Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a large star , perhaps as much as 6000000 kilometres in diameter , but it is comparatively cool ; it is of course red , though the colour is most pronounced at minimum . |
| 2 | There is some evidence that the concentration of acid in the stomach is highest in the night and this might explain why the pain associated with excess gastric acid is most marked at night and can wake you then . |
| 3 | The distinction between a haulage company and a freight forwarding company with its own road haulage arm is rather blurred at present . |
| 4 | The second is given a light touch , so that banality is skilfully kept at arm 's length , and an elegantly phrased Andante precedes a finale which has a confident , dignified , uplifting quality . |
| 5 | It must now be clear that whatever form of unification or quasi-unification is eventually arrived at will not involve the neutralisation of West Germany in any meaningful sense . |
| 6 | The role of peptide hormones produced by endocrine cells in fetal development is incompletely understood at present in both experimental animals and humans . |
| 7 | Her gaze is constantly directed at advertising images which then become her image . |
| 8 | ‘ He is greatly admired at Lord 's . ’ |
| 9 | It is merely to stand at variance with a long established tradition — a long established system of beliefs based ultimately on someone 's speculative interpretation . |
| 10 | He knows that he is only looking at ink on paper , yet his nervous system responds to it in the same kind of way as it might respond to a real woman . |
| 11 | And why use 15 when you are well aware that room is only used at night when the department is crowded ? ’ |
| 12 | In the early Church common ownership is only practised at Jerusalem and not at other churches . |
| 13 | The young woman feels curiously as though she is only playing at house once more when she goes into the first flat or home that she can truly call her own . |
| 14 | Rising damp is only found at ground level , petering out and fading some three or four feet ( about a metre ) up the walls . |
| 15 | Mr Donjela ‘ Donnie ’ Wahlberg , the putative vocal stylist with the popular beat ensemble , Recent Children In The Vicinity ( aka New Kids On The Block ) , is apparently mortified at claims that he and his fellow troubadours ‘ do n't sing on their albums or at concerts . ’ |
| 16 | On the desirability or otherwise of a comprehensive list of what should be done at each level , the best way to proceed is for there to be a presumption , effectively , that matters are best dealt with at national level unless it can be shown that that is better done at Community level . |
| 17 | To begin with , consider just a simple series circuit embracing total inductance L and resistance R into which a steady e.m.f. is suddenly introduced at time . |
| 18 | The unions representing the museum warders , which in the past wielded much power , have often been regarded as an insurmountable obstacle to such a reform of the museums , but the trades union movement in general is much enfeebled at present , and other recent government decrees enforcing the mobility of public sector workers are expected to favour Ronchey 's policy . |
| 19 | It is generally recognised at Community level that it is both inequitable and contrary to the objectives of a single market for certain firms in the Community to be immune from the commercial benefits and burdens of being taken over or to be able artificially to create methods to defend themselves from takeovers , while firms from other member states remain vulnerable . |
| 20 | The royalty it must pay Microsoft is generally put at $15 to $20 per copy , and all the blank disks needed to make each copy of the thing , plus printing and packaging cost about $26 , which does not leave much for distribution from the $49 it charges Windows users , $99 for MS-DOS users and $139 for those having neither . |
| 21 | That angle is zero at MLT=12hr and cusp precipitation is generally found at MLT between 10:30 and 13:30 ( ref.12 ) . |
| 22 | The French approach to takeovers has tended to aim at strengthening their central manufacturing core and to ensure that the French company remains dominant and in control , whereas the British takeover is generally aimed at diversification . |
| 23 | Resuming the journey , a most important meeting of roads is soon reached at Braemore Junction . |
| 24 | The book is unashamededly aimed at peak baggers , although the author does let slip the occasional tedium of a pre-defined list . |
| 25 | This is where we had some sort of car this is just looking at hardness of water actually , but this is , you 've got the C O three |
| 26 | In Durham , work on a £20 million contract secured in 1992 is just commencing at Rye Hill . |
| 27 | He is just applaing at crosses ! |
| 28 | In terms of the A nineteen south , that is already operating at capacity . |
| 29 | Mail-it is already running at US and UK beta sites including a bank and unnamed Unix software company . |
| 30 | This is best done at harvest time when hay and straw can be bought straight ‘ off the field ’ and cereals are cheapest . |