Example sentences of "a [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Fortunately for Middlesbrough , scout Barrie Geldart stepped on the scene and arranged a trial at Ayresome Park .
3 On this occasion , the guests were predominantly French , the music predominantly English and the dinner a sit-down at small tables of eight .
4 Anthony Gittens , secretary of the Britons from 1949 to 1973 and a member since 1924 , was a prominent member of the IFL in the 1930s and opened a branch at Kentish Town in London .
5 He hopes his designs will be a winner at indoor kart arenas throughout the United Kingdom .
6 The women 's race looks set for the second successive year to be at the mercy of Rosa Mota , a winner at Olympic and world level as well as the three times European champion .
7 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 ’ .
8 Then it liked a little higher , flattened out and set a course at sub-radar altitude .
9 He opened it and chose a sentence at random .
10 Erm can you think of a one metal which is n't a solid at normal temperatures ?
11 A narrow view would be that if contributory negligence was not a defence at common law , then it will not be available under the Act .
12 If there had been no reason for the attack , it called for a severe sentence ; in one sense , revenge attacks , which themselves strike a blow at public justice , could be said to aggravate the gravity of the offence .
13 But who would bowl a beamer at nice John Major ?
14 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 .
15 The six-month-old animal fell through a hole less than two feet wide in a field at Great Burdon , Darlington and was imprisoned 12ft underground in a narrow chamber for a day until a man walking his dogs discovered her and called the RSPCA .
16 The six-month-old pony fell through a hole less than two feet wide in a field at Great Burdon , Darlington .
17 Her body was found in a field at Cold Harbour Farm in Aylesbury .
18 There must be procedures for determining the market price for a contract at regular intervals , even in a thin market .
19 In the case of legacy per damnationem , the legatee was not of course owner , but he was the beneficiary of a civil-law obligation imposed on the heir by the testator : the words used for such a legacy , damnas esto dare , generated a liability at civil law for the heir to make over the property to the legatee .
20 The apparently greater salience to working-class women of self-conceptualization as a housewife is confirmed by a look at overall ‘ domestic ’ responses .
21 If you 'd rather not spend your valuable evenings slaving over a hot stove take a look at Cosmopolitan After-work Cookbook .
22 Let's have a look at major influences er on communication in organisations .
23 Basically a look at surviving Spitfires , it is an interesting work marred slightly by some incorrect photo captions .
24 The North West 's month-long package of international culture and entertainment this year addresses a number of themes , including arts and disability ; a cultural twinning with Galway ; the 100th anniversary of the Gaelic League ; a look at Romanian culture , and the European Year of Older People .
25 So we 'll do , let's just split into two groups , one group to have a look at aggressive people , one group to have a look at passive and what I 'd like to do is identify any groups .
26 Next month we 'll take a look at various riffs and melodies using Pentatonic scales in fourths — so see you then .
27 And welcome to a new series of Ideas in Action , in which we 're taking a look at various approaches to history .
28 Before considering the implications of sexuality for personal and social problems it may be well to take a look at present-day outlooks upon sex in our society and to the norms and mores which exist in the community as a whole .
29 ‘ I thought you might want to take a look at young Timothy here .
30 If mascara brings tears to your eyes , then take a look at new Intense Colour Mascara , from RoC .
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