Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] at [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Power Now , and the Intel Pentium , will be highlighted at Cebit in Germany this week . |
| 2 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
| 3 | A second squadron , B , would be formed at Kabrit from fresh volunteers and put through a crash training programme . |
| 4 | Commenting on warnings that East Anglia faces a fourth year of drought and restrictions on the use of water for irrigating crops , Mr Peter Ferguson , a director of Halcrow , a firm of consulting engineers , in Colchester , Essex , said : ‘ Farm ponds provide storage for surface or ground water sources and can be filled at times of the year when there is more water than the crops require . ’ |
| 5 | Candidates for election to the National Executive should note that nominations should also be received at HQ by FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 7 , 1992 . |
| 6 | A farrier could be heard at work in an empty box on the north side and the smell of singeing hoof wafted across the yard . |
| 7 | Just over one-third of the company 's shares — 20 million — are to be placed at 20p with institutional investors and a further five million will be put on offer . |
| 8 | At least 60,000 people , many of them indigenous Indians , would then be placed at risk from contaminated drinking water . |
| 9 | Horse riding : Riding can be arranged at Pettnau with lessons for all levels and day treks available . |
| 10 | Births should be spaced at intervals of three to five years , but not longer . |
| 11 | The Gooding-Sanken company will be located at Aberaman in the Cynon Valley where unemployment is estimated to be 21 per cent — the highest in south Wales . |
| 12 | The French are attracted by the fact the Magic Kingdom and the proposed second theme park are to be located at Marne-la-Valee near Paris , the heavy involvement of the French government and the existence of theme parks such as the Asterix near Paris . |
| 13 | Child benefit will be frozen at £9.65 for the first child and £7.80 for others when Chancellor Norman Lamont unveils next year 's spending package . |
| 14 | All the entries can then be perused at leisure in a popular year-long exhibition in the foyer of the Ark Restaurant . |
| 15 | Once drawn , of course , the line can be modified at will by simply selecting the anchor point you wish to modify and either dragging it or adjusting the handles to alter the curvature of the lines . |
| 16 | No inmate , however , was to be confined at night without being provided with a bed and other conveniences . |
| 17 | He will be succeeded at Bungay in the autumn by Father Edward Crouzet , currently Catholic Chaplain at the University of Bristol . |
| 18 | I wonder why people hung this sort of thing on the wall to be looked at day after day . |
| 19 | They expect the lecturer to fill both mind and notebook with undeniable facts , which can then be regurgitated at examinations in a depraved and bowdlerised state . |
| 20 | This ‘ tall stack ’ policy was intended to disperse pollution and dilute it to ‘ harmless levels ’ , while smoke was to be trapped at source by simple electrostatic filters . |
| 21 | Others such as George Cadbury , who initiated Bournville Village in 1897 , and Joseph Rowntree who started New Earswick Village , York , in 1904 , experimented in creating model communities of houses built at prices which would enable them to be let at rents within the reach of working-class incomes . |
| 22 | Her mother fought for her to be educated at school like other children . |
| 23 | Erm , yes I mean , as I understand it , girls were expected to be educated at home by their mother |
| 24 | One strange chapter in this story came to be written at Geneva in 1986 when a difficult problem of ceiling division in conference was overcome by Iran 's proposal that Iraq be freed from the discipline of a quota , enabling it to produce as much as it chose . |
| 25 | The last tunnel to be built at Netherton in the Black Country has a towing path on each side . |
| 26 | Perhaps the boat with the most character — even though it did not make the final selection — was the PDQ ; an amateur effort that can be built at home from cheap parts . |
| 27 | Its origins go back to 1939 when , due to the clouds of War , a decision was taken to remove the majority of Army Ordnance stores from Woolwich Arsenal and Dockyard to a new Army Depot to be built at Donnington in Shropshire . |
| 28 | A compressed-snow runway , similar to that used by the soviet Union at its base at Molodezhnaya , will be built at Casey for between A$3 and 5 million . |
| 29 | A gas-fired power station is to be built at Didcot alongside the existing coal fired power station . |
| 30 | SAVINGS can be made at Safeway with Somerfield Sultanas £1.25 instead of £1.45 . |