Example sentences of "[conj] be [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A copy of the test certification should either go out with the equipment , or be available at the point of hire . |
| 2 | The set contains six different screwdrivers that are colour-coded at the tip — ideal for DIY enthusiasts . |
| 3 | As Levy ( 1979 : 193 ) remarks , ‘ the speaker by making reference may not simply identify but may construct the object by selecting from a field of relations those properties that are relevant at the moment of utterance ’ . |
| 4 | I like big heads that are flat at the back , not pointed , and for that reason in recent years it is Korean males who have attracted me most , with their rich , straight black hair laid perpendicularly on that square-backed skull — always , to me , the sign of a male good at mathematics , the sexiest science . |
| 5 | As a guide to construction , these pictures should reflect relevant structures and processes , and give an overview of the climate of the particular situation being addressed , together with any issues that are pertinent at the time of the analysis . |
| 6 | And it is retroactive : it applies even to actions that were legal at the time . |
| 7 | There is evidence that the whole Southern Front operation , for which North pushed particularly , was justified in retrospect with successes that were invisible at the time . |
| 8 | The newspaper eventually followed others into the Docklands print centres that were fashionable at the time , and 66 Vauxhall Bridge Road returned to its position of anonymity . |
| 9 | Take semi-hardwood cuttings in late summer , choosing material that is woody at the base , but soft at the tips . |
| 10 | represent the meeting , will no doubt be present from Breckland and no doubt will put the views erm , but it 's , it 's this , Breckland and Norfolk you wan na get to grips with and it 's only members you wan na see , I will in fact er , you know , I 'll make that point anything that 's necessary at the meeting , Parish Council will be present , but I 'll get onto er |
| 11 | ‘ That one that 's thick at the top and thin at the bottom is called South America . |
| 12 | Any educational intervention in these centres , however , must be carefully monitored so that the effects of different models of education can be assessed more accurately than is possible at the moment . |
| 13 | In experiments on the colon ( colonic transit ) , one cannula was positioned in the postcaecal portion of the colon ; a second cannula was placed in the most distal part of the colon that was accessible at the time of laparotomy . |
| 14 | In Britain the courts have recently decided that a leather firm should pay the Cambridge Water Company almost £1m in damages for contaminating one of its boreholes with chlorinated solvents , even though the solvents were disposed of 17 years ago in a way that was legal at the time . |
| 15 | ‘ You recollect the gossip that was rife at the time — that he had run away to a monastery ? ’ |
| 16 | The thing is that what we need and what 's missing from this is in fact the balance that was available at the time we started this period . |
| 17 | Any such changes are confined to the application that was active at the time . |
| 18 | The walls of the pit were almost sheer , falling fifty feet to smooth , dull water that was jagged at the edges , like the top of a tin can . |
| 19 | However , Hitchcock 's keywell inlay is generally of a simple rectangle , whereas Mercier and William Smith are in agreement that the rectangle should be broken with half circles on the shorter sides — a decorative motif that was common at the time and appears on a number of spinets ( though not apparently any by Thomas Hitchcock ) . |
| 20 | I remember knitting my daughter a summer top in a colour that was fashionable at the time . |
| 21 | Thus , in 1973 , we are no wiser than we were in 1948 : the experience of twenty-five years has shed no more light upon the question , does the death penalty deter ? than was available at the beginning — except perhaps that the neutrality of the evidence , which I have explained I find so logically impressive , has been reinforced . |
| 22 | Brahms 's extraordinary modulations require more precision than was possible at the end of a long programme played without a break . |
| 23 | I have joined classes where I 've leapt about to Michael Jackson or thrown my pot and been surprised at the sound of my own voice when I 've paid the babysitter . |
| 24 | The British have more Nobel Prizewinners and are better at the breakthrough to something completely new . |
| 25 | Tickets for tonight and tomorrow range from £9 to £7 ( with a pound off for pensioners and youngsters ) and are available at the door or by ringing 0914773600 . |
| 26 | She has only been able to distribute a few as yet , but they know that they 're there and are overjoyed at the prospect of getting them . |
| 27 | ‘ We have waited 22 months for justice to be done and are appalled at the verdict , ’ it read . |
| 28 | I own an ‘ H ’ registered SWB 2286cc petrol engined Land Rover and am dismayed at the fuel consumption — about 15 mpg . |
| 29 | At this point it would appear that a consultant 's job is now over , but in fact he should co-ordinate with the contractors , and stand by until the equipment is fully installed and be present at the opening of the facility for a number of days in order to iron out any problems that may arise immediately after opening . |
| 30 | Members will be aware that ex-Councillors and were unsuccessful at the polls and I wish to ask the Council to place on record its thanks to their contribution to the work of this Council made by those members and to wish them well in the future . |