Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK government reportedly favoured the principle of " subsidiarity " [ see also p. 36741 ] , which it took to mean that decisions should only be made in Brussels which could not better be taken at national level . |
| 2 | He said that guerrilla attacks would henceforth be directed at military targets , state companies and economic installations among others . |
| 3 | Buildings — and not just historic ones — represent energy , labour and materials , which either can not be replaced or can only be replaced at enormous cost . |
| 4 | When it is demolished it is lost for good and can only be duplicated at considerable expense . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , certain landlords tend to abuse rights of access and as a first step the tenant should ensure that the right is subject to reasonable notice and may only be exercised at reasonable times , except of course in cases of emergency . |
| 6 | Continuous time means that observation is unceasing , such as a continuous record of river discharge ; quantized time is when imaginary sections are used to subdivide time , as when precipitation amounts are measured daily or weekly ; discrete time is when interest focuses upon time duration and frequency of events per unit of time ; and sampled time is when observations can only be made at particular periods , such as weekly measurements of plant growth . |
| 7 | The family celebration , at his grandmother 's house where they frequently met , was enjoyable — to a point , but the loss of his father could only be exacerbated at such a time . |
| 8 | Initially , however , such marketing can only be targeted at sophisticated investors and only on 30 business days each year . |
| 9 | At the same time it was widely known that unemployment relief , while inadequate , could only be paid at all as a result of direct subsidy from the Reich . |
| 10 | If the focus process suggests one candidate in an earlier ‘ batch ’ than another , we can say that it is imposing a strong preference between those candidates ; so strong that the second one will only be considered at all if the reasoner decides the first is completely implausible . |
| 11 | ‘ More and more decisions can only be taken at European level , ’ Mr Bangemann said . |
| 12 | A pedestal basin generally has a slightly larger washing area than a wall-hung basin ; it does n't need such a secure fixing , and the supporting pedestal hides the plumbing , but it can only be installed at one height . |
| 13 | The disturbance of setts will only be permitted at certain locations and for specific reasons . |
| 14 | They can only be resolved at great danger to myself and so I beg you , my Lord , to order my withdrawal from this country for Satan walks here . |
| 15 | Such issues can only be resolved at local level . |
| 16 | But if it was intended that Jesus survive the Cross , or never perhaps be crucified at all , one can not help wondering whether Judas was privy to the plan . |
| 17 | The meteorological aspects of the German winter have already been discussed , and could perhaps be reread at this point ( p. 36 ) . |
| 18 | It should perhaps be stressed at this point that the three-element model , while modelling many of the features of solid polymers , remains only a model . |
| 19 | The function of the assembly can thus be identified at two distinct levels : its internal ( or elemental ) functions and its external ( or global ) functions . |
| 20 | In a more normal wild environment , where such stimulation , and far more beside , were a day-to-day occurrence , perhaps LTP would no longer be observed at all . |
| 21 | They earn interest in dinars , calculated at the current exchange rate , and the principal can normally be withdrawn at any time in the given foreign currency . |
| 22 | These would normally be submitted at four-weekly intervals , unless the injury or illness involved would clearly involve a lengthy absence . |
| 23 | However , if the ribs can not be felt at all , the horse is too fat . |
| 24 | The starkest example would be unlimited life goods , where depreciation presumably would not be charged at all . |
| 25 | Alternatively , a private company need not be limited at all , and can trade as an unlimited company . |
| 26 | Solicitors are not permitted to enter into an agreement with their clients that purports to exclude their liability for professional misconduct ( which extends to professional negligence ) though subject to the following rules liability can be limited by contract : ( 1 ) liability may not be limited below the minimum level of cover afforded under the Indemnity Fund ; ( 2 ) liability can not be limited at all for fraud or reckless disregard of professional obligations ; ( 3 ) s60(5) of the Solicitors Act avoids any provision in a contentious business agreement purporting to exclude the liability of a solicitor for negligence or to relieve him of his professional responsibilities ; ( 4 ) ss2(2) and 11(4) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 will apply to agreements between solicitors and their clients to ensure that limited liability provisions which do not fall foul of any other rule comply with the essential requirement of reasonableness . |
| 27 | erm I can not deny that erm they will not be received at all well by those that have to pay them . |
| 28 | 1 was attracted by another that I had discussed on a visit to Europe : certain branded drugs would not be prescribed at all when entirely adequate substitute generic drugs existed . |
| 29 | He added that the Social Work Department could not be represented at such a meeting . |
| 30 | Secondly , arts teachers ' views would not be represented at educational management level . |