sufficient level of detail . |
| 13 | Some years ago I discussed my beliefs with a learned Professor of Agriculture at a leading university . |
| 14 | He could glean from each category what was happening and , of course at a convenient time , he would test the aircraft itself and then put it on line so that the bombload could be installed before mid-afternoon or early evening . |
| 15 | What the seller now has is something of immediate value — the undertaking of the buyer to pay a certain sum of money at a future date . |
| 16 | Another of Mr. Talbot 's activities was the loaning of money at a fair old rate of interest but he did not believe in spending a penny to smarten his premises from which the paint was peeling so badly that bare wood was revealed . |
| 17 | Consider someone 's total state of consciousness at a particular moment , comprising various perceptual experiences , thoughts , imaginings , feelings and so forth . |
| 18 | As I see it , it is conveying the intellectual achievements and excitements of palaeontology at a level appropriate to that part of the population who enjoy Life on Earth and Horizon on television . |
| 19 | The shibboleth of the DM3 standard should not stand in the way of entry at a realistic level , which would probably be at around DM2.80 to the pound . |
| 20 | Enterprise democracy , that is , was presented as the complement to social planning of investment at a national or even supra-national level . |
| 21 | Now imagine a source of light at a constant distance from us , such as a star , emitting waves of light at a constant frequency . |
| 22 | Now imagine a source of light at a constant distance from us , such as a star , emitting waves of light at a constant frequency . |
| 23 | In RFS a parallel beam of light at a single frequency ( or energy ) from a tunable laser is directed at the atoms . |
| 24 | Having to pay for each 1/2 kilometre of congestion at a known rate will in my opinion be a greater deterrent to fighting congestion than any other form of pricing . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , in these days of economic stringency and looming closures , the matter of separation at a young age is one which we should not neglect . |
| 26 | Later that day , 15 Oct , at The Questors Theatre in Ealing , he will be the guest of honour at a fund-raising event for the Questors in which we are promised the opportunity to ‘ find out what makes a critic , what are his prejudices and his preferences , and what are his fears and hopes for British ( and world ) theatre . ’ |
| 27 | He was recently quest of honour at a formal dinner at Lake Hall , where he spent his early University days . |
| 28 | It is considerably harder to characterise the form of exchange at a local level , although we may hypothesise about its nature on the basis of the organisation viewed through alternative forms of evidence . |
| 29 | A family is celebrating more than five hundred years of work at a local docks . |
| 30 | His reward — a £200 cheque , an engraved paperweight and a certificate — was presented to him by Colonel Douglas Spratt , President of the Edinburgh branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing at a special students ‘ evening . |