Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [noun sg] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | So , if you are intercepting your track at an angle of 30° , you will wait until your RC has moved to a point where it is displaced 30° from the RC 0° to 030° or 330° . |
2 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
3 | For weeks prior to this , provincial and national newspapers had been expressing their outrage at the title of the album . |
4 | Our French Canadian friends have been very good company for us ( actually , the woman , Dorothy , is Scottish by birth and upbringing ) , and we have been improving our French at the breakfast table , so even if ( as I fear ) we shall come home unable to speak more than ‘ hullo ’ ‘ goodbye ’ and ‘ thank you ’ in Chinese , at least our French will be a bit better . |
5 | The stated reason for doing so is that an increasing number of cardholders are paying their bill at the end of each month , pay nothing for the card , and are therefore being subsidised by those who do use the credit facility . |
6 | She was adamant that she had been wearing her G-string at the time — round her ankle . |
7 | Some of the world 's finest quilt-makers are displaying their work at an annual show . |
8 | Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ? |
9 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
10 | Right , this is one , this is one of the things which I am not happy about , with the way in which you are running your system at the moment , and that is that you 're being totally reactive . |
11 | The leader of the council , Robert Gould , said later he accepted that the 1.5 per cent pay increase was totally unrealistic , but said the unions should be directing their anger at the Conservative Government , which was to blame for the situation . |
12 | This year we shall be holding our Reunion at the Seymour Leisure Centre , close to Edgware Road Underground Station . |
13 | Applicants must be commencing their study at the start of session in October and be studying at Edinburgh for the whole of the academic year . |
14 | After 55 years at ‘ The Tip ’ , Athletico will be losing their home at the end of the season . |
15 | Now he pretended to be waving his cape at the bull and executed a neat veronica , then she kicked her leg up backwards and touched her heel with her fingers while he looked scornfully on with one hand behind his back palm facing outwards . |
16 | Prince Edward has been chancing his arm at a new sport : Ten Pin Bowling . |
17 | If you are making your choice at a picture framer 's , you will be given samples of the woods and finishes from which to choose . |
18 | Abingdon Town struggled to record a two one win against hosts Bracknell Town here today , and will certainly need to improve their finishing if they are to maintain their challenge at the top of the Vauxhall League , division two south . |
19 | As we were paying our visit at the end of the morning , he may have been dressed ready for the office . |
20 | Yesterday , when the Government were defending their postition at the United Nations in Geneva on interrogation procedures and denying that anything untoward was happening , settlements were being awarded in Belfast courts to people who had claimed that they had been assaulted in just those circumstances . |
21 | But when he 's describing his life at the Debraces ’ , he hardly mentions Madeleine at all . |
22 | Quintus is aiming its product at the high-tech and software industry and hardware and software managers inside end-user organisations . |
23 | ONE of Scottish accountancy 's best-known names is to leave his firm at the end of September . |
24 | BIRKENHEAD ST MARY 'S increased their lead at the head of the Bromborough Paints Merseyside Competition table but most excitement came at Ainsdale who tied with Rainhill . |
25 | Wivenhoe gemmologist Stephanie Coward , above , is showing her work at the Pam Schomberg Gallery , St John 's Street , Colchester . |
26 | Devonport 's proposal is to upgrade its dock at a cost of £162 million and last night Eain Williams , a spokesman for the yard , said that there would be no new proposals coming from it . |
27 | FOLLOWING two weeks in Romania helping to renovate an orphanage , believes that she has found her true vocation in life and on is leaving her job at the Ipswich Grain Terminal to return to the orphanage and continue the work . |
28 | Birkenhead St Mary 's extended their lead at the top as the nearest challengers Sutton and Aigburth lost . |
29 | That has whetted Graham 's appetite for more honours — and he accepts he 'll have to keep filling the Highbury trophy room if he is to guarantee his future at the club . |
30 | On September 13 , Onslow 's held their sale at the Rendcomb Aerial Derby near Cirencester ( FP November , p30 ) . |