Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ( d ) Offices and employments As a matter of prudence , agreement should be reached at an early stage in the life of any firm whose partners , or some of them , are likely to find themselves appointed to some professional or public office as to : ( 1 ) whether remuneration from such offices should in principle be accounted for as part of the profits of the firm ( Clause 10.06 ) ; and ( 2 ) the amount of time any partner should be permitted to devote to such activities ( before his profit share suffers some downward adjustment ) . |
| 32 | In addition , arrangements should be reached at an earlier juncture for withdrawal of Russian troops and for representatives from the Russian zone to join the governing commission . |
| 33 | The decision to dynamite the rock , using five tons of explosives , was taken last week after it was found to be moving at an accelerated rate . |
| 34 | Counselling , the provision of positive role models and other techniques may be introduced at an early stage . |
| 35 | The advantages of early identification are that the patient can co-operate in decisions , and support services can be introduced at an early stage . |
| 36 | Five years ago , schools were asked to develop their programme of personal relationships so that the right sort of foundations could be laid at an early age . |
| 37 | Senile dementia and other forms of mental illness presented a problem and it was recommended that a new building accommodating six beds and one padded room should be provided at an estimated cost of £2,400 . |
| 38 | The results of this analysis show that for a well.damped response the phase resistance ( winding + forcing ) must be set at an optimum value which depends on several parameters of the motor and load . |
| 39 | Some of them will be answered in the lecture but those that are not should be asked at an appropriate point . |
| 40 | Wicker waste paper baskets and bathroom sponges are guaranteed to be disintegrated at an alarming rate if left in the open . |
| 41 | In theoretical work , the turbulence is supposed to be generated at an initial instant and then to decay as time proceeds . |
| 42 | Right we can supply bank information for instance we can supply you with the balance , erm we should be able to let you know what sort of standing orders there are , erm but that would be charged at an extra rate because |
| 43 | Commentary should be delivered at an even pace , without over-emphasis , and completely free of ‘ fluffs ’ such as mispronounced words , hesitations and other departures from perfection . |
| 44 | These findings raise the possibility that the results with deep dyslexics , which appear to show a facilitating effect of highly imageable words on reading performance , might just as plausibly be attributed to the fact that such words tend to be learned at an early age in life . |
| 45 | If Labour come to power we have been promised that access to the countryside for canoeists and ramblers will be reviewed at an early stage . |
| 46 | The design and printing of the posters should be discussed at an early date with the Cartographic Unit . |
| 47 | If the new product is similar to one already in production , costs may be estimated at an early stage of design with adequate accuracy by discussion with the manufacturing department . |
| 48 | For net investment to increase , demand must be increasing at an increasing rate . |
| 49 | And so Beth allowed herself to be taken at an awkward pace along the wharf and on to where David and Cissie were saying their final farewells . |
| 50 | The joint chiefs of staff reviewed the role of Japan in defence policy and recommended to James Forrestal , the Secretary of Defense , on 1 March 1949 that in consequence of the serious world crisis and the probability of this crisis deepening , appropriate measures should be taken at an early date so that the ‘ military potential ’ of Japan could be utilised should events warrant it . |
| 51 | Of course , Mr. Glick was fully entitled to point out to your Lordships that the vast majority of cases concerned with the recovery of tax which is not due will indeed be covered by statutory provisions regulating the right of recovery ; he also suggested that , if it should be held that section 33 has no application in the present case , steps can easily , and may well , be taken at an early opportunity to bring cases such as the present , which are in any event likely to be very rare , within its ambit . |
| 52 | They can give early warning of stability problems and enable the corrective action to be taken at an early stage and thus save time and development resource . |
| 53 | In the event that the defender contends that the case is not appropriate for the Optional Procedure , argument to that effect can be made , but insofar as the Diet Roll will be heard approximately eight weeks after service of the Summons , a decision as to how to proceed will require to be taken at an early stage . |
| 54 | There is a further variation on the above procedure , which is that under section 2 of the 1936 Act steps can be taken at an early stage on grounds of the novelty and importance of the order , or because it deals with matters outside Scotland , to convert the order into a substituted Bill , in which case it goes through both Houses as a Bill and is not dealt with under the standard 1936 procedure . |
| 55 | Burrows also believes that smacking can be started at an early age . |
| 56 | The myth that governors are all ‘ uninformed lay people ’ should be dispelled at an early stage . |
| 57 | Luxemburg suggested that , whilst leaving only one half of the surplus-value to be consumed unproductively , the other half should be accumulated at an increasing rate of organic composition of capital ; that it should rise progressively from 5 : 1 to 6 : 1 to 7 : 1 , etc . |
| 58 | The attitude of the family has implications for the style of initial assessment carried out by the psychiatrist ; if the psychiatrist realises from the outset that other agencies are involved then consent of the family for reports may be obtained at an early stage . |
| 59 | An aide memoire covering basic client data which should be obtained at an initial meeting is set out at 1109.1 . |
| 60 | An aide-memoire for basic client data which should be obtained at an initial meeting is at 1109.1 . |