Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The defences at Alcester have only been found at one point on the north-west side by the river , and are of two periods with a wall supported by timber piles , close enough to the river bank as not to need a ditch system at this point . |
2 | These types of record have all been used at one time or another by the authors . |
3 | The UK government reportedly favoured the principle of " subsidiarity " [ see also p. 36741 ] , which it took to mean that decisions should only be made in Brussels which could not better be taken at national level . |
4 | He said that guerrilla attacks would henceforth be directed at military targets , state companies and economic installations among others . |
5 | Buildings — and not just historic ones — represent energy , labour and materials , which either can not be replaced or can only be replaced at enormous cost . |
6 | When it is demolished it is lost for good and can only be duplicated at considerable expense . |
7 | Unfortunately , certain landlords tend to abuse rights of access and as a first step the tenant should ensure that the right is subject to reasonable notice and may only be exercised at reasonable times , except of course in cases of emergency . |
8 | Continuous time means that observation is unceasing , such as a continuous record of river discharge ; quantized time is when imaginary sections are used to subdivide time , as when precipitation amounts are measured daily or weekly ; discrete time is when interest focuses upon time duration and frequency of events per unit of time ; and sampled time is when observations can only be made at particular periods , such as weekly measurements of plant growth . |
9 | Initially , however , such marketing can only be targeted at sophisticated investors and only on 30 business days each year . |
10 | ‘ More and more decisions can only be taken at European level , ’ Mr Bangemann said . |
11 | A pedestal basin generally has a slightly larger washing area than a wall-hung basin ; it does n't need such a secure fixing , and the supporting pedestal hides the plumbing , but it can only be installed at one height . |
12 | The disturbance of setts will only be permitted at certain locations and for specific reasons . |
13 | They can only be resolved at great danger to myself and so I beg you , my Lord , to order my withdrawal from this country for Satan walks here . |
14 | Such issues can only be resolved at local level . |
15 | The meteorological aspects of the German winter have already been discussed , and could perhaps be reread at this point ( p. 36 ) . |
16 | It should perhaps be stressed at this point that the three-element model , while modelling many of the features of solid polymers , remains only a model . |
17 | In terms of manpower all three types of decision are constantly being made at all levels of the nursing organisation . |
18 | On Sunday 8 September 1560 , a mop fair was held at nearby Abingdon . |
19 | A question that has still not been answered at any point during the debate was asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham ( Mr. Walden ) : what happens if the other countries go ahead without us ? |
20 | The ancient civilizations were firm believers in a form of hypnosis ( although the word itself had not been coined at that time , only coming into existence in the early nineteenth century : it derives from the Greek hypnos , meaning sleep ) . |
21 | The missed approach is commenced immediately on reaching decision height , if visual contact has not been made at this point . |
22 | But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words . |
23 | On Aug. 27 ECOWAS officials met with Ulimo chairman Raleigh Seekie in Freetown , Sierra Leone , to persuade him to commit Ulimo , which had not been represented at earlier talks , to applying the peace accord and surrendering its weapons . |
24 | The charcoal-grey cartridge paper had not been introduced at this stage . |
25 | This speech was published in Pravda on 24 January under the title of ‘ Lenin 's Political Testament ’ , which must have rung some warning bells for many within the Party since Lenin 's actual political testament had not been published at that time . |
26 | That machine has now gone back to being called the Model 54 and will appear as a 45MHz TAB-packaged four-way , as had already been intended at one time . |
27 | They earn interest in dinars , calculated at the current exchange rate , and the principal can normally be withdrawn at any time in the given foreign currency . |
28 | These would normally be submitted at four-weekly intervals , unless the injury or illness involved would clearly involve a lengthy absence . |
29 | Secondly , arts teachers ' views would not be represented at educational management level . |
30 | The president acknowledged that ground convoys are the best way to deliver aid , but said the airdrops were ‘ a temporary measure , designed to address the immediate needs of isolated areas that can not be reached at this time by ground . ’ |