Example sentences of "[adj] be [vb pp] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | should this be done at all ? |
| 2 | And you mentioned , then , how a floppy disk — that 's a sort of disk storage device — can be used to get a book printed , is this being used at all in practice , or is it just a daydream ? |
| 3 | Is this being used at all in practice , or is it just a daydream ? |
| 4 | I would support the Chairman 's suggestion that if this is done at all , that it be done exactly on that basis as , as if they were a local member allowed to speak on that specific item , but not to vote on , but not to have a vote on anything . |
| 5 | Maintaining teacher credibility and teacher self-respect is important but often this is done at some cost but if apologies to children and parents are justified then they should be made handsomely . |
| 6 | It is obvious that company output and projects must reflect the man-power and its performance level , but , if this is acknowledged at all , it is only in brief verbal terms within , for example , the chairman 's annual report . |
| 7 | Very often the period is much longer and securing the requisite number of ratifications may take a decade more , if , indeed , this is achieved at all . |
| 8 | This is reflected at both ends of the settlement hierarchy in Table 4.4 , not only in the reduction in the growth rate of the remoter , mainly rural districts but also in the marked fall in the rate of population loss estimated for Greater London and the principal cities of the Metropolitan Counties . |
| 9 | Usually this is aimed at those who can already fly fairly competently and want to perform circuits , or even aerobatics , which means that some amount of negative pitch is required . |
| 10 | Obviously this was challenged at some point . |
| 11 | A return to work was negotiated under the conditions prevailing before the strike had begun so the union had prevented a further round of wage reductions ; but this was achieved at such a cost as to convince the leadership of the impossibility of organizing effective strike action in agriculture . |
| 12 | The business included the waiving of subscriptions for members joining after June 13th , although this was modified at some later unspecified date . |
| 13 | You know , it 's bad defending , but we looked a different side second half , and not much was said at half time . |
| 14 | erm We shall have our own ideas , of course , and these are expressed at this stage in terms of these general themes , but we surely will respond when , if there are any suggestions coming . |
| 15 | oh yes , yes , erm it 's very difficult to say I think when it actually exactly fades out , it would be , it would be fifteen years ago anyway , er when one used to find that there , there were no more of these being bought at all |
| 16 | Given this broad context , the purposes of this article are threefold : to outline some of the complexities of the payments situation in the period 1945–51 ; to discuss some of the military expenditure and foreign policy aspects of that situation , and how these were debated at this time ; and , finally , to examine one of the most politically problematic aspects of balance-of-payments policy in this period : its impact on the sterling area in general and the colonies in particular . |
| 17 | In the case of the Colleges , the increased delegation of responsibilities bought about by new legislation warranted the introduction of new endeavours , or changes to existing ones , and the analysis helped to identify where these were required at all levels . |
| 18 | It is a very remarkable fact that the unconscious of one human being can react upon that of another , without the conscious being implicated at all . |
| 19 | We had to pay er there was two lots of erm tyres , there was one set of buses were fitted with and another one with or I forget which it was there but I know those three were involved at some time or other and we used to record the mileage , send it off to them , showing what each bus ran during the month . |
| 20 | Over half of the staff of 62 were interviewed at some point , many more than once — a total of 66 interviews altogether . |
| 21 | The Welding Regulations 1970 impose a statutory duty on employers and employees that : " safety goggles must as far as is practicable be worn at all times when welding operations are being carried out " . |
| 22 | Indeed , in most cases there is no effect at all on the premium as these sort of policies give cover of a type that will not result in a reduced premium just because a few people more or less are covered at any one time in a particular situation . |
| 23 | Roughly a third of the population are estimated to have suffered directly from the bombing : more than a quarter of homes in Germany were damaged in some way ; fourteen million persons lost some property through bombing ; between seventeen and twenty millions were deprived at some time of electricity , gas , or water ; nearly five millions had to evacuate because of ‘ air terror ’ ; 305,000 people were killed . |
| 24 | The implication may be that Laban is adopting Jacob as his son — particularly as no son of his own is mentioned at this time . |
| 25 | It was designed to be used when knitting pile and drive lace — though I suspect from the almost total lack of drive lace and pile garments that I 've seen , or rather not seen , that is used at all it 's mainly with the rib transfer carriage ! |
| 26 | Group musical activities for the under-fives are found at some adult education and arts centres . |
| 27 | We should remember that very little was known at that time about the ways in which the ovaries influence distant organs . |
| 28 | We have not yet as a nation fully acknowledged the wrong that was done at that time , and we have not fully rejected it . |
| 29 | This was an intelligence test that was taken at that time by all children who wanted state education . |
| 30 | Content and methodology are closely linked and both are decided at this stage in the planning . |