Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This duly arrived and the five hour Test Programme has just been successfully completed at the farm strip at Weston Underwood where Midge is presently ‘ stationed ’ She has company too — her stable mate is a Tiger Moth : G-AMHF . |
2 | This technique was carried out in Piazza San Marco centuries ago under the Republic and has recently been successfully implemented at the village of Malamocco on the Lido . |
3 | The strong eastward currents generated by prevailing westerlies are most marked at the surface , but penetrate to impart an easterly flow to the full depth of the water column . |
4 | This type of butterfly eye-spot should not be confused with the much larger eyes that occur on some species — eye-spots that are suddenly flashed at the enemy as it draws close . |
5 | Suffice it to say that some people are better built at the beginning . |
6 | As our affairs are somewhat entwined at the moment , naturally I will collect you and take care of you . |
7 | PC Barry said : ‘ The facilities available available in the village are extremely limited at the moment . |
8 | Female labour was never used underground in Cornwall and it does not seem to have been much used at the surface either , until the growth of copper mining which rapidly overhauled tin in importance after about 1740 . |
9 | Long hair has been gently backcombed at the crown and softly curled for a natural effect . |
10 | Other advances for fixed periods are only repaid at the end of that period . |
11 | Cost accounts are only prepared at the discretion of the directors of the company and are not a legal requirement . |
12 | The company is not required by law or accountants and auditors to provide management accounts and they are only prepared at the discretion of the company . |
13 | It is only on these rare occasions that I see zander fighting deep down in the water for most are only seen at the netting stage due to the colour of the water that they are generally caught in . |
14 | A ‘ life sentence ’ does not usually mean that the prisoner is kept in prison until he or she dies ( although it may ) , but lifers are only released at the discretion of the Parole Board and the Home Secretary . |
15 | In order to give effect to the original intention of the Directive , the House of Lords held that the Regulations should be construed purposively and read as if after the words " immediately before the transfer " the following words were added " or would have been so employed at the time of the transfer if he had not been unfairly dismissed in the circumstances described in reg 8(1) " , ( ie for a reason in connection with the transfer ) . |
16 | Confusion — the sundering of raskol — was thus itself confounded ; and the crisis or breaking point of his illness followed by his ‘ regeneration ’ ( voskresenie ) and his ‘ passing from one world to another ’ and his ‘ acquaintance with a new and hitherto unknown reality ’ are merely affirmed at the end of the Epilogue . |
17 | Basaltic magmas are normally expelled at the surface in a very hot and fluid state , and the resulting lavas are often able to flow over considerable distances . |
18 | Crisis decisions are best taken at the centre . |
19 | ‘ I am not married at the moment , but I am looking forward to a very happy future with Natasha 's father . |
20 | A number of interesting new titles are promised by the Antique Collector 's Club based in Suffolk whose books are generally aimed at the collector/dealer market . |
21 | Land prices are already rising at the moment er in this region , even though house prices are not rising at a commensurate level . |
22 | Special consideration of alternative strategies , such as nutritional or surgical intervention , is warranted for children who are already stunted at the time of diagnosis and therefore need extra catch up growth . |
23 | Comets incident with tens of kilotons of energy explode so high in the atmosphere that they are scarcely noticed at the surface . |
24 | Moreover , in these models , if the firms have different and non-constant marginal costs , a further source of inefficiency is that total market output will be produced at more than minimum total cost — the marginal costs of firms are not equalized at the equilibrium . |
25 | Although the two systems are not integrated at the moment , they will be eventually . |
26 | The ever increasing volume of legislation must inevitably result in ambiguities of statutory language which are not perceived at the time the legislation is enacted . |
27 | Silver Reed tell me the double knit ribber does have a yarn holder and this holds the yarns you are not using at the end of the needle bed , making changing by hand easier . |
28 | Unwanted feelings are those that hinder your behaviour such that you are not functioning at the level you are capable of . |
29 | But it is imperative that savings are not made at the expense of those the legal aid system exists to serve . |
30 | ‘ We are not joined at the hip , ’ Cabochon said , and smiled bitterly . |