Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basically a look at surviving Spitfires , it is an interesting work marred slightly by some incorrect photo captions . |
| 2 | At the time the name seemed just too obviously a snipe at relational database rival Oracle Corp , which began rolling out its delayed Release 7 over the course of 1992 : Sybase 's current release name is 4.9 , and there seemed no logical reason to start calling anything out of the fast-growing system software supplier 's warehouses ‘ System 10 ’ . |
| 3 | But only a hiatus at National Carriers caused by the closure of British Rail 's door-to-door parcels service in 1980 stopped NFC going the way of other privatisations — into the pockets of disinterested individuals and institutions . |
| 4 | We all smiled at that , because there was already a young man who was often a visitor at New Place . |
| 5 | Now all we have is the island , and that 's pretty small , and hardly even an island at low tide . |
| 6 | One was David Robins , then a student at nearby University College , from a leftist Jewish London background . |
| 7 | Officials expect them to show that there is indeed an obstacle at middle-management level . |
| 8 | Only within the Parliamentary Labour Party was there an attempt at collective discipline and that was so loose that the Independent Labour Party was to maintain its right to direct its own members within the PLP as late as 1931 . |
| 9 | He threw his dressing gown casually on the chair and — with never a glance at Arty — jumped between the sheets , picked up the newspaper from the floor beside the bed , opened it out and peered over the top , his ears tuned to the conversation . |