Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The tail , when bitten , may then be broken off at a weak spot near the base , where there is a slight constriction . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The snags can be ironed out at an early stage . |
| 6 | That , if need be , could be sorted out at a later date . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Reforming legislation was to be drawn up at an extraordinary PCT congress in 1991 . |
| 12 | Stocks and shares , on the other hand , are not very liquid since they can not be sold instantly at a guaranteed price . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ They will have their tails up and I do n't think we could be going there at a harder time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This allowed illegal letter strings to be ruled out at an early stage . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | Now children began to be weaned traumatically at an early age and subject to parental authority in childhood . |
| 24 | Some issues can be tackled only at a European level . |
| 25 | In a more explicitly theoretical paper , Lavandera ( 1982 ) presents the general argument that syntactic variation can be studied only at a superficial level if the analytic method does not take account of the use which speakers make of variation for stylistic and discourse purposes ; frequently they exploit subtle differences in meaning of the kind which ( for example ) Weiner and Labov deliberately simplify . |
| 26 | Based on the principle of customer loyalty , their Price Promise guarantees to refund the difference if an item stocked by them can be purchased locally at a lower price . |
| 27 | An innocuous bachelor party can be held either at a respectable restaurant where food is served along with drink , or with food and family present at home . |