Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the matter really can not be resolved at an informal level , then it should be formally communicated in writing to the person in charge of the activity . |
| 32 | In order to avoid this obviously ridiculous result , the German scientist Max Planck suggested in 1900 that light , X rays , and other waves could not be emitted at an arbitrary rate , but only in certain packets that he called quanta . |
| 33 | The philosophers of pragmatism resisted the idea that experience could be frozen at a particular moment in time and analysed in chunks . |
| 34 | Thus a computer architecture and instruction set can be frozen at a later stage in the design process , and can be altered as a result of any inadequacies or improvements . |
| 35 | Further venues/details can be added at a future date . |
| 36 | The finer details will have to be added at a later date when experience of operating in a contract culture has been gained . |
| 37 | However , it is well worth using in dishes which require the wine to be added at a later stage to give flavouring . |
| 38 | The question of whether the proposed disposal is in the best interests of the client and when the business should best be sold should be addressed at an early stage . |
| 39 | In some situations holiday arrangements might be organised at a lower level in the organisation , particularly in specialist areas , such as operating theatres , where interchange of staff between departments is less easy . |
| 40 | A bank can not predict which of its customers wish to withdraw or deposit money on any given day ; a travel firm can not control which of its package tours will be booked at a particular time . |
| 41 | The new training scheme will be targeted at a limited number of high-calibre graduates . |
| 42 | An increase in earnings will lead to a reduction in both benefit and child support and so lone mothers will tend to be trapped at a low level of income . |
| 43 | Since you are not connecting up at this stage , the rising main can be installed at a leisurely pace . |
| 44 | They carry the Government Class 1 BS476 Part 7 fire ratings and can be installed at a lower cost than conventional re-roofing . |
| 45 | Unfortunately , the group did not define fetal distress , and the increased incidence may have been related to the higher rate of meconium staining of the amniotic fluid in spontaneous labours , which is to be expected at a later gestation . |
| 46 | The research is covering six sectors of industry and will be supplemented at a later date by a series of case studies . |
| 47 | MAS policy is to recover costs in full in the case of an unreasonable withdrawal ; in the event of failure to sell a small discount below our time costs may be appropriate , particularly if MAS is likely to be reappointed at a later date to have another attempt at the sale . |
| 48 | They are having to be repaired at a total cost of some £20 million . |
| 49 | In other parts , a sea wall would be built at a suitable inlet to enclose a mill-pond . |
| 50 | The plans , like those prepared in 1939 , included structural provision for two transepts , near the pulpit , to be built at a later stage , though it now seems unlikely that this will ever happen . |
| 51 | The houses were to be built at a pre-arranged cost and the architectural detail of each was to be carefully considered . |
| 52 | The presentation would be made at a Divisional Meeting in due course . |
| 53 | Sheer cliffs , 300–400 feet high , defend the island , relenting only where a breach permits landings to be made at a small beach ; nearby an ancient graveyard and ruined crofts are relics of a former occupation . |
| 54 | Therefore they need only be made at a higher level of aggregation and should highlight potential peaks and troughs . |
| 55 | A + mistake may be made at a single point or a length of DNA may become temporarily dislocated and be reinserted in the wrong place . |
| 56 | OK so the occasional ( ! ) taunt may be made at a footy game but it IS a football match after all and not a place for the fainthearted . |
| 57 | Such policies can not work , because cuts have to be made at a difficult time and even more jobs are lost . |
| 58 | A decision on Langbaurgh 's controversial parking policy in Redcar and Guisborough will be made at a special highways meeting today . |
| 59 | Adjustment can then be made at an early stage before it is too late . |
| 60 | Vologsky had constantly reassured himself that the repeated refusals were simply because his applications happened to be made at an inopportune moment . |