Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reductions in support levels should be carried out at a pace that gives efficient farmers time to adjust and diversify . |
| 2 | AN analysis of organised crime by leading experts on Triads , the Mafia and Hell 's Angels is to be carried out at a conference next week . |
| 3 | Drake has chestnut head with distinctive broad-bordered green stripe , and at rest can be picked out at a distance by horizontal white line above wing and buffish yellow patch behind tail coverts . |
| 4 | These can only be sold off at a loss . |
| 5 | A SET of race ace Nigel Mansell 's tyres are to be sold off at an auction next month for Great Ormond Street Children 's Hospital in London . |
| 6 | ‘ In this game you need people like Simon who can be called up at a moment 's notice . ’ |
| 7 | The sole observation is indirect ; the orbital period of the binary pulsar 1913 + 16 is measured to be slowing down at a rate which agrees well with that expected if the system is emitting gravitational radiation . |
| 8 | It 's also a good idea to have a spare machine readily to hand and regularly checked so that it can be wheeled in at a moment 's notice . |
| 9 | If only people were the same , Harriet Shakespeare would not be staring up at a house where terrorists were holding her son . |
| 10 | ‘ There is no doubt about the quality of the coal , but two questions need to be answered — can it be brought out at a price which allows a profit and can the consortium attract the investment required to run the place ? ’ |
| 11 | A small garden that can be taken in at a glance can soon become boring . |
| 12 | The problem for Galileo was that , once suspicions were aroused , the machinery of censorship could be switched on at a moment 's notice . |
| 13 | The Allies then presented Germany with a bill for US & dollar 32 billion to be paid off at a rate of & dollar 500 million dollars per year . |