Example sentences of "that they [be] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're promoting themselves to a very significant extent on the basis that they 're selling at cheaper prices to the public . |
| 2 | Britain grinds out almost five million tonnes of hazardous waste each year , of which about 63,000 tonnes are so difficult to store or treat that they are burnt at high temperatures here in Gwent or at one of three other centres : Ellesmere Port ; Fawley , near Southampton ; and the unfortunately named Killamarsh , near Sheffield . |
| 3 | In a design of this kind , where the flowers and leaves are built up in layers , you should try to look at the outline that will be visible ( in this case , the outer leaves ) , and make sure that they are lying at pleasing angles . |
| 4 | It seems to me that they are describing at first hand a world made up of physical materials similar to those which we can see and touch , with an invisible ( to most of us ) non-material life force much like the ether superimposed on it and within it . |
| 5 | The most surprising feature of the laminated sediments of the eastern equatorial Pacific is that they are preserved at all in such widespread oxygenated deep sea environments . |
| 6 | After the story of the golden calf , and the tales in Numbers of the people 's continued recalcitrance , it is understandable that their God , yearning with such an ancient longing to enjoy requited love , should insist that they be protected at all costs from the allurements of other gods , and other religions . |
| 7 | Perhaps they 'd never know that they were moving at all . |
| 8 | For instance , some coins of the Roman Emperor Severus Alexander found in Egypt fall into two stylistic groups , and the discovery that each group has different trace elements provides clear evidence that they were made at different mints . |
| 9 | Things matter to the extent that they were discussed at considerable length and drafted with particular care . |