Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [vb pp] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | a street gambling game in which pennies are pitched at a target , the player whose coin lands nearest to it having the right to then toss all the coins in the air and claim all those that fall face upwards . |
| 2 | For example , the following reaction shows that one mole of lead(II) ions are discharged at a cathode by two moles of electrons : In chapter 10 we shall see how such half-reactions form the basis of calculating the mass of substances discharged at electrodes during electrolysis . |
| 3 | Calls are charged at a rate of 34p per minute at cheap times and 45p at all other times . |
| 4 | Calls are charged at a rate of 33p per minute at cheap times and 44p at all other times . |
| 5 | But health watchdogs and hospital managers may to seek further assurances when contracts are discussed at a meeting next week . |
| 6 | Tunnel linings are manufactured at a specially constructed and highly automated plant on the Isle of Grain in the Thames Estuary and transported by train to Shakespeare Cliff using a branch line connected to the nearby Dover-Folkestone railway . |
| 7 | Forest products are gathered at a level which does not affect the harvest next year be it fruit , timber , grasses , wild honey or medicinal plants . |
| 8 | Invariably such products are sold at a premium price quite unjustified by the cost of their components . |
| 9 | The birds are stocked at a rate of 5,000 per hectare in a fenced off pasture to protect them from foxes and other predators . |
| 10 | These preliminary contacts are made at a very early stage in development when the embryo is very small and the pioneer cells need only extend their exploratory axons over a short distance in order to contact the target . |
| 11 | Even if the two lists are merged at a later date , the historical traditionally positive attitudes toward the European languages may continue to permeate the philosophy underlying the education system ( including the curriculum and examinations ) . |
| 12 | The similarity continues if people or animals are examined at a later stage . |
| 13 | To solve the problem , pulses are produced at a precise rate of 32,768 per second ( 32.768kHz ) by means of a crystal controlled oscillator . |
| 14 | Fossil fuel reserves are depleted at a frantic rate and materials are squandered to manufacture throw-away products for the short-term profit maximisation of a rapacious economic system . |
| 15 | The Caterham office is now used as a sales centre , while the cars are built at a small factory in Dartford . |
| 16 | Potential purchasers can willingly stay out of the market and owners can stay put , but lenders — and the insurance companies which share the losses — will face yet further provisions as more repossessed homes are sold at a loss . |
| 17 | This one posts are erected at a hundred metre intervals on a motorway , how many posts are there in a distance of four thousand seven hundred kilometres ? |
| 18 | In each case , all bids are accepted at a common price , either the tender price or the minimum bid price accepted . |
| 19 | Would this lead to the principle of differentiation being accepted but used for different purposes , so that the goals of interest groups , rather than social welfare , dictate which commodities are taxed at a lower rate ? |
| 20 | During Lent , in the Orthodox churches , the gospels are read at a single sitting . |
| 21 | If evaluation is defined as assessing how effectively needs are met at a given cost , then precise identification of needs is obviously paramount , as the Guideline on Evaluation notes , most emphatically : ‘ Without proper identification of need , evaluation is meaningless ’ . |
| 22 | His colleagues are usually subordinates with little , if any , spending authority , thus , many of the financial management needs of more complex organisations are eliminated at a stroke . |
| 23 | The positioning of electric equipment is important because of possible splashing with waterjets ; therefore , it is imperative that such equipment is specially protected and that outlet sockets are placed at a level where there is no danger of their coming into contact with water . |
| 24 | Native wind instruments fashioned from tiny straws are sold at a fraction of the cost of matchbox-size ghetto-blasters . |
| 25 | But when several such businesses are aggregated at a dockside location the economy of scale offered by the worldwide container business can be put to good advantage both in cost and speed by even the smallest manufacturing unit . |
| 26 | However , because only very small quantities are produced at a time , maximum sample recovery is of utmost importance . |
| 27 | Red wines are fermented at a higher temperature than whites to extract colour and tannin from the skins . |
| 28 | In structuralism , these formal properties are taken at a relatively abstract level . |
| 29 | Under this system , health care providers are reimbursed at a predetermined price for each defined unit of workload , regardless of the actual cost involved in providing that unit of workload . |
| 30 | Under this system , health care providers are reimbursed at a predetermined price for each defined unit of workload , regardless of the actual cost involved in providing that unit of workload . |