Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doubts about Communist motives in Spain would have been submerged under the general enthusiasm for the Republic , had not doubts about Soviet Communism been growing at the same time . |
| 2 | It is quite possible that the economy may converge to a steady state not characterized by equilibrium , e.g. , where capital and the labour force are growing at the same rate , but there is a constant level of unemployment . |
| 3 | Last night the motor industry was rejoicing at the unexpected cut . |
| 4 | Influenced by the work of G.K. Gilbert , Hack argued that the concept of dynamic equilibrium provides a more reasonable basis for the interpretation of topographic forms in an erosionally graded landscape , that every slope and stream channel in an erosional system is adjusted to every other , and when the topography is in equilibrium and erosional energy remains the same , all elements of the topography are downwasting at the same rate . |
| 5 | She is conscious of the fact that the Arts Council is looking at the entire range of dance companies which it supports , and that funds will be concentrated on those which seem to have the most positive artistic policy . |
| 6 | These had gone down rather well , and as our Baroque painting specialist was leaving at the same time as Youngman , voices were raised to say here was perhaps both the lecturer and the administrator we were looking for . |
| 7 | Caspar was sniffing at the dead magpie . |
| 8 | Where the snout , or end , of a glacier stayed in one place for many years — which was when the ice was advancing at the same rate as it was melting — more and more boulder clay was dumped at the glacier snout . |
| 9 | When a team is functioning at the skilful level and achieving these eight hallmarks , it alters the behaviour patterns in various ways . |
| 10 | The Icarus team was performing at the annual model aeroplane show at Eastnor Castle . |
| 11 | The senator was looking at the sun-reflecting sea . |
| 12 | ‘ Even the moon 's blushing at the horrible way they treat ponies , ’ she snarled . |
| 13 | A policeman was standing at the other end of the alley . |
| 14 | There was a pause — presumably the phone was ringing at the other end . |
| 15 | McCoist did snatch at a mistimed clearance from Buttigieg but by then the appeal of a substitution was growing at the same rate as the crowd 's dismay . |
| 16 | T'zin was standing at the far end , and Jotan and Nogai were circling one another in the wide space of one of the loose boxes . |
| 17 | He helped her out when her father 's meeting at the Black Friar was raised . |
| 18 | When a motor is operating at the highest speeds the current in each phase may not even reach its rated value before the excitation interval finishes and the phase is turned off . |
| 19 | The reason why there is no increase in output is that the typical supplier has correctly realized that the price on his island is rising at the same rate as the average level of prices , and there has therefore been no change in his relative price and so no incentive to raise output above its natural level . |
| 20 | It was always the same when trade was booming at the local wharves , and as the convoys of horsecarts and lorries lined up along Cotton Lane so the cafe became even fuller . |
| 21 | Then I tipped the leg and the can over until the leg was lying at the same angle on the grass as it had been , behind Blyth . |
| 22 | But the thing is looking at the actual price of the er thing that you 're having of the hamper . |
| 23 | She told us that in 1979 unemployment was increasing at the astronomical figure of two thousand three hundred a week . |
| 24 | A rating of 4 would mean that the driver is going at the correct speed for the conditions . ’ |
| 25 | The board is travelling at the necessary high speed and the sailor 's weight is starting to bank the board into the turn . |
| 26 | In 1990 , Heritage Minister , David Mellor said the press were drinking at the last chance saloon . |
| 27 | If Marie Gibbs ' time course was right , I should expect to find a sequence of cellular changes in left and perhaps right IMHV and/ or LPO , associated with the several phases of memory formation , in the minutes to hours following the bird 's pecking at the bitter bead . |
| 28 | ‘ Painting is drawing at the same time , ’ Mauve had told him . |
| 29 | Often the hypertext system is running at the same time as other systems , exchanging documents dynamically with them . |
| 30 | The Junior School was expanding at the same time , with two forms ( instead of one ) at each of 7+ and 8+ , with girls admitted here too for the first time . |