Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] at a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Injection pipettes are made in exactly the same way as holding pipettes except that they are broken off at a smaller internal diameter .
2 This case also often occurs in practice due to the results of cases such as grouped meter readings from customers who were at home when the meter reader called , combined with customers ' own readings carried out because they were out when the meter reader called , and a number of special checks that are carried out at a different time .
3 In some cases , care must be taken not to put ideas into a respondent 's head early in an interview lest these are reflected back at a later point .
4 It starts at zero and eventually the galaxies are moving apart at a steady speed .
5 The change over the past 2,700 years means days have been getting longer at an average rate of 1.7 milliseconds per 100 years .
6 The attractive plants flower for one week in late June/early July and are found only at a few sites in the New Forest .
7 Thus , even though the 12 member states are following the same rules , they are doing so at a different pace , which further complicates an already complex situation . ’
8 On Easter Sunday and Monday April 19th and 20th , farm shops and food and drink producers from southern England are coming together at a traditional food fair at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum , Singleton , near Chichester , to show how local produce can be bought on a regional basis .
9 You might arrange for pay to be given out at a different time and check whether the trains are less crowded somewhat earlier in the afternoon .
10 The tail , when bitten , may then be broken off at a weak spot near the base , where there is a slight constriction .
11 Some settlement is likely to take place over a period after the trench has been filled , but this can be filled in at a later stage .
12 Through the provision of contracts on admission , and ongoing reviews of each resident 's career in the Home , difficulties might be ironed out at an early stage .
13 The snags can be ironed out at an early stage .
14 That , if need be , could be sorted out at a later date .
15 Most guitarists have heard of the ‘ waxing ’ method of eliminating feedback , but unfortunately this is a difficult process to carry out at home as it involves dipping the whole pickup assembly into hot paraffin wax , which has to be carried out at a controlled temperature : too hot and the bobbins melt , too cold and the wax does n't penetrate the coil windings .
16 How to crack down on increasing levels of vandalism and the emergence of street gangs in the area will be decided today at a special meeting of the council 's Police Liaison Committee .
17 In his view , there should be a clear test applied to ensure that the Community only does things which can not be done well at a national level .
18 We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed .
19 Reforming legislation was to be drawn up at an extraordinary PCT congress in 1991 .
20 Stocks and shares , on the other hand , are not very liquid since they can not be sold instantly at a guaranteed price .
21 Money for clients therefore should normally be handed over at a pre-arranged appointment in the office setting ( it is recognised that home helps may collect pensions for housebound elderly clients ) .
22 ‘ They will have their tails up and I do n't think we could be going there at a harder time .
23 The investigator is not at this point investigating how the child learns to program the computer although he shall be doing so at a later date .
24 Tom Bull-Dwyer 's middle managers stared unhappily out through the forest of tangled masts at the Needles , which seemed to be travelling past at a brisk walking pace .
25 At Larchgrove some expressed the view that the remedial input necessary to develop Tony 's literacy and numeracy could be provided best at a residential school , but there was a stronger view that it would not be to his benefit to remove him from a secure and caring home .
26 This allowed illegal letter strings to be ruled out at an early stage .
27 Special Branch had warned that political violence was a possibility as the communists were planning to disrupt the meeting ; they allegedly had plans to locate the main power switch so that the lights could be cut off at a favourable moment .
28 Once frozen a body of water remains frozen for the rest of the game — the spell does not remain in play and may be cast again at a different body of water .
29 Once the material is there , it can be retrieved again at an astonishing speed , so long as the method of input is sufficiently well devised .
30 Instead of lawn … ruler-straight path … shrubs ( all of which can be taken in at a single glance , and are as individual as frozen pizzas ) , why not make the eye work ?
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