Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Checks are made at the pubs to see that the beer is actually drunk , as serious athletes have been known to let it spill down their vests to cool them off , for which they incur a two minute penalty . |
| 2 | Hess did not appreciate the significance of these strip reversals , but Vine and Matthews did , and they suggested that while the ‘ sea-floor spreading ’ concept was basically right , it could be refined and that instead of the simple kind of gigantic conveyor belt that Hess had conceived , with oceanic crust being generated at the ridges and moving away in opposite directions , the situation was much more like that of a conveyor belt-cum-tape recorder . |
| 3 | The study is aimed at the victims of maturity diabetes , which affects 600,000 people in Britain , and will try to find ways of preventing or delaying the disease . |
| 4 | A floral chintz fabric is used at the windows and for the upholstered seat and valance under the white bed linen . |
| 5 | The President was perturbed at the signs of Russian obduracy over Poland but felt that cooperation with Moscow could be preserved if the correct blend of firmness and concession was applied . |
| 6 | The crime prevention and personal safety quiz was held at the police station and judged by senior officers , the Mayor of Darlington and the town 's MP , Michael Fallon . |
| 7 | He said that there was definitely a mortuary in Bala and had been told that the key was kept at the police station . |
| 8 | This is similar to the marimba , but made with metal bars ; the resonators under each bar are fitted at the tops with discs which may be electrically opened or shut to create the vibrato characteristic of this instrument . |
| 9 | Foreign currency transactions of individual companies are translated at the rates ruling when they occurred . |
| 10 | Not only does seeing a chair as a three-dimensional object have this character , but so does seeing one line as longer in the Mulier-Lyer illusion ( in which two lines of equal length look unequal when differently slanting lines are drawn at the tips ) despite our knowing that the two lines are really the same length . |
| 11 | At the crown , small rollers were used at the roots for smaller curls and larger ones towards the ends for more body |
| 12 | However , I recall with equal clarity the cries of ‘ Anti-English ’ behaviour when England were defeated at the hands of Scotland in Murrayfield two seasons ago , partly because the Scottish chose ‘ Flower of Scotland ’ as their national anthem . |
| 13 | The incident happened when a window was smashed at The Travellers Welcome in East Hagbourne . |
| 14 | When the name of Holovich was called at the parades and counts , he shouted back ‘ Holly … here ’ and the trifle of the gesture was ignored . |
| 15 | Her toddler Gareth Mr Ashworth 's son was missing and the hunt was extended to Scotland after the youngster was abandoned at a citizens ' advice bureau near Glasgow . |
| 16 | The intensity of warfare and the weight of weapons used declines across the spectrum ; all the bands are blurred at the edges where they overlap ; and each has a number of gradations within it . |
| 17 | Of course , other sessions running in parallel on the days are aimed at the specialists in the industry and the ability of such people to gather is another important aspect of the event . |
| 18 | The awards are held at the Bains Douches club and provide an opportunity for the exhausted fashion business to get together , congratulate each other , slag each other off , and get appallingly drunk . |
| 19 | Its nostrils are placed at the ends of two extremities that grow out from the side of its head . |
| 20 | Yet , though the concept of class is vague , with social and economic divisions acting only imperfectly to distinguish social groups , the major occupational categories persisted in giving a sufficient basis for social distinction during the inter-war years , even though many differences between social classes were blurred at the margins . |
| 21 | Numerous petitions concerning the forest were presented at the parliaments of this reign and the beginning of the next . |
| 22 | ( 3 ) Wrong : the body is cut at the knees — which often looks awkward . |
| 23 | Routledge 's Heritage Gardens by Sheena Goulty is aimed at the professionals tending gardens such as the above ( £45 ) . |
| 24 | Balkan aggression was directed at the Germans and Austrians for much the same reason that Polish nationalism was directed against the partitioning powers , but unlike the Poles , the Serbians and Bosnians were supported by the Russians . |
| 25 | Paul David McGeown , 28 , from Stewart Street was accused at the Magistrates Court yesterday of seizing the cars in the Ormeau area during July and August . |
| 26 | As a final refinement , you will probably find that the last few frames of each shot on the copy assembly are over-recorded at the edits . |
| 27 | Taps are fitted at the ends of pipes ; valves are fitted somewhere in the pipe run . |
| 28 | Four point charges of equal magnitude are located at the corners of a square as shown in Fig. 2.42 . |
| 29 | He did at least take two more wickets himself , emerging as a five-wicket demon in the match , the standard of England 's slip catching being restored at the hands of Hick and Atherton . |
| 30 | However , Cavendish was of more assistance to L : Lord Parker C.J. emphasised ( at p.378 ) that more must be proved for actual or constructive possession than that the goods were found at the premises , it had to be shown that goods had come to the premises by arrangement and that a servant or agent had instructions to take the goods . |