Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [be] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Gadsby who travelled across France in 1855 found that he needed two greatcoats and a large travelling wrapper to keep himself warm even though the carriage was supplied with hot footwarmers which were renewed at certain stops along the route . |
| 2 | An underground water supply serving the city of Peterborough , in eastern England , has been contaminated by pesticides which were dumped at nearby rubbish dumps . |
| 3 | An agreement on family reunions and the exchange of art troupes which was reached at Red Cross talks in October 1989 [ for which see p. 36975 ] broke down Nov. 27 when the South Koreans refused to allow the revolutionary opera " The Flower Girl " to be performed in Seoul , the South Korean capital , saying that its content was political and contrary to Red Cross principles [ see p. 37041 ] . |
| 4 | This meant that Blake was allocated a special cell which was changed at irregular intervals , that had to be examined every day , and Blake and the cell completely searched at least once a fortnight . |
| 5 | These are the figures of disposable income which is arrived at after deduction of the various allowances which can be made against income to assess whether someone is financially eligible . |
| 6 | The various regional associations which were formed at various times in Eastern and Western Europe , in Africa , in the Middle East or in Latin America , rested either upon the predominance of one nation state over others in the region , or upon a limited agreement about a framework within which national economic interests could be more effectively pursued ; and they all showed themselves largely incapable of controlling the vigorous expression of such interests in periods of crisis . |
| 7 | These are super-directional microphones which are aimed at individual speakers or sound sources ; they therefore require skilled operation by a sound assistant who monitors the signal on headphones . |
| 8 | There are frequent butter , grain , wine and beef mountains which are stored at great cost or sold off cheaply to other countries . |
| 9 | The manual operation of broadcasting a recognition signal to the platforms in orbit around Tarvaras had been duplicated simultaneously by four automatic sending stations which were situated at various points along the Simonova 's mainframe . |
| 10 | The Dale Group which is based at New Houghton near Mansfield specializes in the design and installation of hydraulic mining systems . |
| 11 | The questions which are tackled at Advanced level reflect the many aspects and problems of History as a subject . |
| 12 | Payton scotched speculation he was unsettled at Ayresome Park . |
| 13 | Another problem for the astrologer is the widely varying lifestyles and fortunes of people who are born at identical times and places . |
| 14 | Vodafone presently has 838,000 subscribers , swelled by the introduction of Low Call which is aimed at occasional users with its mixture of cheap line rental but high call charges . |
| 15 | Scenes which are viewed at normal eye level convey the message that this is a normal situation : dramatically , it is neutral . |
| 16 | After discharge they were reviewed at weekly intervals and the volume of feed consumed was recorded daily throughout the four week period . |
| 17 | At the 1987 election he was cocooned at Labour headquarters , surrounded by television screens , satellite aerials and endlessly insistent telephones . |
| 18 | In part it is directed at particular features of the standard treatment — notably the assumption of an aggregate production function . |
| 19 | These are lists of choices you are offered at certain points . |
| 20 | In contrast , the women who were booked at general practitioner units and delivered there had by far the lowest perinatal mortality rate ( 3.3/1000deliveries ) . |
| 21 | Adjustment for birth weight had the greatest effect on the perinatal mortality rates due to immaturity : the rate among women who were booked at general practitioner units and were delivered at hospital 1 fell from 3.6 to 1.0 . |
| 22 | Although it might have been possible to attempt some form of categorisation of the types of detail which were recalled at different risk levels , it is not clear that the data from this study are really powerful enough to support such an analysis . |
| 23 | Basalts are the rocks which are formed at mid-ocean ridges , and which make up the entire oceanic crust . |
| 24 | It was a privilege for me to be invited to one of the Criterion Evenings which were held at irregular intervals at 24 Russell Square . |