Having value "V at n" construction
Form
NP
Entity
Verb
at
NP
Measurement
Examples
Entity
[The first two movies]
Verb
[clocked in]
at
at
Measurement
[around 2 and a half hours.]
Entity
[The number of reported cases]
Verb
peaked
at
at
Measurement
3,547
in 1944.
Meaning
An Entity receives a particular Measurement with respect to some attribute (e.g. length, weight, duration, price, etc.).
Roles
Entity
The item or abstract object that receives the Measurement.
Measurement
The value of the Entity with respect to a particular attribute, e.g. length, weight, duration, price, etc.
Frames
Inherits from
Sub-constructions
Lexical items ( Verb slot)
Extreme_value
bottom out
The company ended 2002 with about 4,800 employees, and expects to bottom out at between 4,440 and 4,500, company officials said.
peak
The number of reported cases peaked at 3,547 in 1944.
Dimension
average out
The profits averaged out at a quarter of a million pounds per partner.
clock in
The first two movies clocked in at around 2 and a half hours.
run
Mr Bradley forecasts wage settlements running at 8 or 9 per cent.
stand
The percentage of people who were going on to start basic training stood at four per cent in September 1984.
weigh in
The notepad weighed in at 3kgs.
work out
The cost of moving a 22-tonne load by road worked out at roughly 95p per mile.
Commerce_sell
retail
At a recent show a motorised respirator was retailing at between £280 and £300.
sell
Shiraz and Afghan rugs sell at prices under £500.
Lexical items without a frame:
close
Bond Corp shares closed at 25 cents.
end
The FT 30 share index ended at 1,876.9.
finish
Against the dollar it lost 1.9 cents to finish at $1.5585.
level off
Temperatures will level off at a cool eight or nine degrees celsius.
level out
My weight has now levelled out at around 10st, ideal for the jumps.
open
The shares opened at 76p and quickly soared to 96p before settling back to 81p.
stabilize
The OECD Economic Outlook indicated that the trade deficit in the USA stabilized at an annual rate $5,000 million lower than in the second half of 1988.