Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 30 Rd6||c5||31 Rf3||Ra7|| 32 Re6+||Kf7||33 Re7+||Kg8|| 34 Rg3||Resigns Mate by Bh6+ can be delayed only at ruinous cost . |
| 2 | There are some balloons available to be given away at suitable events ( not for sale ) — let me know if you are participating in any public event and would like some . |
| 3 | Furthermore it can not be assumed that all RDS information will be received accurately at all times . |
| 4 | First we should ask whether it is necessary to popular participation that all should be gathered together at one time in one place . |
| 5 | The noise of the crowd surrounding it could be heard even at this distance . |
| 6 | Their noise could be heard even at this distance , and a hint of the smell drifted down the wind . |
| 7 | And that er explosive charge could be heard sometimes at thirty miles away . |
| 8 | When the patterns of magnetic anomalies across mid-oceanic ridges were mapped out it was noticed that in several cases the parallel bands of similarly magnetized crust were broken by numerous offsets or displacements which seemed to be aligned approximately at right angles to the axis of the ridge . |
| 9 | Whenever I hear a man being witty or sensible or kindly or civilized I think : the qualities which now seem so much a part of this man could be stripped away at any time , and there would be left just a man who suffered and who fought with his suffering like an animal . |
| 10 | Various authors can be placed notionally at different points on the spectrum depending on how closely their accounts of law approach the ideal models of positivism or natural law . |
| 11 | The completed interview question forms together with answers to the individual questions arising from candidates ' application forms/ c.v.s can be perused afterwards at comparative leisure . |
| 12 | An accompanying booklet gives advice on timber selection , and how timber can be harvested locally at minimal cost . |
| 13 | ‘ Meg 's no good — she 's away — and you wo n't want to be driving far at this time of night … ’ |
| 14 | It appeared to be targeted particularly at black marketeers and speculators hoarding goods to create artificial shortages . |
| 15 | Mills were often built on an estuary where the water could be trapped upstream at high tide by sluice gates . |
| 16 | It is clear that money was to be made honestly at this profession ; even clearer that forgery and other types of fraud were frequently used by moneyers as short-cuts to wealth . |
| 17 | These are automatically silenced at night and may be silenced manually at any time by operating levers which are neatly and unobtrusively located on the hand-crafted dial . |
| 18 | If not a provisional card another way of permission to be seen properly at meaningful auditions . |
| 19 | ‘ The Millar ’ are to be seen regularly at numerous parades and have built up a reputation of excellent musical ability , together with superb marching talent . |
| 20 | such as the fine solder work required for gold filigree and granulation , can not be seen even at high magnification . |
| 21 | Whatever he is doing , you must remember that he must be positioned correctly at all times to prevent his spasticity from increasing . |
| 22 | It raised input costs , thereby tending to reduce profitability and intensifying the pressure on industry to raise prices ( much fixed capital could no longer be operated profitably at existing output prices ) . |
| 23 | Some are quite exotic , requiring to be operated continuously at high temperatures . |
| 24 | If weather permits and the soil is n't too cold and wet , the following crops can be sown outdoors at this time . |
| 25 | ( To reduce the risk of over-speeding with modern machines , the airbrakes can be opened fully at any time during the spin or the recovery . ) |
| 26 | If , on the other hand , they manage to hang on inside the uterus , they may be born successfully at full term three or six weeks later . |
| 27 | Comparable American influence could probably be introduced only at greater expense and effort . |
| 28 | Information on expenditure is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost . |
| 29 | In any conversation , ‘ what is being talked about ’ will be judged differently at different points and the participants themselves may not have identical views of what each is talking about . |
| 30 | The responsibility can be defined differently at different periods of time . |