Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find myself turning to the first chapter of the Book of Genesis for an insight into what I am hinting at here . |
| 2 | The situation is more acute in the rural areas when only 32 per cent of the population aged seven to fourteen years are enrolled at school . |
| 3 | The majority of all black pupils are enrolled at primary level : 78 per cent of all enrolments in the DET 's jurisdiction ( compared with 56 per cent of all white enrolments ) . |
| 4 | Downland Housing Association are building at the Larch Cottage site , Portsmouth Road , while the second site is at Lynchborough Road , Passfield . |
| 5 | Some will carry 300 men , with the baggage , and others 150 horse with their riders ; 150 more are building at Brest , St Malo , Nantes , Port L'Orient , Morlaix and other ports of Brittany . |
| 6 | They are helping to move soil into a garden they are building at the school with the help of mums , dads and teachers . |
| 7 | Hundreds of people are queueing at cinemas across the region to see Hollywood 's new dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park . |
| 8 | Hundreds of people are queueing at cinemas across the region to see Hollywood 's new dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park . |
| 9 | And so it came to pass that on Friday 24 April , at 11am our time , 94 ladies and gentleman of the British press are gathered at Stansted Airport inside a privately chartered plane whose previous occupants were Neil Kinnock and the Labour Party election campaign team . |
| 10 | Forest products are gathered at a level which does not affect the harvest next year be it fruit , timber , grasses , wild honey or medicinal plants . |
| 11 | She will ensure that women 's voices are heard at the highest level . |
| 12 | The indirect costs of two children over the mother 's lifetime are calculated at £135 000 . |
| 13 | Ages are calculated at the beginning of the tax year . |
| 14 | Ages are calculated at the beginning of the tax year . |
| 15 | The following figures have been extracted from our management accounts , are calculated at constant exchange rates and take account of the effect of UK Refining : |
| 16 | STORM HAVOC : Two camper vans are overturned at a shattered campsite in Vaison-la-Romaine |
| 17 | If you are dismissed at the end of your first year , concentrating on the terms of the contract leads to the conclusion that you ordinarily worked in Great Britain , whereas looking at what actually happened leads to the opposite conclusion . |
| 18 | Touch-operated computer terminals are placed at strategic points allowing us , quite literally , to have the ancient world at our fingertips . |
| 19 | The ten l.e.d.s concerned here are placed at various positions in the ‘ field ’ , each representing a number of runs or a no-score , plus a couple which may lead to a catch or an appeal for lbw . |
| 20 | Also , since some children in care are placed at home on trial , this explanation is blatantly false . |
| 21 | Its nostrils are placed at the ends of two extremities that grow out from the side of its head . |
| 22 | Our eyes are placed at the front of the head , a position shared by the eyes of cats , birds of prey and other hunters . |
| 23 | c Models i General Hospitals Theoretically , general hospital services are unsegregated , but there is often " segregation by stealth " in that dementing patients ( often 10–20% of residents ) are placed at one end of the ward , or in single rooms . |
| 24 | As tv onlookers we are placed at the centre of events no human being could ever witness in the flesh , by close-ups of a bomb's- eye view of the interior of a ventilator shaft right up to the moment of impact . |
| 25 | Less fabric is taken up when they are placed at this angle , preventing the seamline from reducing and puckering . |
| 26 | The positioning of electric equipment is important because of possible splashing with waterjets ; therefore , it is imperative that such equipment is specially protected and that outlet sockets are placed at a level where there is no danger of their coming into contact with water . |
| 27 | At Cirencester a panel containing a sixteen-petalled rosette has a comparable central device , however , the strongest comparisons are to be made with both of the Leicester mosaics , where eight-petalled rosettes similar to those in the Gloucester pavement are placed at the centre of a kaleidoscopic geometric design ( pI . |
| 28 | ‘ As a result they are placed at risk . |
| 29 | It is important that at least three coats are applied and that the top and bottom edges are given at least one coat to prevent moisture being absorbed . |
| 30 | To aid the student , particularly important concepts or definitions are enclosed in boxes , questions ( without answers ) are given at the end of each chapter , and there are lists of sources of further reading . |