Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All major companies have rules which permit investments below a certain scale to be undertaken at divisional level without head-office approval . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Thus treatment with salt ( or with freshwater for marine fish ) , formalin , quaternary ammonium compounds , malachite green , and antibiotics for example can be given at high dose for short duration , making them more effective against the disease organisms while offering a better safety margin to the fish through shorter contact time . |
| 4 | Individual students can work at their own paces and the exercises can be completed at convenient times within the student 's schedule of studies . |
| 5 | Entries for the Branch Newletter Competition should be received at Central Headquarters by December 31 . |
| 6 | Interest , if given under the section , may be calculated at different rates in respect of different periods ( s 69(5) ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Readers will also be stopped at different points in the sentence and asked to identify words seen earlier . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | This implies that questions relating to skills and understanding of the same concept might be placed at different levels of a scheme . |
| 12 | The potential volatility of the markets and the multiplication of risk through gearing coupled with the complexity both of the transactions themselves and market procedures , mean that investors , particularly those with little experience , can be placed at considerable risk in the futures markets . |
| 13 | But here the similarities end and the new policies for local economic regeneration can be placed at opposite ends of the political spectrum . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | They can only be resolved at great danger to myself and so I beg you , my Lord , to order my withdrawal from this country for Satan walks here . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In fact all his empties could be let at low rents for perhaps three years . |
| 18 | The public are thoroughly fed up with prisoners smashing up prisones , which then have to be repaired at vast expense to the taxpayer , and with attempted escapes which cause injury to dedicated prison officers . |
| 19 | The board processes themselves often do not work , so one often hears the remark : the company policy is X , but of course I am not personally in support of this , I believe we should be doing Y. Since industrial success depends totally on getting the concentration of effort of widely differing groups of people with different skills to be applied at optimum effect to the achievement of the common goal , it is not difficult to see why such disparate messages strike at one 's heart and give one a more than usual dose of despair . |
| 20 | These elements , validation , approval and verification , will be applied at key stages in the operation of an award . |
| 21 | Increasingly , decisions will have to be made at European level by properly accountable European institutions . |
| 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 | These drafts provided for foreign and defence policy and for issue of police and judicial co-operation to be decided at intergovernmental level outside the normal EC decision-making machinery . |
| 25 | A small turn would be taxable in the Netherlands under a ruling , and the rest would be taxed at low rates in the Antilles . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Trophies will be presented at Annual Conference to the winning branch runners-up . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The Dutch cheeses Edam , Gouda and Leiden all belong to this group , although they may be sold at varying stages of maturity and the older examples will be harder in texture . |
| 30 | The winning objects will be sold at reasonable prices in 300 department stores , from the date our exhibition begins . |