Example sentences of "[det] [noun] is [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THis is because they contain special matting agents , which cause the varnishes to dry with an irregular surface , so that light is reflected at random angles . |
| 2 | There is not much evidence for active hellenization outside old Greek centres like Halikarnassus , Smyrna and Ephesus ; though some progress is made at inland Anatolian sites like Etrim ( the Syangela of the Athenian Tribute Lists , later hellenized as ‘ Theangela ’ ) : objects like a Panathenaic amphora made in Athens c.420 , and red-figure pottery , attest the same penetration of Greek influence . |
| 3 | This study is aimed at two of the unprecedented features of the problem : that many of the effects will be far in the future , and that global warming will have a large effect on the size of the world 's population . |
| 4 | The conclusion from these studies was that DNA binding by c-Jun is severely inhibited when this protein is phosphorylated at Ser-243 , Ser-249 , and either Thr-239 or Thr-231 . |
| 5 | Since 1945 this figure is put at 12 million and we have recently seen dramatic examples of the same desperate remedy by the boat people of Vietnam and those escaping from Cuba . |
| 6 | This bar is clamped at one end and the other end is then broken off by means of a heavy hammer in the form of a pendulum . |
| 7 | Finally , subscribers will be relieved to know that this work is done at minimal cost to the Bar — all the work is done pro bono by individual members of the Bar in their own time . |
| 8 | First , much of this work is done at commercial rates . |
| 9 | Guidance on negotiating this issue is given at 1109.3 . |
| 10 | Choice of topic to be studied Some of the reasons why researchers choose their topics have been discussed on p. 11 , and this issue is considered at greater length in chapter 6 . |
| 11 | However , except for specially made tiny instruments , this requirement is fulfilled at all measurable speeds . |
| 12 | Molecular studies indicate that this receptor is expressed at low levels only in normal adult hepatocytes but that expression is increased in hepatoma cells for foetal hepatocytes . |
| 13 | This seminar is aimed at all staff responsible for the well-being of data on PC networks . |
| 14 | This procedure is repeated at each stage and ensures that the results are fed back to ensure that they comply with the intention of the previous stage . |
| 15 | Although most obvious at Beachy Head , this movement is noted at other points along the coast . |
| 16 | The rejection of the newly mobile toddler may be accentuated if another baby is born at this time . |
| 17 | Some authority is retained at Head Office ( organised , perhaps , on a functional basis ) but day-to-day service problems are handled on a territorial basis . |
| 18 | In many species this layer is interrupted at one or both ends with an operculum ( lid ) or plug . |
| 19 | While some training is aimed at specific jobs , some is planned in the hope that jobs will become available and to help make the area more attractive to firms planning to move by having better trained people . |
| 20 | This project is directed at these concerns and deals with management , not technical , issues . |
| 21 | This project is aimed at average pupils , who at present fail to master our traditional secondary science courses . |
| 22 | As I said in Chapter 1 , if this book is directed at any particular group of teachers it is probably these . |
| 23 | The number of ethnic Germans who have arrived so far this year is put at 260,000 . |
| 24 | Again this system is aimed at limiting disasters if the tank is given less attention than some others . |
| 25 | The rate of asthma attacks in this subsample is estimated at 14.3 per 1000 patients per year . |
| 26 | It is worth noting that many of the current imagesetting systems also offer a ‘ proofing ’ resolution of less than 1,000dpi — Linotype 's Linotronic 300 , for example , offers 635dpi — and it is interesting to speculate just how much material is output at this resolution to keep the throughput speed up . |
| 27 | The mechanical condition of the engine is such that little attention is required at this stage . |
| 28 | Since none of the countries have the separate specialty of venereology or genito-urinary medicine , the undergraduate teaching on these diseases is fragmented at best and may even be nonexistent . |
| 29 | Thus what is interesting about the women 's magazines in England during the first years of the twentieth century is not the content of the advice given on child rearing , but the fact that so little advice is given at all ; sometimes , from one year to the next , children are barely mentioned save for the occasional appealing illustrations , the pattern for a christening bonnet or the recipe for a nursery pudding . |
| 30 | The same procedure is repeated at each review date . |