Example sentences of "it is [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although oceanic crust is consumed at destructive plate margins at very nearly the same rate at which it is created at constructive plate margins , a small proportion of mantle material — perhaps only a few per cent — is involved in the generation of andesite magmas at destructive plate margins , and contributes to the volcanic rocks erupted at the surface . |
| 2 | If he is moving to a wheelchair with a removable arm , it is placed at right angles to the bed , and his feet remain level with each other . |
| 3 | Because it is written at first-year undergraduate level , many students could profit from this volume . |
| 4 | In particular it is looking at cross-curricular issues , including areas such as the role of careers guidance , health education and other aspects of personal and social education , environmental education and economic awareness and it is considering how these may best be reflected in the curriculum . |
| 5 | It is replicated at other centres and units in district general hospitals providing neurological services throughout Britain . |
| 6 | Taking further tentative steps into the Unix arena , Software AG GmbH , Darmstadt , Germany , last week announced it will support IBM 's RS/6000 with its fourth generation development language Natural , and Adabas , its relational database management system , which it is targeting at on-line transaction processing solutions . |
| 7 | Today it is kept in the cathedral of Monza a little to the north-east of Milan , where it is displayed at certain times . |
| 8 | ‘ It is a drug used in medicine since 1935 and its serious side-effects are rare even when it is prescribed at high concentrations for long periods . |
| 9 | A children 's rubber balloon is a positive stressed skin structure of stable and lightweight volume form , provided it is maintained at constant relative pressure ratio and nobody sticks a pin in it . |
| 10 | The old armour is either worn away gradually , as in crocodiles , or it is shed at special times in a complete ‘ coat ’ , as in lizards and snakes . |
| 11 | Sun Microsystems Inc worshipper Integrix Inc , based somewhere in darkest California , has come up with a new keyboard called the S5+ that incorporates the functionality of Sun 's new Type 5 but can also be used with all Suns , Sun-compatibles and personal computers : it is targeted at mixed computer environments and X terminals and it requires no special device drivers . |
| 12 | It is targeted at mixed computer environments and X terminals and requires no special device drivers . |
| 13 | As such , it is targeted at private use within organisations . |
| 14 | An advantage of using the OALDCE is that it is targeted at non-native learners of English . |
| 15 | If it is frozen at different atmospheric pressures , the ice crystals formed are different . |
| 16 | Actually , it is very effective as a screwdriver , as it is used at right angles to the screw , and therefore provided great leverage . |
| 17 | It is used at full strength for immediate odour elimination , or in a 6 to 1 dilution for ongoing preventative maintenance . |
| 18 | It is occurring at especial speed in those countries in which development has been recent and fast . |
| 19 | In part it is directed at particular features of the standard treatment — notably the assumption of an aggregate production function . |
| 20 | It is aimed at experienced software developers , working in teams to produce complex applications . |
| 21 | It is aimed at young booksellers from outside the German speaking area who are interested in learning about the structure of German publishing and bookselling . |
| 22 | It is aimed at new staff in residential care homes . |
| 23 | It is aimed at private clients dealing in individual stocks . |
| 24 | It is aimed at specific areas and should get things moving . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , NEC Corp is readying the low-power VRX R4000 for introduction later this month : priced at around $90 in volume quantities , it is aimed at portable PCs running NT . |