Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 All Players must have this strength if they are to succeed at the top level .
2 It has long been the view of central government that these forecasts are much more accurate if they are made at a local rather than at a national level ( Hammond , 1984 ) .
3 For example , we have withdrawal groups for music , not that their ordinary subjects are disrupted in this way , but it can be so organized on the timetable that they are withdrawn at a different period each week , and getting together , for example , to play in the school orchestra erm is of terrific value .
4 Where the publications are a supply for acquisition , the recipient subscriber will account for VAT in its member state although such publications are zero-rated in the UK , in other member states they are taxed at a reduced rate , and in Denmark they are taxed at 25% !
5 They are operating at the bottom end of the market with no capital and no security .
6 Children are sometimes told ‘ it is rude to stare ’ , but cat-lovers often forget this rule when they are looking at an approaching feline .
7 Of course the elves are in a wood at that moment , and they are looking at the early evening stars , but that is not what they mean .
8 They are pushing at an open door , we in the industry are already working for change .
9 More evidence of the worldwide decline of coral has emerged from Florida , where researchers who have been monitoring the health of the reefs since 1976 report that they are dying at a rapid rate .
10 Instead , they are likely to use the ‘ just-in-time ’ ( JIT ) system where complex market relations with component subcontractors are used to ensure that supplies arrive on the premises where they are needed at the appropriate time .
11 Rather than waste unwanted vintages they are sold at a huge discount straight from the barrel — the resulting parties are superb fun .
12 They are mentioned at the very start , and after that not once until their destruction .
13 The implications of these general approaches to ontogenesis for the nature of the artefact become clearer when they are directed at a specific problem , the nature of play .
14 In real animals they are produced at the whole-body level by interactions between cells .
15 It involves transformation of data so that they are reported at a comparable geographical scale , projection and set of geographical units .
16 which is burnt off when the whole thing gets fired in the kiln , so what will have to happen is the , your pots you 've done so far , once they 're thoroughly dried and go into the kiln , they 're fired at a high temperature and then they 'll come out this bit fired you 'll then separate them with oxide pastes , dip them into glaze , which I 'll explain in a minute , and re-fire them at a higher temperature , the glazed would
17 Well they 're appearing at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham tonight in concert , and then a week on Friday , November the twelfth they 're at the Ritz at Lincoln so welcome back .
18 Should they be recorded at the original historical cost , or should they be recorded at the current replacement cost ?
19 Should they be recorded at the original historical cost , or should they be recorded at the current replacement cost ?
20 It is worth noting that whereas profit shares in manufacturing fell over the period , in the financial sector they were maintained at a high and even rising level [ Brown and Sheriff , 1978 ] .
21 They were seated at a small table with a red checked cloth surmounted by a clean one of starched white linen , with two glass beakers , two knives and two forks , and a basket of the most delicious freshly baked bread .
22 They were acquitted at the Old Bailey of making illegal exports , after saying the Government knew the company was doing business with Saddam Hussein .
23 They were treated at the Royal Liverpool Hospital for minor injuries .
24 They were painted at the Royal Academy Schools when I was a student immediately before the closing of the Schools in 1940 .
25 of patients surveyed were either satisfied or very satisfied with the service that they were receiving at the Northern General hospital trust — an impressive result .
26 The reason they 're rich in oxygen is because they were formed at the polar regions , alright ?
27 They were halted at the outer guardhouse at the aforementioned trench , to identify themselves .
28 They were dining at a common table , and a man sitting opposite to them begged to differ .
29 When the delegates assembled for the Special Conference on August 15th they heard a lot of revolutionary-sounding rhetoric from leaders who knew that they were kicking at an open door .
30 They were met at the front door by a delirious spaniel , who clearly had no idea of funeral decorum , and they proceeded into the front room , where Bill Clough switched on a bulging orangey imitation-coal electric fire , and then went to a horrible drinks cabinet — all plastic and flashing lights .
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