Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [be] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is even possible , in extreme circumstances , for contributory fault to be assessed at 100 per cent , thus resulting in a nil compensation award . |
| 2 | The first correct entry to be drawn at random will be notified by phone and the Guitarist carrier pigeon will do the rest . |
| 3 | Although the eigenproblem to be solved at each step is vastly less time-consuming and expensive than direct methods applied to the full system , yet it does take much time . |
| 4 | ‘ And after that it will be the turn of your gallery and your boy to be destroyed at any time of our choosing . ’ |
| 5 | Royalty Payable : SHALL BE 25% OF THE ARGENTINIAN PUBLISHED PRICE PAYABLE ON THE QUANTITY TO BE MANUFACTURED AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND SHALL BE PAID ON RECEIPT OF THE COPY MASTERS . |
| 6 | Royalty Payable : SHALL BE 25% OF THE ARGENTINIAN PUBLISHED PRICE PAYABLE ON THE QUANTITY TO BE MANUFACTURED AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND SHALL BE PAID ON RECEIPT OF THE COPY MASTERS . |
| 7 | But the LEA refused to offer the applicant 's mother a grant for the child to be educated at that school . |
| 8 | This was every morning 's adventure , because the idea of meeting her brother-in-law , or any gentleman , on her way to or from her goal was an excruciating though exciting embarrassment to be avoided at any cost . |
| 9 | Commander Brian Spittals had ordered a press conference to be called at ten o'clock the next morning so that it could catch the lunchtime news bulletins . |
| 10 | The point of this distinction between the social ( the particular ) and the artistic ( the general ) is precisely to deny there is any ‘ real ’ distinction to be made at all . |
| 11 | Perhaps only three or four keys on the typewriter keyboard that the computer will have need to be pressed at all , and if a child presses the wrong one it does n't all stop and funny , you know , impersonal messages come up on the screen saying he 's done something wrong , it just ignores them and waits for one of the correct responses . |
| 12 | The earlier of the two identifies the poet with his poetry , praying that after his death he should be forgotten : Sonnet 74 draws a different line , separating the Poet from his work : The point to be stressed at this juncture — forgive the interruption ! — is the turning of the other into the self and of the self into poetry , which is at the same time the turning of life into art and of transience into immortality : This marvellous poem can be linked , no doubt , to the series attacking time and proclaiming the certainty of the poet 's survival . |
| 13 | He was keen for more business to be taken at full Cabinet level and set about dismantling parts of the Attlee machine . |
| 14 | The recent work by McAuslan and others ( supra ) in respect of the functioning of the Windscale Inquiry casts further doubt on the fairness of our current practice of leaving it solely to the legislature to determine the form and procedure to be adopted at such inquiries . |
| 15 | The objective is to assist retailers to : decide where to open new branches ; relocate unsatisfactory existing branches ; determine the level of service to be offered at any particular branch . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ If a committal order is made , the order shall be for the issue of a warrant of committal and , unless the judge otherwise orders — ( a ) a copy of the order shall be served on the person to be committed either before or at the time of the execution of the warrant ; or ( b ) where the warrant has been signed by the judge , the order for issue of the warrant may be served on the person to be committed at any time within 36 hours after the execution of the warrant . |
| 18 | The usual procedure is for a sample , which is then referred to as the ‘ panel ’ , to be selected in the usual way , as described on pp. 35–9 above , and for data about this sample to be collected at regular intervals over a period of years . |
| 19 | It may prove more feasible and profitable to set standards of language competence to be achieved at certain levels and leave room for different paths to these common goals . |
| 20 | ‘ Cost and volume ’ contracts specifying a price for a minimum level of service , with additional cases treated over that minimum to be supplied at agreed prices . |
| 21 | There may be complaints and accusations of neglect to be endured at first , but it is stimulating for the old person to have new company and most important for you , the carer , to maintain some friends and some life outside the home , both for present needs and for the future when you will be alone . |
| 22 | Where no guardian is appointed initially any party may apply for an appointment to be made at any stage in the proceedings ( FPCR , r10(2) ; FPR , r4.10(2) ) . |
| 23 | These drafts provided for foreign and defence policy and for issue of police and judicial co-operation to be decided at intergovernmental level outside the normal EC decision-making machinery . |
| 24 | The policy even has the distinction of attracting from the regional office of the Department of the Environment , in the paper to be considered at this E I P , a phrase of mild support . |
| 25 | Giving her reasons for that the mother said that she wished access to be resumed at some point in the future , that D remembered her as the natural mother , and there was a bond between them which would be cut off or damaged by adoption . |
| 26 | Since that date Christie 's has played a key role in many of these negotiations , and the fruits of its success are evident in Patronage Preserved , an exhibition to be held at 8 , King Street , London from 2–20th January 1991 . |
| 27 | Gardeners occasionally regard shade as an evil to be avoided at all costs . |
| 28 | The patient 's death is not an evil to be avoided at all costs , but is an inevitable consequence of his condition . |
| 29 | Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence . |
| 30 | If the defendant in a fixed date action fails to deliver a defence in time , the court may order a defence to be filed at any time before the trial ( Ord 9 , r 11(1) ) . |