Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.

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1 However , the demand for the relevant , the practical , and the vocational that was part of the raison d'être of the GCSE has at the same time been answered in a different way , which may in the end prove embarrassing to the DES and the SEC , and may seem to promise yet another shift of power .
2 But — with exceptions of course — it has at the same time been unable or unwilling to devote enough time and effort to understanding and pursing financial and accounting matters , perhaps because these often lack the immediate and general glamour of other aspects of policies .
3 Why so many of the other directors chose to sell at the same time is not known to me .
4 With their central register filed in address order , information about any person living at the relevant address is passed regardless of their name .
5 The water car transferred at the same time was not numbered .
6 It looks like it 's going to be difficult to shrug this one off , picking at the racist scab was never going to do anyone any good , quiffy boy .
7 THE Treasury could receive a substantial boost to tax revenues next month because of attempts to take income before April 5 so that it would not be taxed at the Labour party 's threatened high rates .
8 In a comparison between blocking and non-blocking strains of mice it was shown that the potential of embryos to arrest at the 2-cell stage is determined solely by the genotype of the egg and occurs irrespective of the paternal or embryonic contribution ( 18 ) .
9 It should have spent a little more time looking at the serious work being carried out by the Health Education Authority and less time on carping criticisms of the authority 's work .
10 It is not yet clear how many of the almost 80 other prisoners freed at the same time were held for political reasons .
11 He helped her out when her father 's meeting at the Black Friar was raised .
12 Interestingly the clinical diagnosis of colonic carcinoma made at the first attendance was correct in four of five cases and incorrect in nine of 88 cases suggesting that clinical features are of help in this diagnosis .
13 but , but we , we , we might come across this again a bit later on th that i it 's entirely possible that what is being said at the early part is n't actually borne out by the details that come later on .
14 THE Court of Appeal has the power to increase Dr Courtney 's seven-year sentence if it feels the term imposed at the Old Bailey is ‘ unduly lenient ’ .
15 The state of siege imposed at the same time was , however , extended by 30 days by a vote of the legislative assembly on Feb. 8 .
16 When we come to Waterloo the Great Duke 's extraordinary ability to be exactly where he was needed at the crucial moment is well described , as are his outward calm and inspiring courage .
17 The Commission helps to create around five thousand new jobs a year.And all the small firms exhibiting at the Three Counties are hoping the orders will keep flowing in .
18 An attempt to look at the overall picture was made by the Royal Commission on Legal Services : its recommendations were widely criticised and largely ignored .
19 The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in .
20 The first vessel to load at the new facility was the ‘ Secil Angola ’ which arrived on 27th April to load 3945 tonnes .
21 The first ship to discharge at the new facility was the S.S. Ebbrix , a small vessel owned by T. R. Rix & Sons Ltd. of Hull which arrived on 23rd August .
22 Those not teaching at the present time are welcome to attend on a daily basis at £2 per session .
23 But what I heard at the same time was the most fantastic application of expression .
24 ‘ What we must have at the same time is a greater level of consistency and the kind of spirit that was evident against Rangers . ’
25 It follows that the angle a vertical edge subtends at the left eye divided by the angle it subtends at the right eye is greater than 1 for the left-hand edge of the pattern , but is less than 1 for the right-hand edge .
26 Opposition encountered at the two festivals were City of Portsmouth , Havant , Trojans , Winchester , Old Tauntonians , Blandford , Gosport , Hamble , Yateley and Bournemouth .
27 Special tasks allocated at the previous meeting are read out to check that they have been completed .
28 New safety measures have been introduced for National fences after two horses died at the notorious Beecher 's Brook in last year 's race .
29 Jumping at the same event was the famous ski jumper Eddie ‘ The Eagle ’ Edwards .
30 But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me .
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