Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doherty , from Strabane , had joined Derry on a one-month contract after being released at Old Trafford , the intention being to see how things worked out at the Brandywell . |
| 2 | A small Immediate Reaction Force based on the existing Allied Command Europe ( ACE ) Mobile Force , capable of being activated at short notice , would also be retained . |
| 3 | Furthermore the term register is sometimes used to refer to any device which holds a group of one or more bits of information , and which is capable of being accessed at electronic speeds : in this book we use it only for storage devices provided for some special purpose ( such as the SAR ) , and do not apply it to a general store location . |
| 4 | The governments ' answer , it seems , is to go back to the ERM as it worked for most of the 1980s — a more flexible ERM , in which exchange-rate realignments happened now and then , instead of being resisted at all costs . |
| 5 | It had the added distinction of being edited at one time by Nelson Mandela , the ANC leader now in prison . |
| 6 | Johnson , after a moment of being stung at this carelessness , dismissed it as ‘ rather an inconvenience than a loss ’ , and went on to use the incident to defend his views on the second sight . |
| 7 | It should also be understood that black sportsmen work sedulously at perpetuating their popular image of being relaxed at all times . |
| 8 | Despite being exercised at such length , Crookback 's histrionic powers show no abatement . |
| 9 | Despite being shot at point-blank range , Mr Dale ( 43 ) survived , but Mr Norris ( 46 ) died almost instantly . |
| 10 | The former soldier said : ‘ It was a bit like being mortared at any time . |
| 11 | In the case of summary proceedings for recovery of land , Ord 24 , r 4 , any person not named as a respondent may apply to be joined at any stage of the proceedings on the question whether an order for possession should be made . |
| 12 | Impeccable etiquette is required from everyone ; discipline and good manners , have to be observed at all times . |
| 13 | Bear in mind that where a procedure is approved , the published instructions include the minimum heights to be flown at successive stages in the approach and a final obstacle clearance limit or minimum descent height recommended . |
| 14 | Aware of the strength of public opinion , Mrs Aquino ordered flags on government buildings to be flown at half mast in a conciliatory gesture . |
| 15 | The board processes themselves often do not work , so one often hears the remark : the company policy is X , but of course I am not personally in support of this , I believe we should be doing Y. Since industrial success depends totally on getting the concentration of effort of widely differing groups of people with different skills to be applied at optimum effect to the achievement of the common goal , it is not difficult to see why such disparate messages strike at one 's heart and give one a more than usual dose of despair . |
| 16 | Five hundred NHS patients waiting for plastic surgery are to be treated at private hospitals , as part of a Government initiative to cut waiting lists . |
| 17 | In cases where there have been failures to make applications to licensing courts in time for them to be heard at statutory sittings , the Court of Session has been petitioned for directions , in virtue of its nobile officium , to licensing courts to hold special sittings to deal with non-timeous applications . |
| 18 | Echoes of these symbolic assertions of ducal autonomy were also to be heard at later periods . |
| 19 | The necessary appearance of friendship had to be maintained at all times , and patronage continued to flow in the direction of the town of Perth from which the unfortunate Mr. Robinson came . |
| 20 | By contrast , a sense of ‘ community ’ seemed to be absolutely essential if village populations were to be maintained at viable levels . |
| 21 | A critical element in these surveys was that data for past and future plans were to be presented at constant prices , as it was almost impossible to interpret a time series of expenditure for a period in which prices fluctuated significantly . |
| 22 | Archives have an important role to ensure that strategic datasets , at the very least , continue to be deposited at low cost . |
| 23 | It is quite possible for one organisation to be audited at five levels , as well as being accountable to internal decision-making bodies , political masters , and the law . |
| 24 | For it was she who told herself that nothing was to be gained at this moment by recrimination , that Sir George 's land and influence at Stockton were still big assets ( though nowhere near worth the price at which they had been bought ) , and that a moping Sir George — a sackcloth-ashes flagellant — could be all it needed to bring the whole structure of confidence tumbling down . |
| 25 | She proved to be the Glisseuse , a rather shabby forty foot motor cruiser , difficult to see on Venturous ' radar , so that much of the time she had to be kept at visual distance , especially as she approached the busy traffic lanes of the Thames . |
| 26 | These two possibilities may allow deletion-prone gene transcript concentrations to be kept at equivalent levels in both strains . |
| 27 | Boat traffic needs to be kept at modest levels in order to protect one of Britain 's most outstanding botanical treasures . |
| 28 | If spending and the community charge are to be kept at acceptable levels , staff numbers have to be kept under better control than that . |
| 29 | To devote five chapters to intonation may seem excessive , but I feel that this is necessary since the subject is difficult and complex , and needs to be explained at considerable length if the explanation is to be intelligible . |
| 30 | ‘ I managed to get clear at Metropole but then Mick came up beside me at the Juniper chicane but I was n't going to be beaten at this stage and I just managed to hold on . ’ |