Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strong eastward currents generated by prevailing westerlies are most marked at the surface , but penetrate to impart an easterly flow to the full depth of the water column . |
| 2 | This type of butterfly eye-spot should not be confused with the much larger eyes that occur on some species — eye-spots that are suddenly flashed at the enemy as it draws close . |
| 3 | Suffice it to say that some people are better built at the beginning . |
| 4 | As our affairs are somewhat entwined at the moment , naturally I will collect you and take care of you . |
| 5 | PC Barry said : ‘ The facilities available available in the village are extremely limited at the moment . |
| 6 | Other advances for fixed periods are only repaid at the end of that period . |
| 7 | Cost accounts are only prepared at the discretion of the directors of the company and are not a legal requirement . |
| 8 | The company is not required by law or accountants and auditors to provide management accounts and they are only prepared at the discretion of the company . |
| 9 | It is only on these rare occasions that I see zander fighting deep down in the water for most are only seen at the netting stage due to the colour of the water that they are generally caught in . |
| 10 | A ‘ life sentence ’ does not usually mean that the prisoner is kept in prison until he or she dies ( although it may ) , but lifers are only released at the discretion of the Parole Board and the Home Secretary . |
| 11 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system which all of us have to operate can not cope with today 's problems . |
| 12 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system can not cope with today 's problems ’ |
| 13 | Confusion — the sundering of raskol — was thus itself confounded ; and the crisis or breaking point of his illness followed by his ‘ regeneration ’ ( voskresenie ) and his ‘ passing from one world to another ’ and his ‘ acquaintance with a new and hitherto unknown reality ’ are merely affirmed at the end of the Epilogue . |
| 14 | Picasso 's grand-daughter , Marina , is selling forty-eight of his works which came to her in the share-out among the family of his estate , and which are normally kept at the Geneva freeport warehouse . |
| 15 | Basaltic magmas are normally expelled at the surface in a very hot and fluid state , and the resulting lavas are often able to flow over considerable distances . |
| 16 | Crisis decisions are best taken at the centre . |
| 17 | When microorganisms and additional nutrients are introduced , they are generally added at the edges of the plume , or at least up-gradient from the contaminant source . |
| 18 | A number of interesting new titles are promised by the Antique Collector 's Club based in Suffolk whose books are generally aimed at the collector/dealer market . |
| 19 | Land prices are already rising at the moment er in this region , even though house prices are not rising at a commensurate level . |
| 20 | Special consideration of alternative strategies , such as nutritional or surgical intervention , is warranted for children who are already stunted at the time of diagnosis and therefore need extra catch up growth . |
| 21 | Comets incident with tens of kilotons of energy explode so high in the atmosphere that they are scarcely noticed at the surface . |
| 22 | They are just queuing at the door , waiting to be let in . |
| 23 | If the latter , this should be done in late summer or early autumn , when the main summer growth has flowered and is beginning to wither , but new shoots are just appearing at the base of the plant . |
| 24 | The secretaries have got it this time , and we are just left at the bottom of the ladder again . |
| 25 | So what you 're effectively doing at the moment is subsidizing the private commercial sector . |
| 26 | No have a look , you 're only looking at the beginning of it here try again |
| 27 | We 're only hoping at the end of this year , hopefully the company will incest in it . |
| 28 | As one policewoman in the unit explained , ‘ You 're only getting at the problem left behind after the crime has been committed . ’ |
| 29 | Yes , we 've got er , I think we 're , we 're just packing at the moment |
| 30 | And we 're just looking at the route to In the previous er conditions of service we merely mentioned the time for which you were n't entitled to sick pay and the time after which you were entitled to full sick pay which we defined , we did n't define the route . |