Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [be] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UP to 40 jobs look set to be axed at the cash-strapped Tory Central Office . |
| 2 | He 's supposed to be staying at a children 's home , but he spent last night in police cells after being arrested for the thirtieth time — for breaching bail conditions . |
| 3 | You were supposed to be looking at the clothes , ’ Paula said artlessly . |
| 4 | It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door . |
| 5 | Well it 's supposed to be drying at the moment . |
| 6 | Whom did you say you were supposed to be meeting at the airport ? |
| 7 | He wondered what had happened to handsome Georgie , the boy he was supposed to be meeting at the pub on the night of the murder . |
| 8 | In theoretical work , the turbulence is supposed to be generated at an initial instant and then to decay as time proceeds . |
| 9 | It was supposed to be resolved at the long-awaited , and delayed , meeting in Beijing of the party 's Central Committee on December 25th-30th . |
| 10 | The mixture of cheap jokes and pretentious philosophising becomes increasingly hard to stomach , however , and there are far too many moments when it is not clear whether you are supposed to be laughing at the characters or taking them seriously . |
| 11 | They , like the GCSE and A level , are supposed to be taken at a particular age , at 7 , 11 , and 14 . |
| 12 | We were privileged to be received at the fine new Council Offices in Stornoway . |
| 13 | ON A Sunday morning , the average Tory voter is as likely to be queuing at a supermarket check-out as at the communion rail . |
| 14 | The unit is likely to be based at the Bryn-y-Neuadd hospital in Llanfairfeshan , near Bangor . |
| 15 | A decision is likely to be reached at the meeting of the International Rugby Football Board in April , though no-one at the board 's Bristol HQ was available to comment yesterday . |
| 16 | Closure of Harefield Hospital is recommended , although the transplantation programme is likely to be maintained at a different site ( at Northwick Park , the Royal Brompton , or Oxford ) . |
| 17 | Testing , as an evaluation procedure , is more likely to be conducted at a national or at a local education authority level . |
| 18 | Seven modules have been introduced covering areas such as cognitive , occupational , developmental and clinical psychology , and providing the skills and knowledge likely to be required at a basic level in higher education . |
| 19 | At 16 they are more likely to be studying at school ; by 18 they are much more likely to be studying at an establishment of further or higher education . |
| 20 | A formal decision was likely to be taken at a foreign ministers ' meeting in June . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the questions themselves , at this stage , will be the main focus , and also at this stage we might allow more questions to be included than are likely to be used at the final stage . |
| 22 | THE only Aylesbury Ducks likely to be found at The County Ground tomorrow will be an increasingly celebrated strain decked in green and white hoops . |
| 23 | THE only Aylesbury Ducks likely to be found at The County Ground tomorrow will be an increasingly celebrated strain decked in green and white hoops . |
| 24 | Horses with the highest self-esteem are likely to be found at the top of their pecking order . |
| 25 | In both primary and secondary schools , women were more likely to be found at the bottom of the hierarchy of teaching posts . |
| 26 | A common position on the draft Directive is likely to be agreed at the Internal Market Council in the near future . |
| 27 | More than 120 people have signed up for the six courses and a regular programme of similar events is now likely to be organised at the Wivenhoe Park campus , near Colchester . |
| 28 | Students are encouraged to apply analytical and diagnostic skills to the information-related problems which are likely to be encountered at the interface of Personal Assistant , Office Supervisory and Middle Management levels , thus enhancing their ability to work in an interactive role in team situations . |
| 29 | MAS policy is to recover costs in full in the case of an unreasonable withdrawal ; in the event of failure to sell a small discount below our time costs may be appropriate , particularly if MAS is likely to be reappointed at a later date to have another attempt at the sale . |
| 30 | There continue to be a considerable range of views among the 12 member countries on specific issues likely to be discussed at the summit , however , such as the feasibility of carbon taxes or the level of development aid . |