Example sentences of "be [verb] at the [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially mutual recognition has been targeted at the professions and holders of higher level qualifications . |
| 2 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 3 | I think we are looking at the advantages and disadvantages of erm various types of problems that might occur . |
| 4 | Shirley ( 4.6 ) and Trevor ( 4.8 ) are looking at the shells and their teacher , noticing their interest in the different kinds , joins with them to initiate a ‘ spontaneous ’ sorting activity . |
| 5 | We 're looking at the policies and procedures adopted by the local authority because decisions about those individual children are entrusted to the High Court , the family division . |
| 6 | His breathtaking , black and white exhibition of sharks , sealions and pelicans has recently been shown at the Fouts and Fouler Gallery in London , the pictures of which he is understandably most proud . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ We are crying at the deaths and hope the injured will soon recover . ’ |
| 8 | In next month 's Buyer 's Guide I 'll be looking at the pros and cons of third party maintenance contracts and insurance for your PC . |
| 9 | It is this unqualified yes that will be remembered at the seminars and cocktail parties , when his pages of qualification or the tepid conclusions … are long forgotten ’ ( 1984 : 11 ) . |
| 10 | As suggested by Szekeres ( 1972 ) , it is therefore possible to use these as coordinates in region IV , although care has to be taken at the boundaries and it is not possible to extend these coordinates into the prior regions II and III . |
| 11 | The ground will be bursting at the seams and buzzing and we can be encouraged by the fact that have tended to produce our best form against the big sides . |
| 12 | Most attention has been directed at the in-migrants and out-migrants to the exclusion of a core of more or less stable groups . |
| 13 | However , a bright lady from one of the northern co-ops came up to me later with the simple answer : they were looking at the prices and making their choice on that basis in much the same manner as they might go into a butcher 's shop with a price tag for the weekend shopping firmly implanted in their minds . |
| 14 | Hess did not appreciate the significance of these strip reversals , but Vine and Matthews did , and they suggested that while the ‘ sea-floor spreading ’ concept was basically right , it could be refined and that instead of the simple kind of gigantic conveyor belt that Hess had conceived , with oceanic crust being generated at the ridges and moving away in opposite directions , the situation was much more like that of a conveyor belt-cum-tape recorder . |
| 15 | Missiles — including an egg and a rock — were thrown at the vans and two people hammered on their sides . |
| 16 | Stones were thrown at the police and a number of shop windows were broken . |
| 17 | After a couple of hours , during which some sticks and other items were thrown at the police and insults were shouted , a mounted police line was drawn up behind the police cordon and a row of police vans . |
| 18 | Probably , during the war we did quite well , what with the black Americans because they were stationed at the towers and they used to give us kids chocolates and |
| 19 | Her eyes were wild and did not seem to see him , her wings were smashing at the bars and branch in her cage , and she was over and up to the top . |
| 20 | The software is targeted at the telecommunications and aerospace markets . |
| 21 | So this boy is looking at the irises and I 'm doing the VAT on a multiple despatch but I 'm also looking out of the corner of my eye and thinking , ‘ You 're a Monday to Friday . ’ |
| 22 | What I love is looking at the designs and helping choose the fabrics — and working out how much to charge ! ’ |
| 23 | From about c.1575 a new style appeared : the coffin is angled at the shoulders and the gable lid retained . |
| 24 | A floral chintz fabric is used at the windows and for the upholstered seat and valance under the white bed linen . |
| 25 | Now , some ten years later , the airfield is bulging at the seams and is considered by many to be the warbird centre of Europe . |
| 26 | 5.19 Statutory notices etc To give full particulars to the Landlord of any notice direction order or proposal for the Premises made given or issued to the Tenant by any local or public authority within [ 7 ] days of receipt and if so required by the Landlord to produce it to the Landlord and without delay to take all necessary steps to comply with the notice direction or order and at the request of the Landlord but at the cost of the Tenant to make or join with the Landlord in making such objections or representations against or in respect of any notice direction order or proposal as the Landlord shall deem expedient Seven days may be too short a period , particularly if the notice is served at the premises and not forwarded to the appropriate officer of a tenant company with any great alacrity . |
| 27 | My friends all seem to be organised but all I seem to do is scream at the children and be in a muddle . |
| 28 | Her mum 's 30-year-old wedding dress , altered to fit Joanne , was ruined at the cleaners and came back two inches shorter than when it went . |
| 29 | And I thought blimey , he 's a mongol , you know , when you 're looking at them , and then I was looking at the nurses and waiting for everyone to say something , and nobody said nothing . |
| 30 | His reddish hair was receding at the temples and his grey eyes rested upon Doreen with obvious relief . |