Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [verb] at [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 Although laser gain has been observed at a shorter wavelength — 18–2 nanometres by Geoff Pert 's group at the University of Hull — no claims have been made that those experiments produced coherent light ; the emission included radiation generated by other processes .
2 The teaching of study skills should of course obviate the problems that arise in assignments and projects , but generally this provision has been made at a later stage of the pupils ' school career , at the sixth-form level , when a recognized amount of their time is allocated to private study .
3 Remains are scarce as most of the work has been rebuilt at a later date .
4 In these circumstances , it is not surprising to find that population loss from inner areas has been running at a lower rate in the 1980s and that the government 's efforts at introducing more private investment have met with some measure of success .
5 It would be more advantageous to study an action picture which has been captured at a lower camera speed .
6 In the 1980s local decentralization has been occurring at a slower pace than in the previous decade and in some cases appears to have gone into reverse .
7 The same criticism has been levelled at the lower tier , the Board , which with twelve of its twenty-one members coming from the DES and the LEAs , is regarded by many as unbalanced .
8 Guinness has been targeted at a wider audience , in particular the more individualistic drinker , a position which is supported by innovative advertising around the world .
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