Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HP 's Larry Lytle , loaned to the Open Software Foundation back at its inception to handle recruiting , has made a 180 degree turn after a stint at Netwise as strategic relations director where he had philosophical differences with OSf : He 's now gone to Unix System Labs as director of corporate communications . |
| 2 | Full diplomatic relations would be re-established only after a meeting at ministerial level which would be held after the resolution of the remaining issues . |
| 3 | Sodium , potassium and calcium ions , which are present in , for example , serum samples , swamp the sensor making it very difficult to detect a particular enantiomer of a drug at low concentration . |
| 4 | This is because , as we have said , if a material does not fail in a ‘ brittle ’ manner because of a crack at right angles to a tension stress , then it may fail by ‘ sliding off ’ ( Figure 3 ) at 45° to it , and if this is the weaker mechanism this is what will happen . |
| 5 | Dr Al-Habobi , who wore the uniform of a brigadier at Ba-ath Party headquarters in the Iraqi capital , was known by British and American intelligence throughout the late Eighties as instrumental in the race for the bomb . |
| 6 | The most important of these was the ability to measure the temperature and density of a plasma at different times during a discharge . |
| 7 | The kind of woman I would n't mind having around if I was in trouble though she might be a bit of a trial at other times . |
| 8 | But this year it was far less of a spectacle at Eastern Creek , near Sydney . |
| 9 | Our friend the kingfisher apparently possesses computational mechanisms which can discover the real position of a fish at varying depths in the water . |
| 10 | Into his mind came a sudden vision of a classroom at Commonweal School , with motes of chalk-dust swirling in shafts of sunlight . |
| 11 | Individuals were also asked to assess the severity of a task at different times during the 24 hours . |
| 12 | According to Lado ( 1964 ) , this is the facility to use the units and patterns of a language at conversational speed with attention on the message and not on the language units or patterns as such . |
| 13 | Havelock suggests three categories : the research and development and diffusion model , where an idea or practice conceived at the centre is fed out into the system ; the social interaction model , where change proceeds through formal and informal contact between groups ; and the problem solving model , where individuals are themselves involved in initiating , developing or modifying aspects of a programme at local level . |
| 14 | And secondly : no one , neither Minister at the head of a Department of State , nor local trade union leader of a workforce at imminent risk of unemployment , nor anyone else , should for purposes which are essentially ideological invite or encourage men and women to invest their hopes and expectations in projects only incidentally and doubtfully concerned to realise them . |
| 15 | Near to them is Lindisfarne or Holy Isle which can only be reached by way of a causeway at low tide . |
| 16 | It was a modest kind of a funeral at old Eugene 's specific request . |
| 17 | Fortunately , ‘ Charlie ’ is a mild noise , like a small aeroplane , not the sound of a jet at close range . |
| 18 | I recommend this book to those who are curious about the medical benefits of a stay at high altitude . |
| 19 | One round went through a bedroom window of a house at Upper Dunmurry Lane and struck the wall beside where the young girl was sleeping . |
| 20 | The attack coincided with the destruction of an aircraft at Wakunai airport on the island 's east coast , and resulted in the suspension of all domestic flights . |
| 21 | The queen dowager would probably have been considerably more of an embarrassment at large , and the Crowland chronicler implies that Gloucester did not really want to resolve the question . |
| 22 | The queen dowager would probably have been considerably more of an embarrassment at large , and the Crowland chronicler implies that Gloucester did not really want to resolve the question . |
| 23 | The Slavemaster circuit seems to flatten out or compress the signal in a manner comparable to that of an amplifier at maximum volume . |
| 24 | Other aspects of the agreements include the opening of an account at local Tauramena banks for making payments to the suppliers and to the employees . |
| 25 | During the evaluation of the undergraduate course in information retrieval at Chalmers Library , a series of interviews were carried out with students participating in the course as part of an attempt at illuminative evaluation . |
| 26 | The effect was that of an attempt at Mediterranean good taste , contrived by and for people who had no taste at all . |
| 27 | ‘ If you are heading for a cliff at high speed in a motor car , it might be undignified to make a U-turn . |
| 28 | If you 're out of the Ritz bracket , Hazlitt 's is one London hotel which gives you more than just bed and bath for a night at reasonable rates . |
| 29 | There must be procedures for determining the market price for a contract at regular intervals , even in a thin market . |
| 30 | Join us for another Fox Report tomorrow at six , for a look at international , local and national news , but do n't go away , Steve Priestley 's back with the Red Fox after the news at seven o'clock . |