Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She will ensure that women 's voices are heard at the highest level . |
| 2 | The cumulative runtimes from the beginning of the movie are given at the right hand edge of the page . |
| 3 | If the same dose and type of insulin are given at the same time each day and either the food intake or the amount of physical activity fluctuates to a significant degree , the consequences are going to be unacceptable hyperglycaemia or hypoglycaemia . |
| 4 | Since threadworms can spread so easily , it is recommended that all the family are treated at the same time . |
| 5 | I personally do not have time for delays in this operation , and my approach has been ratified at the highest levels . |
| 6 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is it the trust did n't know ? |
| 7 | Bilal and Samir have been treated at the world-famous Stoke Mandeville spinal injuries unit . |
| 8 | Generally , independent advisers are registered at the Financial Intermediaries , Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association ( FIMBRA ) . |
| 9 | Accommodation has been arranged at the prestigious 5 crown |
| 10 | Example 4:4 Turnover rent YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR by equal quarterly payments in advance on the usual quarter days : ( 1 ) the annual sum of £ ( " the basic rent " ) ; and ( 2 ) such sum as is calculated in accordance with the Schedule hereto ( " the turnover rent " ) SCHEDULE ( 1 ) In this schedule the following expressions have the following meanings : ( a ) " gross turnover " means the aggregate of all sums : ( i ) received by the tenant in return for goods supplied or services rendered in the course of any trade or business carried on by him in the demised property or partly in the demised property and partly elsewhere ; and ( ii ) payable to the tenant by any person in consideration of the use or occupation of the whole or any part of the demised property ( b ) " a rental year " means a period of twelve calendar months beginning on ( c ) " net turnover " means the gross turnover less : ( i ) any sum actually paid by the tenant to HM Commissioners of Customs and Excise by way of VAT or other tax chargeable on the supply of goods or services ; ( ii ) any sum refunded by the tenant to his customers in respect of defective or unsatisfactory goods or services ; ( iii ) per cent of any sums received by the tenant in return for services for which orders are received at the demised property but are performed wholly elsewhere ( d ) " qualified accountant " means a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( 2 ) The turnover rent for a rental year shall be : ( a ) per cent of the net turnover for the year immediately preceding that rental year exceeding £ but less than £ and ( b ) per cent of the net turnover for the year immediately preceding that rental year exceeding £ but less than £ ( 3 ) Within one month after the beginning of each rental year ( time being of the essence ) the tenant shall deliver to the landlord a certificate signed by a qualified accountant of the tenant 's gross turnover and net turnover for the year immediately preceding that rental year . |
| 11 | The new stamp 's been developed at the Royal Mail 's Research and Development Centre in Swindon . |
| 12 | The gastric mucosa was inspected 0 and 180 minutes after ethanol had been given at the macroscopic , light , and scanning electron microscopic level . |
| 13 | For the most detailed analysis the meshes are arranged at the closest possible intervals , but greater spacings by size may be used if less detail is required . |
| 14 | A new Church of England Church had also been erected at the southern end of Sutton Lane , and was named St. Michael 's as the money for it had been realised by the sale of St. Michael 's Church in Burleigh Street , London , which had been associated with St. Martins-in-the-Fields . |
| 15 | Rapid nucleation is a zeroth-order process in which the growth centres are formed at the same time , and for each growth unit listed in table 11.3 , the corresponding values of the exponent would be . |
| 16 | Bowles was awarded a big cheque from a tabloid newspaper and if his own self-professed myths are a guideline it could have been squandered at the nearest bookies . |
| 17 | At its top the uterus is two inches across , and from each side come the fallopian tubes , themselves about 4½ inches in length , which serve as the channel down which the ovum travels from the ovaries , which are situated at the far end of the fallopian tubes . |
| 18 | They are situated at the four points of a rhombus . |
| 19 | The vineyards of Mailly-Champagne are situated at the northern end of the village on fairly flat ground where they fare exceptionally well . |
| 20 | According to some reports Li 's speech had been revised at the last moment to bring it in line with the current Dengist campaign . |
| 21 | The find will be the subject of an inquest , probably next year after all research and conservation on it has been completed at the British Museum . |
| 22 | From their article on the latter it is clear that Taskopruzade and Mecdi suppose him to have been located at the Zincirli medrese at Aksaray in Karaman at the time of Molla Fenari 's period of study with him . |
| 23 | A HUGE open-air concert has been cancelled at the last minutes over cash wrangles . |
| 24 | If one wishes to interview a client , one has to give notice about a week in advance , and sometimes interviews are cancelled at the last minute on the diktat of whoever is running Brixton prison . |
| 25 | Prior Robert , still stonily silent and shocked out of his normal studied dignity , led away his shattered clerk to the second of the two penitentiary cells ; and it was the first time , as far as Cadfael could recall , that the two had ever been occupied at the same time . |
| 26 | Descartes could not avoid being a product of the Counter-Reformation , having been educated at the Jesuit College of La Flèche . |
| 27 | Bromhead had been educated at the private school for the deaf in Rugby and was a fluent writer and reader of German , French and Latin . |
| 28 | He succeeded to his barony as a minor in July 1742 and may have been educated at the English Jesuit College at St Omer in France . |
| 29 | MacGillivrays from Australia and America are expected at the five-day shindig , to include treks , lectures and whisky swilling . |
| 30 | Hundreds of chief executive officers and senior Unix executives from all the Unix licensees and significant end-user sites are expected at the invitation-only affair . |