Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he refused to attach too much importance to these since they could be withdrawn at any time unless they were passed into law . |
| 2 | They earn interest in dinars , calculated at the current exchange rate , and the principal can normally be withdrawn at any time in the given foreign currency . |
| 3 | The Pathfinder Force should be on a different basis and these should consist of 45 sorties , but crews could be withdrawn at any time after the completion of 30 sorties . |
| 4 | The typeface , size and style are set before the text is flowed , as are the margins but any or all of these can be altered at any stage . |
| 5 | The court may allow a request for a warrant of execution to be amended at any time to show the debtor 's amended address or place of levy ( Ord 15 , r 1(1) ( a ) ) . |
| 6 | A comfortable position for writing when work needs to be undertaken at close range is in some respects more difficult to achieve than it is for reading . |
| 7 | All major companies have rules which permit investments below a certain scale to be undertaken at divisional level without head-office approval . |
| 8 | There will be a price to be paid , but it 's not to be undertaken at any price . |
| 9 | To devote five chapters to intonation may seem excessive , but I feel that this is necessary since the subject is difficult and complex , and needs to be explained at considerable length if the explanation is to be intelligible . |
| 10 | It should be explained at this point that each university is funded at the full rate for only a core number of ‘ Fully Funded ’ students in each of 25 ‘ narrow ’ subject groups . |
| 11 | Ideas and opinions about women 's issues and the degree of priority they should be given at this stage vary considerably , but it is more than apparent that there are many who now believe that a new society would be incomplete without changes in women 's position . |
| 12 | And some could be given at either level ? |
| 13 | The Conservative Election victory in 1970 had removed , for the time being at least , the prospect of the School 's being compelled to join the Independent sector , and allowed thought to be given at some length as to what Independence might entail . |
| 14 | At p. 700F , the court gave its approval to a shortened version of the direction ( which , in the court 's view , could properly be given at any stage ) . |
| 15 | Thus treatment with salt ( or with freshwater for marine fish ) , formalin , quaternary ammonium compounds , malachite green , and antibiotics for example can be given at high dose for short duration , making them more effective against the disease organisms while offering a better safety margin to the fish through shorter contact time . |
| 16 | Campaigns against them must , however , also be waged at such time as the conditions on the land are suitable . |
| 17 | No neat distinction between legal doctrine and political principle can be sustained at this level of adjudication . |
| 18 | The production can be halted at any point so that discussions and questions can take place . |
| 19 | A specimen may be examined at any Bank branch . |
| 20 | The whole room breathed an air of hygienic efficiency : the walls were emulsioned so that they could be repainted at little cost , and the tables stood on plastic tiles which could be quickly wiped and disinfected . |
| 21 | The degree and nature of any interaction between the proposal and existing research programmes would depend totally on the needs of each individual submission made to us by visiting researchers , and can not be foreseen at this stage . |
| 22 | Depreciation shall be calculated at each month end as follows : — |
| 23 | Depreciation shall be calculated at each month end as follows : — |
| 24 | After the business , and before refreshments , the Dolmetsch Ensemble provided members with a short concert , which included at least one item that will be heard at this year 's festival . |
| 25 | As regards the transfer of a licence to the representatives of a dead , bankrupt , or incapable licence holder , the application can be heard at any meeting of a licensing board or under an arrangement under s.5(1) . |
| 26 | In the case of summary proceedings for recovery of land , Ord 24 , r 4 , any person not named as a respondent may apply to be joined at any stage of the proceedings on the question whether an order for possession should be made . |
| 27 | Various kinds of metals should be heated , long iron bars , short iron bars , silver bars , copper bars , etc. should be heated at high pressure and low pressure , high temperatures and low temperatures , and so on . |
| 28 | Individual pages can be adjusted at any time to allow for changes and these alterations cause the remainder of the document to be re-structured completely automatically . |
| 29 | Aware of the strength of public opinion , Mrs Aquino ordered flags on government buildings to be flown at half mast in a conciliatory gesture . |
| 30 | Hitler 's instruction that the flags should be flown at half mast to mark the death of Marshal Piłsudski on 12 May 1935 was also taken as a reassuring gesture . |