Example sentences of "[pron] is [vb pp] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Projecting from the handle is an iron bar , somewhat twisted and corroded , which is curved at the broken end to form part of a semicircle . |
| 2 | Indeed , my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Surrey , East ( Sir G. Howe ) , in a speech right out of the defeatist book which is kept at the Foreign Office , seemed to declare that a nation with its own currency could not survive in the days of the ecu . |
| 3 | The victim is usually speared with the barbed teeth in the proboscis and quickly killed by the venom which is injected at the same time . |
| 4 | It simulates the bit of the search space which is rooted at the current state , and plans an acceptable next move . |
| 5 | The new range , which is targeted at the traditional scientific and technical parallel computing markets , will comprise five model types , covering a performance range from 800 MIPS to over 400,000 MIPS . |
| 6 | The new range , which is targeted at the traditional scientific and technical parallel computing markets , will comprise five model types , covering a performance range from 800 MIPS to over 400,000 MIPS . |
| 7 | The Guidelines issued to schools make reference to the SCOTVEC Module ( ‘ The Road User ’ which is targeted at the 16–18 year old age group . |
| 8 | This month Cellnet launched its Lifetime tariff system which is aimed at the light user — the lone woman motorist or people who only make the occasional vital call . |
| 9 | She has given $7,000 ( £4,400 ) towards the cost of a new fire engine , which is housed at the Old Saybrook Fire Station just two miles away from her home in Fenwick off the shore of the Long Island Sound . |
| 10 | She is seen at the National Cemetery in Seoul paying her respects to the thousands killed in the Korean War . |
| 11 | Mr Savoy , who is based at the Andean Explorers and Ocean Sailing Club in Reno , Nevada , has long suspected that ancient man had far more trans-oceanic contacts than most orthodox historians accept . |
| 12 | In Part III of Schedule I to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 ( disqualifying offices ) there is inserted at the appropriate place — ’ Any member of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council in receipt of remuneration . ’ |
| 13 | It is calculated at the following rates : |
| 14 | I would still however consider that the stop north of Scotmid would be a little closer to Low 's shop then the next stop once it is relocated at the southern end of St Patrick Square . |
| 15 | Not only that , but it is placed at the wrong angle . |
| 16 | The rationalist model has been outlined above : it is matched at the other extreme by an approach emphasising the incremental nature of most actual decisions . |
| 17 | If it is pushed at the wrong point of the swinging cycle , the motion is upset and it tends to stop . |
| 18 | It is however a controversial project because of the cost of its electricity and the question as to whether it is needed at the present time despite electricity being the main growth area in the Brazilian energy demand picture . |
| 19 | This course is very widely available and it is pitched at the right level for the medical teacher . |
| 20 | It is aimed at the general reader who knows nothing whatever about AI or related fields , and can be recommended at that level . |
| 21 | It is aimed at the political section within that community . |
| 22 | Peter Tickner , director of planning and marketing at the college , said : ‘ It is aimed at the unemployed , anyone who feels their education was lacking , or anyone who wants want more qualifications , such as mothers who want to get back to work after having children . ’ |
| 23 | It is aimed at the same target , which is the young and vulnerable people in society whom the industry needs to recruit . |
| 24 | ‘ The run is unique in Merseyside because it is aimed at the fun runner serious runners have to be prepared to take a back seat . |
| 25 | The best advertorial in the world will be of no value at all if it is aimed at the wrong audience . |
| 26 | If there is free space it is inserted at the correct node . |
| 27 | Only Shotover , a Shavian figure seeking a ‘ mind ray ’ that will destroy his enemies , tries to unite wisdom and power ; and even he is revealed at the last as a rum-soaked old poseur . |
| 28 | He is based at the Low Barns Nature Reserve at Witton-le-Wear , near Bishop Auckland . |
| 29 | I think it is because he accepts what is said at the third stage , the eleven and twelve-year-olds , as giving the truth of the matter . |
| 30 | This information is based on what is known at the present time , which is August 1989 . |