Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] at [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money at call is money which can be withdrawn at only a few hours ' notice . |
| 2 | The job depended upon careful organisation as it had to be come at only a few days ' notice . |
| 3 | … no inconsiderable sacrifice to put in the time and effort that this sort of work requires , particularly when , as I fear has been the case so far , it has to be pursued at rather a breakneck speed . |
| 4 | If the pipette is repeatedly driven head-on into the globule of cold glass a break can be produced at approximately the correct internal diameter . |
| 5 | It works particularly awkwardly for married women at any age , since they may be employed at quite a different level from their husbands , or not at all . |
| 6 | In this respect the cinematic sign differs radically from the language of literature , where images are less likely to be taken at only the literal level . |
| 7 | Total capital expenditure , £852m in the 12 months to February , will be maintained at almost the same level in the current period . |
| 8 | Although financial director Michael Langley said that the product is approaching the end of its life , he believes ‘ there are a few years in it yet ’ , and expects 1993 sales levels to be maintained at roughly the same as 1992s . |
| 9 | If these variations pass through the criterion for instability ( such as the critical Reynolds number of the entry boundary layer ) , the instability can be renewed at just the same phase of each cycle and the flow will pulsate with a well-defined period . |
| 10 | Such heavy particles can not be created at even the highest energies particle accelerators can reach , but they could have been produced copiously in the aftermath of the big bang , with which , cosmologists generally believe , the Universe began . |
| 11 | The national screening programme will enable all women between the ages of 20 and 64 to be tested at least every five years you should have received your invitation for screening by 1993 . |
| 12 | The national screening programme will enable all women between the ages of 20 and 64 to be tested at least every five years ( you should have received your invitation for screening by 1993 ) . |
| 13 | The expert capable of detecting a Raphael at ten paces is admired almost as though he partook of the genius of the artist himself , and can be guaranteed at least a modest fame in the mass media . |
| 14 | In Britain elections to the House of Commons , from which the government is formed , must be held at least every five years ( until Parliament says otherwise ) but may be held at any time during the five years , for example there were only eight months between elections in 1974 and the average length of a parliament is around four years . |
| 15 | For example , a general election for the House of Commons must be held at least every 5 years but only certain people have access to the vote and not all votes for different parties are of equal power in the absence of proportional representation making for a close correspondence between votes cast and seats won ; the House of Lords ( once a very powerful state institution ) can now only delay bills passed by the House of Commons ; the Prime Minister " must " come from the Commons ; and it is " expected " that a government will resign and call a general election if it is defeated in a vote of confidence on the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 16 | All adults enjoy the right to vote in free general elections that must be held at least every 5 years . |
| 17 | There would be limits on political campaigning and ballots would be held at least every three years on membership of the National Union of Students . |