Example sentences of "is at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything is at a standstill and so many people in the underground , just sitting there with nowhere to go . |
| 2 | Economic activity is at a standstill . |
| 3 | Not only does this ensure rapid response and lower noise levels ; it also means that the heating and ventilation work when the Clio is at a standstill . |
| 4 | One of the worst affected areas is at Over , where traffic is at a standstill . |
| 5 | ( The supply itself is at a frequency of 50 Hz in Europe , or 60 Hz in North America . ) |
| 6 | The mating hum of the female is at a frequency of about 500 hertz and she only produces sounds at this pitch when she is ready to mate . |
| 7 | ‘ It is at a level at which the dividend would be uncovered for 1993 . |
| 8 | In the case of failures to cite theses in the present study , it is suggested that bibliographical control of Scottish geology theses is at a level such that the literature is easily searched , and that failure to do so is unlikely . |
| 9 | A recent experiment in America showed that people of normal weight might start eating at a reasonably rapid pace at the beginning of a meal , when their hunger is at a peak , but this eating rate will steadily slow down as the meal progresses . |
| 10 | Perjury is made so complete a business that cases are as regularly rehearsed in all their various scenes by the professional perjurer as a dramatic piece is at a theatre . ’ |
| 11 | A candidate for entry is a module which scans correctly , is at a development version and later than that known to LIFESPAN . |
| 12 | That Committee is at a remove from the day to day problems that harass the project members , and has a special responsibility for drawing attention to underlying problems and longer term implications . |
| 13 | The end-point of the walkable , or sometimes scramble-able section of the Gorges is at a waterfall , where the water shoots out from a hole in the rock on the left and falls sixty or seventy feet into the stream . |
| 14 | Technical skill is at a discount . |
| 15 | When phrases of the text are repeated or thrown from voice to voice , they may or may not be set to the same or similar melodic phrase ; imitation is free and texturally loose ; metrical symmetry is at a discount . |
| 16 | In an emergency assistance can be provided more quickly if you operate the red alarm when the train is at a station . |
| 17 | Now Jerry Bailey the man who rode Ah Kong This is at a press conference after the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 18 | Mr. Prentice is at a union meeting . |
| 19 | The speaker establishes that the listener is at a decision point where the route will go via one of two houses ( on the left in Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 20 | My case is at a friend 's house down The Street . |
| 21 | With each path there are associated a couple of numbers : one represents the size of a wave and the other represents the position in the cycle ( i.e. , whether it is at a crest or a trough ) . |
| 22 | The most thoroughly surveyed site is at a depth of 2000 metres in the Galapagos Rift Valley . |
| 23 | Its linear diameter is I 392 000 km ; it looks so small only because it is at a distance of nearly 150 million km from us . |
| 24 | If the source direction makes an angle θ with the baseline , which is of length d , then the path difference to the two dishes is d cos θ and the phase lag between their signals is at a wavelength λ , and in terms of frequency v this becomes . |
| 25 | A takeover is only worthwhile if it is at a price which makes commercial sense . |
| 26 | His five-year-old daughter is at a State school . |
| 27 | There is no evidence ruling out either the pentagon-road or fullerene-road schemes , but the field is at a state where new suggestions for the fullerene formation mechanism are welcome . |
| 28 | For your part , we very mich hope that piloting centres will use all available channels to provide us with feedback — whether this is at a seminar or centre visit , via the piloting questionnaire , or through informal contacts with the piloting team at SCOTVEC . |
| 29 | The first concrete experience of the church that many people have in their whole lives is at a funeral . |
| 30 | So when he sees Rose staring at him with her dark , serious eyes among the crowds on the staircases in the interval ( this is at a concert ) he does n't hesitate for a moment , but goes straight up to her . |