Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His submission was that where the words of a statute were ambiguous or obscure or were capable of giving rise to an absurd conclusion it should be legitimate to look at the Parliamentary history , including the debates in Parliament , for the purpose of identifying the intention of Parliament in using the words it did use . |
| 2 | It is clear from the above that higher headquarters placed great emphasis on L Detachment remaining essential fly as a parachute unit , and this was in keeping with Stirling 's doctrine that his men should be able to arrive at a target by whatever means were most suitable . |
| 3 | If the customer base is broadly the same as for existing products , then the credit manager should be able to arrive at a reasonable assessment of these factors . |
| 4 | The EPA intends that initial results from the project should be ready to table at a discussion of global warming by the UN General Assembly in December . |
| 5 | It must be frustrating to arrive at a police station after a hectic drive , only to find that ‘ the processes of investigation ’ necessitated a quick confession from the client . |
| 6 | The ravens , uninvited guests , must be content to scramble at the outer edges , snapping up any morsels the vultures accidentally drop . |
| 7 | Norman had mentioned that they needed to fill up with petrol and must be sure to call at the all-night garage after they left the Clarence . |
| 8 | I usually walk around the corner to a place nearby , but today I thought it might be worthwhile to eat at a small Chinese restaurant several blocks away where a lot of newspaper guys gather . |
| 9 | So it seems to me if we can agree on what criteria might be appropriate to look at the location of the new settlement on a strategic level , the final version of H two will in fact probably be much shorter , more concise er than the policy H two that we have at the moment . |
| 10 | As a result of that meeting , the leaders agreed to meet together to discuss the obstacles in the way of further political dialogue in the hope that new talks might be able to begin at an early date . |
| 11 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 12 | ‘ And this time I 'll be able to look at the video with pride . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Look : I ca n't say this strictly , as a scientist , but it is my feeling that a bonfire , grilling a kipper or lighting a cigarette all release greater concentrations of dioxins than you 'd be likely to find at the end of the pipe of a properly run high-temperature incinerator . ’ |
| 14 | Given the amount of negative equity still locking in to the system , it may be instructive to look at the UK consumer 's reaction to lower interest rates . |
| 15 | But before we move on , it may be instructive to look at the relationship between language viewed as a formal system and language as part of a wider social and psychological context , and to say something about the place of these two approaches in the development of ideas about language in general . |
| 16 | The most you may be able to say at the end of it is that you ‘ gained understanding ’ ; to some of us that may be unsatisfactorily intangible , while to others it may be of profound significance . |
| 17 | Of course , if you make a mistake taking it , you may be able to compensate at the development stage — but that 's cheating . |
| 18 | The names of those attending the wedding are usually known in advance but if not you may be able to look at the seating plan or guest list on the day and make some joke about the names , picking out amusing surnames such as , ‘ In this room we have a Black but no White , two Browns , some Blues , and a Green , but no ‘ reds ’ . |
| 19 | It is advisable , wherever appropriate , to get managers to certify entries in a learning diary and to include in it references which may be difficult to obtain at a later date . |
| 20 | The student 's attention to correct stance , breathing and arm movement must be constant in order to avoid the slide into bad habits , which may be difficult to correct at a later stage . |
| 21 | All full-time employees ( ie those having a normal working week of 20 hours or more , or 25 hours for directors ) who are with the Company or any of its subsidiaries which the Directors have decided will participate , and who have at least two years ' service to complete before retirement , may be eligible to participate at the discretion of the Directors . |
| 22 | As schemes differ it would be essential to enquire at a local branch . |
| 23 | On Monday 27 February Fleischmann and Pons were due to bring their working cell to Brigham Young University for the neutron spectrum to be measured , but a graduate student had to go to a funeral and so they suggested it would be better to come at the end of the week instead . |
| 24 | It was expected that these would be first seen at a higher value of the exposure and that in every case a roughly linear graph segment would follow the point at which the subject was fully seen . |
| 25 | After observing the industrious building of castles in the air in the past few days , I thought it would be appropriate to look at an odd phenomenon that has puzzled meteorologists for the past ten years : the series of giant mushroom-shaped cloud formations round the periphery of the Siberian land-mass . |
| 26 | It would be wrong to peek at the ending . |
| 27 | Erm I , I , there were provisions that where er more than ten percent of the population for any area was at the level you would be able to tax at a higher rate . |
| 28 | Apparently , in the year 2000 only five collieries would be able to produce at a cost of 130p per gigajoule . |
| 29 | This suggests a major drop in popularity , and it would be interesting to look at the circulation figures . |
| 30 | He will not really be able to do that , however , because he will be obliged to stand at the Opposition Dispatch Box and commend any guillotine motion that we bring before the House on the basis that the Labour Government are faithfully following the precedent of 13 years of Tory government . |