Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [vb pp] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Green Card is issued at the start of the international journey . |
| 2 | Today it is the turn of the youngest members of the community to get into the picture , when a Bonny Baby Contest is held at the Youth Centre . |
| 3 | Usually , the contract will mention the fee , but this provision might be useful if the supplier takes on additional work at the request of the other party and no mention is made at the time of agreement of the charge for this extra work . |
| 4 | A cracking performance at the Lytham Trophy , where he finished fourth , could have heightened his chances , but a great deal more needs to be done before the side is chosen at the end of June . |
| 5 | But South America itself is moving away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , since the Atlantic Ocean is widening steadily as new oceanic crust is generated at the ridge . |
| 6 | It appears that British secondary legislation follows a similar practice , whereby the date of coming into force of a statutory instrument is stated at the beginning , just after the title . |
| 7 | IBM Corp has a less than impressive record in turning developments in its laboratories into commercial products , but perhaps that will change when an outsider is installed at the helm , and IBM researchers say they have developed a polymer film that can capture and hold vast amounts of data in the form of hologram images at speeds 100 to 1,000 times faster than current Winchester disk drives . |
| 8 | An example of such an exercise , where students and salespeople can apply some of the techniques outlined in this chapter is given at the end of Chapter 10 . |
| 9 | The study is aimed at the victims of maturity diabetes , which affects 600,000 people in Britain , and will try to find ways of preventing or delaying the disease . |
| 10 | A pad of glass wool is used at the bottom of the column to prevent the slurry from running out ( see figure 6.41 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ My car is parked at the back . |
| 12 | The exact rate for the investment is fixed at the time the deposit is made and then runs through the period chosen . |
| 13 | Further investment is needed at the colliery , which reopened last year when 160 miners invested £10,000 each to form the consortium . |
| 14 | ‘ It could be , ’ Hawkins said , ‘ that the key is held at the missile base where the bombs were due to be delivered . ’ |
| 15 | A floral chintz fabric is used at the windows and for the upholstered seat and valance under the white bed linen . |
| 16 | By taking part , individuals also put direct pressure on the Government to ensure that some real action is taken at the Earth Summit — politicians will only act when enough people demand that they do something . |
| 17 | Gene action is controlled at the level of transcription , and whether a gene is on or off is whether or not it is transcribed . |
| 18 | However , circling before the horse is presented at the obstacle is not penalised — unlike showjumping . |
| 19 | For the more expensive models , a downpayment is required at the start of the scheme , but it is still possible to obtain a car with little or no downpayment with the hire charges being met entirely by the mobility allowance . |
| 20 | The rock is received at the factory in rough hewn , cylindrical shaped blocks , each weighing about 100 lbs . |
| 21 | The slope is found from and the intercept from Once a and b are known then the value of y corresponding to every integer value x lying between xmin and xmax is calculated from the equation of the line and a dot is printed at the point x , y . |
| 22 | Refna 's work is exhibited at the Equus Gallery in Newmarket ( 0638–560445 ) and she can be contacted in Gloucestershire on 0285–659918 . |
| 23 | In the area of population genetics , theoretical and experimental work is aimed at the process of evolution , natural and artificial selection . |
| 24 | In the screenshots you 'll see that the review program 's toolbox is sited at the left of the screen as a ‘ drainpipe ’ , but can be positioned anywhere in the DW1.2 window and with whatever dimensions the user chooses . |
| 25 | Some help is given at the Driving Instructors ' Association test day , where approved instructors can road test vehicles brought along by manufacturers and importers . |
| 26 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 27 | Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum is located at the heart of Cardiff Bay adjacent to the former West Bute Dock Basin . |
| 28 | A complete candidate string is only allowable if the end-of-word flag is set at the node in the tree for the last letter of the string ( see flowchart D2 in Appendix D ) . |
| 29 | If all such letters are found , the algorithm checks whether the resulting string is a word ( i.e. the end-of-word flag is set at the tree-node reached by the search ) . |
| 30 | We all know what happens when jellied gravy and sediment is left at the bottom of a bowl of dripping or lard . |