Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [noun pl] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | German car manufacturers are now producing advanced designs at affordable prices . |
| 2 | If we are successful in obtaining major reviews , this could require assembling multi-disciplinary teams at short notice to work intensively against tight deadlines . |
| 3 | This would be easier to flat-pack and cost the maker exactly £22 , constructing it entirely by hand and purchasing all materials at retail prices from his local DIY store , thereby , I hoped , proving that a very comfortable profit could be made while still considerably undercutting the funeral directors . |
| 4 | Unless you intend to fit double-glazing yourself ( and even ‘ Cling-film ’ can be very effective ) , it is best to get brochures and free estimates from several of the largest and longest-established firms in this field before making any decision , as there are numerous small firms selling sub-standard products at high prices . |
| 5 | Previously the framework had been rather piecemeal , with departments presenting separate estimates at different periods of the year . |
| 6 | Recently , synthesis of DNA containing 5-fluorocytosine residues at specific positions was independently accomplished by three different laboratories , once by a combination of standard oligonucleotide synthesis and site-specific enzymatic 5-FC incorporation ( 13 ) , twice by direct chemical synthesis of 2'-deoxyoligonucleotides containing 5-fluoro-2'-deoxycycytidine ( 14 , 15 ) . |
| 7 | The Government is also committed to new road safety measures , including raising penalties for drink driving and installing more cameras at dangerous road junctions to film those passing through red lights . |
| 8 | The workers will have to be part of the success of the sell-offs , which is why advisers like Mr Brennan are proposing that they be given sizeable stakes in companies for nothing — up to 5 per cent or more — with the possibility of them buying more shares at big discounts . |
| 9 | Always SAS the sounds you are comparing by using short sentences at normal speed . |
| 10 | Guinness is closing five distilleries at United Distillers in Scotland which will result in 700 redundancies . |
| 11 | He kept it on the sprayer to avoid having several machines at different fill-up points . |
| 12 | Parallel to this education and close round the school , the life of the community goes on — the child plays and is expected to play a very full part in it ; fetching water and firewood , minding little brothers and sisters , running errands , buying and often selling in the market , performing religious duties at Koranic schools , catechist classes or in traditional preparation for circumcision and other initiation ceremonies , alongside all the watching , the imitation , the play , the chit-chat and the ‘ mucking about ’ which is part of growing up everywhere . |
| 13 | A It 's always a problem having tempting ornaments at low levels with children about . |
| 14 | This study will examine the responses of linguists and cognitive scientists to the changing research culture of natural language processing by analysing a corpus of written and spoken texts reflecting various attempts at collaborative research . |
| 15 | Medlycott turns the ball the most while the dependable Neil Kendrick finished last season much more strongly , displacing Medlycott and taking 10 wickets at Old Trafford . |
| 16 | Process Flow Team chairman said : ‘ Following the success of this year 's Take Home Trade Conference and follow up presentations at Runcorn , we will be looking at involving more employees at similar presentations next year . |
| 17 | Not far from Blockley is the Knee Brook , powering several mills at nearby Paxford , called Pye and Bran Mills , the latter often referred to as Brand Mill . |
| 18 | We are unlikely to find much evidence one way or the other just by reading judicial opinions at random , for judges are unlikely to explain why they believe what everyone believes . |
| 19 | HITCHED FOR LIFE : Hitch-hiking is not everyone 's favourite mode of transport — feigning angelic smiles at indifferent drivers from the cold , wet , hard shoulder of Leicester Forest East service station . |
| 20 | However , although the overall price rise permitted has been fixed , this does not prevent BT from increasing different tariffs at different rates ( provided it does not engage in Predatory pricing ) . |
| 21 | IBM Corp last week boosted the versatility of its Power Visualisation System , a parallel server for generating and manipulating complex images at high speed in applications such as medicine and geophysics , and cut prices on the thing by 25% to 40% , lowering the entry point to $320,000 from $528,000 . |
| 22 | Space precludes a full account of the APT saga , but briefly stated the purpose of the tilting train is to run through speed-restricted curves in complete safety and without loss of passenger comfort at much higher speeds than can be achieved with conventional rolling stock , enabling journey times to be reduced without recourse to realigning and upgrading existing tracks at prohibitive cost . |
| 23 | ‘ In a speech described as brusque and arrogant by West German sources , ’ reported Anna Tomforde in the Guardian , ‘ British representative Dr Martin Holdgate , the chief scientist at the Department of the Environment ’ said , ‘ We see no point in making heroic efforts at great cost , to control one out of many factors unless there is a reasonable expectation that such control will lead to real improvement in the environment . ’ |
| 24 | It is increasingly important that there is just such a Wales-based environmental group putting forward a Welsh viewpoint ; and that such a group is seen to be supported at its grass roots by active branches playing parallel roles at local levels . |
| 25 | Despite the injustice , he never lost sight of his love for football , winning two shields at inter-prison soccer matches . |
| 26 | In tackling the grave problem of dilapidated and overcrowded property by reconditioning old houses and building new ones at low rents , the way was led , as it has so often been , by private individuals and voluntary associations . |
| 27 | The main outstanding issue is that we do n't know how colour-coding receptive fields are constructed out of wavelength-coding receptive fields at other stages in the system . |
| 28 | But pharmacists , like doctors , have run out of vaccines — leaving some patients at serious risk . |
| 29 | When there is a daily or seasonal pattern in demand , peak load pricing reflects the different short-run marginal costs of supplying different customers at different times of day or times of year . |
| 30 | Congressmen value invitations to White House functions and enjoy receiving presidential pens at bill-signing ceremonies . |