Example sentences of "they are [verb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the cheques are presented for payment at Midland , they are converted at current exchange rates and charged to your account . |
| 2 | In recent years , however , there has been a move towards more intensive farming : altering the lambing season so they are born at different times of the year ; bringing lambs indoors and using special feed to make them grow bigger . |
| 3 | Less fabric is taken up when they are placed at this angle , preventing the seamline from reducing and puckering . |
| 4 | It is understood they are staying at another holiday camp in Towyn . |
| 5 | Odour nuisance can be considerably reduced by adhering to good housekeeping practices and often byelaws are made by local authorities under s.108 of the Public Health Act 1936 to ensure they are followed at all times . |
| 6 | Detectives say they are looking at possible links with recent assaults on women in Oxford . |
| 7 | They are looking at some wire wool that has rusted . |
| 8 | They are moving at good speed — we are on one of Odd-Knut 's prepared training runs — perhaps topping 30kph on the level sections . |
| 9 | Computers , by comparison , respond to signals that are in binary form , which means they are transmitted at two levels only . |
| 10 | Quick-growing root vegetables such as radishes and carrots which grow out of sight can be compared for size when they are pulled at various times . |
| 11 | Youngsters should not construct mains powered projects unless they are supervised at all times by a suitably experienced adult . |
| 12 | All penalties are cumulative , but penalties for disobedience depend on whether they are incurred at one obstacle or not . |
| 13 | They are caught very well since they are travelling at top speed . |
| 14 | The heads form a cap which covers the shoulder joint , and they are attached at one end to the upper arm and at the other end to 3 points to the front , top and back of the shoulder . |
| 15 | The most effective method is that of asking all members of a sample of households to keep diaries , noting what they are doing at all times of the day . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | What is more , they are planted at high density — equivalent to about 20 on an average sized modern suburban building plot — and sometimes in places where trees should not grow at all . |
| 18 | They are awarded at five levels with an overlap on Level Three so that Levels One to Three cover craft skills and Three to Five cover technical , managerial and professional tasks . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They are found at various points on plants , including fruits as on those of Crescentia spp. and in 15 other genera of Bignoniaceae , and the nectar may make up substantial parts of the ant diet as in the case of the extrafloral nectar of Caularthron bilamellatum ( Orchidaceae ) of Central America , which comprises up to 48% of the associated ants ' diet at some times of the year . |
| 21 | They are found at both ends of the world ( Syroechkovskiy , 1959 ) , being especially prominent at penguin breeding colonies in coastal Antarctica . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman will have read and re-read circular 7/91 which contains the exceptions policy , allowing homes to be provided on sites not normally designated as residential so long as they are aimed at local people . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Individualised programmes , alternative activities and simplified worksheets , when they are directed at certain children can cut them off from their peers as effectively as if they had been withdrawn . |
| 25 | Editor , — Problem lists in hospital letters are an excellent way to improve communication , and they also enable quicker and more focused care for patients when they are reviewed at subsequent hospital appointments . |
| 26 | PCBs can create dioxins — polychlorinated organic chemicals — if they are burned at low temperatures . |
| 27 | They are targeted at professional users , multimedia and natural data applications , and will be available in Europe from April 5 , though two weeks earlier in the UK . |