Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once all the information has been incorporated , the sequence of phases will have been assigned dates at various points , although these will be of differing quality : some may be accurate to a few years , others only to the nearest couple of centuries . |
| 2 | I take exception to the fact that the people who are deciding matters at intergovernmental conferences want to force the issue of unification far faster than I would wish . |
| 3 | In the context of a petrol station , the risk-averse are offered a salary plus a small performance bonus for running the station , whereas the less risk-averse are offered petrol at wholesale price and are free to decide how to behave . |
| 4 | All staff concerned have been offered redeployment at other stores or a financial settlement . |
| 5 | Peskin has been buying property at rock-bottom prices ahead of recovery . |
| 6 | Seamans said it was very rare that violence broke out at American football , baseball or basketball games , ‘ and what is the biggest concern is that it seems to be organised violence at European soccer games which is something we have never experienced , ’ he added . |
| 7 | Some may be offered jobs at other sites . |
| 8 | The League 's five Maghreb members were the first to announce that they would be sending representation at ambassadorial level only ( instead of foreign ministers ) . |
| 9 | Injections of " capital " from this source will probably differ wildly from one partner to the next and so , taking the generalised capital clause at its face value , adjustments to capital sharing ratios will appear to be taking place at annual intervals , whereas no change at all will have been intended by the partners . |
| 10 | The work of the Dragon Project though , is beginning to show that there may be some basis for thinking that unusual behaviour of certain known energies could be taking place at certain sites ( New Scientist , 21 October , p 166 ) , and it is possible that our ancient ancestors could detect this ‘ Earth energy ’ . |
| 11 | On article 198(a) it stated : ’ The members of the Committee shall be elected representatives at regional or local level . |
| 12 | Despite a post-election resumption of fighting , a breakthrough in negotiations appeared imminent following the March round of the UN-sponsored peace talks between the government and the FMLN ( which had been taking place at monthly intervals over the past year ) . |
| 13 | It is important to appreciate that all a neurone can do is to transmit impulses at varying frequencies . |
| 14 | All we can do is to report observations at national and international meetings where the keenest , most dedicated enthusiasts gather . |
| 15 | In contrast , those developers whose prime objective is building houses at maximum profit and with minimum care for the environment , may experience difficulty . |
| 16 | Some corporations entrust their routine legal work to outside solicitors , but have legal advisers whose task is to give advice at high level within the industry ; these advisers organise the legal work which is to be executed by the outside solicitors — perhaps in many countries . |
| 17 | Nigeria , home to a quarter of the population of sub-saharan Africa , is initiating NEAPs at federal and state level . |
| 18 | If this is to take place at constant temperature and pressure , the Gibbs free energy of the whole system must remain constant . |
| 19 | Olympic Computers is offering support at preferential prices to the 18,000 Olympic Technology customers , but it will not be honouring service warranties made by the old company . |
| 20 | The following are suggested durations at different conditions : |
| 21 | In 1929 he was appointed lecturer at New College , Oxford . |
| 22 | Her aim was to develop ballet-skiing at artificial ski slopes around the country , including training programmes for instructors and judges . |
| 23 | Another ruse was to offer houses at low rent or for sale , or to offer signing-on fees far in excess of the £10 theoretically permitted by the FA . |
| 24 | I used to , every time like when we was playing football at primary school |