Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several townspeople were so depressed at the semi-popish ways of Charles I and Archbishop Laud that they took their idealism to the New World , to a new and more perfect Dorchester . |
| 2 | He scanned the empty horizon and frowned , and she quivered , suddenly afraid at the savage look in his eyes . |
| 3 | Let's look not so much at the left right divide , but but at the tone of the party . |
| 4 | In Flanders , where the count was loyal to Philip VI and perhaps alarmed at the expansionist tendencies of Hainault , Edward pursued a policy of exploiting the social and political tensions between the Flemish-speaking industrial towns and the nobility of the predominantly French-speaking countryside . |
| 5 | Coun. Keith Pudney , chairman of Guisborough Bypass Action Group , said members were highly delighted at the local authority 's decision . |
| 6 | In this way of analysis , the importance of changes in economic and social relations is retained — particularly at the level of the situation , where homologies , in the sense defined earlier , may be thought to operate — while relative autonomy for cultural and ideological elements is especially noticeable at the conjunctural level , for these elements may change at differing speeds , in differing ways . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's unusual for a girl to be so good at the technical stuff , ’ he went on . |
| 8 | On the other hand , policymaking is relatively less complex at the local level , and in many authorities a committee chairman may have acquired considerable specialist knowledge by holding the chairmanship — or serving on the committee concerned-for many years . |
| 9 | Erm indeed over the last two or three years the borough council 's become extremely concerned at the deteriorating economic situation within the district and particularly around Harrogate itself . |
| 10 | This uncertainty is not so important at the present time , when things are far apart , so that a small uncertainty in position does not make much difference . |
| 11 | The House has been rightly concerned at the creeping extension of Community competence over the last few years . |
| 12 | Everyone is extremely pleased at the scrupulous way in which inspection is being carried out in Iraq to reveal the scale of the investment in nuclear weapons . |
| 13 | The APU surveys confirm these findings with the added perspective that such differences are only apparent at the top attainment levels . |
| 14 | ‘ And a special medical pump is also only available at the Royal so I back my men 's decision , ’ he said . |
| 15 | But the spokesman confirmed that specialist neuro and thoracic care was only available at the Royal site . |
| 16 | If I was lucky , Gav would be so shocked at the very idea I had had carnal knowledge of an aunt — even one of the not-really-an-aunt variety — that he would just pretend it had n't happened . |
| 17 | By the current standards of research finance , this is a far-fetched , politically naive scheme , long on committee intricacies so beloved at the committee-bound Academy . |
| 18 | I give this portion of my estate as a thank-offering in the firm conviction that never again shall we have such a chance of giving our country that form of help which is so vital at the present time . |
| 19 | Hofmann returned to Berlin , to the most prestigious chair of chemistry in Germany and thus in the world , in 1865 , somewhat disappointed at the slow development of chemistry in Britain . |
| 20 | The public had been most incensed at the relative simplicity with which the Royal Mail company had been relieved of their entrusted money . |
| 21 | It was most noticeable at the annual conferences , held in windswept seaside resorts in early October . |
| 22 | Sir William Anstruther-Gray formally declared him the victor and his election was duly rubber-stamped at the ceremonial party meeting six days later . |
| 23 | ‘ You should have whipped off the trousers and said the jacket was a mini-dress , ’ said literary agent Felicity Bryan , who remembers doing just that at the Tory Carlton Club 20 years ago . |
| 24 | As I walked between the walls my mind was already in the byre , just visible at the far end of the yard . |
| 25 | Inside the Dabs 386DX the processor is just visible at the bottom right of the case . |
| 26 | Besterman claimed that he was largely self-educated at the British Museum library and it is typical that his first separate publication should have been a bibliography of the well-known theosophist Annie Besant [ q.v. ] ( 1924 ) . |
| 27 | Spencer lifted his arms in a flamboyant gesture and Emily felt physically sick at the mere thought of marrying him . |
| 28 | Although the plans have been welcomed by the CBI and the British Road Federation they are likely to raise a storm of protest from residents and local authorities directly affected and from conservation groups already concerned at the likely impact of the Channel Tunnel and its rail links with London . |
| 29 | When Benny moved to the end of the vestibule — striding boldly as if she belonged , hoping to attract less attention than a furtive visitor would — she was momentarily stunned at the sheer scale of what lay before her . |
| 30 | The venture capital industry has grown rapidly in the 1980 's and into the 1990's , from around twelve in the mid 1970's to approximately 124 at the present time . |