Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Less fabric is taken up when they are placed at this angle , preventing the seamline from reducing and puckering .
2 Access into the high rack area is normally restricted to the high lift trucks and all other personnel are excluded — except for occasional maintenance and monitoring checks when moveable barriers are erected at each end of the aisle to prevent such entry .
3 It was indulging in a relatively straightforward exercise in civil engineering which could have been undertaken at any time during the last 100 years or more .
4 Older embryos and more extended cultures benefit from a rotating system and , judging from the experience with rat embryos , the same is probably true for primitive streak stage embryos , although no direct comparison between static and rotating culture systems has been undertaken at this stage in the mouse .
5 Had our patient been subjected to an exploratory laparotomy during the initial admission the diaphragmatic tear would have been diagnosed at that time .
6 Hostile responses ( of the ‘ Master ’ Hobbes and of less original authors ) are examined at some length .
7 Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years .
8 Barriers have been erected at all Football League grounds in the light of recommendations made in the Lang Report ( 1969 ) — their purpose being ‘ the segregation of young people from other spectators ’ .
9 He had a face that was both sensuous and battered — his nose had been broken at some time — with deep pouches under his dark eyes .
10 The rudimentary organs have not even yet been formed at this stage and the implications support the existence of a guiding field of electromagnetic energy as a responsible agent for the organisation of the cells of the newly forming embryo via the DNA .
11 If all the etch-resist is completely stripped away in a short period of time , then perhaps the whole board has been exposed at some stage to too much UV light .
12 Potentially suitable suppliers are approached at this stage with an invitation to be considered for a supply relationship .
13 There are one or two Well there are two items in there which have n't really been resolved at this point and that 's the i the erm ins er where am I .
14 More trees have been felled at this location and Councillor Brereton has requested that replacement trees be planted .
15 He had a good look at it and said part of the pedestal had been mended at some time which took away a lot of the value .
16 No more than 20 accidents have been reported at any junction on the route , so your estimates should not exceed this figure . ’
17 This observation also excludes cross contamination of the hTFIIA fractions with TBP , TFIIIB and/or TFIIIC , which are inactivated at this temperature ( 5 , 23 , 33 ) .
18 Where the boundaries of the outside world are located at any instant will depend upon the social actor 's possession and manipulation of a set of competences of varied quality .
19 When the gores have been sewn together , shroud loops are added at each hem , that is , one for each hem .
20 The worts are collected in specially designed 20 tonne giant kettles , to ensure a vigorous mixing and boiling with the hops which are added at this stage .
21 The fact that costs are not sunk means production is timeless — nothing has been committed at any point .
22 Safety , health and environmental protection are considered at each stage .
23 The distinctions between kinds of complex idea are considered at some length in the Essay .
24 Only one episode of previous geothermal activity since 200kyr has been dated at each volcano , whereas there are clearly at least three distinct periods of high lake levels .
25 Well urgent tasks would be tasks that are done at that time , to complete them .
26 If a dog has been mistreated at any stage , it can be very difficult to win back its confidence completely .
27 The different perspectives of EP and parents were reflected in the confusion over what had been decided at that meeting .
28 Now we have two wonderful sightscreens , and to make matters worse they have been positioned at either end of the ground .
29 The budgets of anticipated income and expenditure which are prepared at this stage are vital if the band are to appreciate the limits of their financial resources .
30 A question that has still not been answered at any point during the debate was asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham ( Mr. Walden ) : what happens if the other countries go ahead without us ?
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