Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] at [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Births should be spaced at intervals of three to five years , but not longer . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) to be made at intervals of one year after the provisional grant was made . |
| 6 | Patients can be seen at times of their choosing by nursing staff , which may be early morning before school or work , late evening or at weekends . |
| 7 | Although he could be seen at rehearsals of his shows in small English towns , Tiller was an international name now . |
| 8 | For travellers to the United States in the last few decades of the nineteenth century the immigrants to be seen at stations in the West , particularly in Omaha , were one of the most striking images of their visits . |
| 9 | On this plate was depicted a map of the heavens , and holes along the line of the ecliptic made it possible for a representation of the sun to be moved at intervals of a day or two in imitation of its annual motion . |
| 10 | Gas is taken from the Regional Transmission System at times of low demand , usually overnight , and put into storage to be used at times of higher demand such as the breakfast and tea-time periods . |
| 11 | The actual content of the book itself consists of a series of spells and invocations designed to be used at meetings of the club , just as similar books were used at meetings of The Hell Fire Club all over Britain and Ireland . |
| 12 | Despite the fact that out of 400 videos in his flat they found only five that could be classified as kinky , despite the fact that Skin 2 videos can be bought at places like Virgin ( something they were unaware of ) , they accused him of importing and distributing porn for profit . |
| 13 | If you invested a pound on a horse , then the amount of money you 'd expect to get back would depend on the odds that that horse was offered at , but if you confined yourself to horses that had a reasonable chance of winning , say , the sort of horses that tend to be offered at odds of , say , six or seven to one or better , then your average rate of return might be nearer ninety per cent than thirty per cent , so putting it one way betting a pound a week on the horses is a slower way of losing your money than betting a pound a week on football pools , but football pools gives you a much greater chance of winning an absolutely astonishing sum of money . |
| 14 | Feed manufacturing operations will be concentrated at mills at Burston and Wymondham in Norfolk and Earls Colne in Essex , with the new SE regional offices at Burston . |
| 15 | The measuring cell is immersed in a vat of liquid , usually benzene or xylene which can be thermostatted at temperatures between 273 and 400 K. Scattering is detected by a photomultiplier , capable of revolving round the cell and the intensity is recorded on a galvanometer . |
| 16 | Similar concentrations of peasant products could be encountered at stations on other continents . |
| 17 | While working from the Billingham gallery , some of his work , such as those items exhibited at Kirkleatham , may be found at venues in the area . |
| 18 | He was seldom to be found at meetings of the BPI , the industry 's body , or glad-handing at functions among bow-tie- and cumberbund-wearers . |
| 19 | It is said to be found at depths of around 30 metres and is , therefore , unlikely to be shipped in other than very restricted numbers . |
| 20 | In Buckinghamshire four of the five wealthiest lived in Aylesbury , Amersham and Buckingham , and elsewhere they were to be found at places like Bromsgrove and Kidderminster , Worcs. , and Blakeney , Little Walsingham and Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . |
| 21 | The matter was due to be reviewed at meetings of the Competition Committee and the Management Committee , where any ban would be ratified . |
| 22 | What amount of space should be left at skirtings for a wood floor to expand ? |
| 23 | In remarks understood to be directed at members of the European Communities ( EC ) and the United States , whose differences over farm subsidies had contributed to the breakdown of the talks in December 1990 [ see pp. 37796 ; 37930 ] , Dunkel called for " political rhetoric " to " be complemented by political courage " . |
| 24 | It wants guidelines on the frequency of such commercials , and questioned whether the ads should be directed at children at all . |
| 25 | The library project is on hold until further funds are available but we are investigating the possibility of a BIT Trolley to be kept at schools with working samples from manufacturing companies . |
| 26 | Mrs Thatcher has mastered the sound-bite , to be repeated at intervals like a mantra : ‘ So very pleased with how it 's going . ’ |
| 27 | The objects can be studied at magnifications of up to 500 , 000 times without any loss of clarity . |
| 28 | The circular note could be cashed at hotels with which Cook had arrangements and a limited number of banks and bureaux de change . |
| 29 | Wherever possible , jobs could be created at localities of most need , but a greater worker mobility than has been displayed in the past should be expected , and where it is not obtained , financial restrictions should be exerted to encourage fit , able but reluctant people to move from the old , worked-out pockets of industry to new opportunities elsewhere . |
| 30 | Keith Evans ' charge that some American school media centres actually undermined the morale of teachers ( a charge he did not , incidentally , document ) was not one which could be levelled at centres on the Madeley and Codsall model , and their influence was such that many examples existed , at least for periods of time . |