Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Housing requirements may alter as families move through life , and different types of financial commitments may be undertaken at different points in the life-cycle . |
| 2 | Individual students can work at their own paces and the exercises can be completed at convenient times within the student 's schedule of studies . |
| 3 | Interest , if given under the section , may be calculated at different rates in respect of different periods ( s 69(5) ) . |
| 4 | Bear in mind that where a procedure is approved , the published instructions include the minimum heights to be flown at successive stages in the approach and a final obstacle clearance limit or minimum descent height recommended . |
| 5 | Readers will also be stopped at different points in the sentence and asked to identify words seen earlier . |
| 6 | The points must be placed at right angles to the ice for maximum support and the feet kept about hip width apart for stability , and to spread the load . |
| 7 | By zig-zagging up the slope the strain can be lessened , but the foot that is front pointing must still be placed at right angles to the slope ( Fig 7 ) . |
| 8 | This implies that questions relating to skills and understanding of the same concept might be placed at different levels of a scheme . |
| 9 | But here the similarities end and the new policies for local economic regeneration can be placed at opposite ends of the political spectrum . |
| 10 | ‘ I Tavole del Giudizio : Composizione in sei tempi ’ is an installation composed of eight mirror-topped tables , which for the duration of the exhibition will be rearranged at regular intervals in six different positions , each signifying a different concept : division/multiplication ; dispersion ; eliptical organisation ; self-reflection ; refectory/social life ; absolute/relative . |
| 11 | According to the terms of the agreement , production has to be frozen at 1989 levels from next year , cut by 85 per cent from 1995 in the case of tetra or 30 per cent by 2000 in the case of 1,1,1 , and totally eliminated by 2000 ( 2005 for 1,1,1 ) . |
| 12 | Methyl bromide , used as a soil and food fumigant , is a major contributor to ozone depletion , acting five times faster than chloroflourocarbons ( CFCs ) but the November 1992 meeting on the Montreal Protocol agreed only that consumption should be frozen at 1991 levels from 1995 . |
| 13 | Between childcare and now ‘ granny care ’ ( with the introduction of the Griffith Report 's recommendations ) women will be caught at both ends in terms of attempting to find employment . |
| 14 | But , although the business generally had to be won at lower margins in the face of stiffer competition , our performance should have been very much better , and would have been had we responded more promptly to market fluctuations . |
| 15 | The information was also required to ascertain what assessment materials could be included at different levels of a graduated test scheme so that pupils taking each level could achieve a high degree of success . |
| 16 | planning is more difficult because it must be organised at more levels in the organisation . |
| 17 | It is the stuff of dreams and memories and heady ways on the rock : all the more valuable in that it can be enjoyed at all levels of difficulty . |
| 18 | In fact all his empties could be let at low rents for perhaps three years . |
| 19 | These elements , validation , approval and verification , will be applied at key stages in the operation of an award . |
| 20 | Its proposals are workable and provide a framework for services which can be applied at all levels from the government at the top right down to the professional worker in direct contact with the recipient of services . |
| 21 | that distinction must be made at all times between persons taking part in the hostilities and members of the civilian population to the effect that the latter be spared as much as possible ; |
| 22 | Table 3.3 identifies a number of typical systems which could be evaluated at different stages during a construction project . |
| 23 | Their output will be absorbed at other factories in the group , which spreads through Somerset , Wiltshire , and Northampton . |
| 24 | The timber bracing was built into stone and rubble walls as well , as can be seen at many points round the Knossos Labyrinth , so it seems likely that earthquake-resistance was the likely purpose . |
| 25 | The P. pictus were very active and could be seen at all times of the day , the Bumble Bees were a lot more secretive and only ventured out to grab some quick grub and late at night . |
| 26 | A small turn would be taxable in the Netherlands under a ruling , and the rest would be taxed at low rates in the Antilles . |
| 27 | They should be prevented at all costs from making records . |
| 28 | They should be prevented at all costs from making records . |
| 29 | The usual procedure is for a sample , which is then referred to as the ‘ panel ’ , to be selected in the usual way , as described on pp. 35–9 above , and for data about this sample to be collected at regular intervals over a period of years . |
| 30 | To be sure it is a little difficult to be certain how big " large " has to be before this behaviour sets in — indeed it was emphasised by Bohr and his friends that the line could be drawn at different places along the chain — but somewhere this classical behaviour had to set in to make measurement possible . |