Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were privileged to be received at the fine new Council Offices in Stornoway . |
| 2 | So long as that situation continues , the British meat and livestock industry will be placed at a severe competitive disadvantage . |
| 3 | The agents , who were sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment for sinking the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior and killing one of its crew in Auckland harbour in 1985 , were released into French custody in return for $7,000,000 in compensation and a guarantee that they would be confined at the French military base on Hao atoll for three years . |
| 4 | Sun Microsystems Inc is to invest a further £12m in its European manufacturing site at Linlithglow , Scotland : its Sparcstation 10 workstation is to be built at a new 70,000 square foot building , including , for the first time , the printed circuit boards ; up to 100 new jobs are expected to be created at the 350-strong operation . |
| 5 | A further three were to be built at the old carding mill at a gross rental of £10 per annum . |
| 6 | He suggested that a start to answering these questions should be made at a 35-nation European summit , under the auspices of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe , which the Soviet Union has suggested be brought forward towards the end of next year . |
| 7 | However , if it is found that the problem is unrelated to LIFESPAN , then a charge will be made at the current commercial rates for the labour and expenses incurred . |
| 8 | Some of the effects of this can be seen at the Slovene technical museum housed in the old monastery buildings at Bistra , on the edge of the Ljubljansko Barje ( Ljubljana Heath ) . |
| 9 | Now the treasures of this most acquisitive of monarchs — portraits , armour , jewellery and so on — will be exhibited at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich from May to September as part of the anniversary celebrations . |
| 10 | The findings of the two men will be presented at the Royal Astronomical Society meeting at Leicester University this week . |
| 11 | Currently working on a booklet of poems and drawings , Jan is also working on ‘ Common Senses ’ an installation to be shown at a large visual arts festival to be held during spring 1993 at Tullie House , Carlisle . |
| 12 | The Queen also gave permission for the house to be shown at the forthcoming British Empire Exhibition . |
| 13 | The NRA Southern Region is now looking for Technical Assistants and Trainee Scientists to be based at the new analytical laboratory at Waterlooville in Hampshire which will be the main centre for chemical , biological and microbiological analysis of effluent and surface water samples collected throughout the Region . |
| 14 | ( b ) Gang members will be employed at a fixed hourly , daily or weekly rate , whether direct or sub-contract , and the gang leader retains the balance as his own income . |
| 15 | Footnote : The annual Cliff Richard Pro Celebrity Tennis event , which has in the past enticed such unlikely names as onto court to raise funds for the Tennis Development Trust , will this year be played at the National Indoor Arena , in Birmingham , in December . |
| 16 | Touche Ross & Co have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to reappoint them will be prosposed at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting . |
| 17 | If we take Cournot 's time-honoured example of the mineral water duopoly , with the exception that we suppose developing a spring involves a fixed cost F , after which all the water desired can be extracted at a constant marginal cost ( of c , possibly zero ) , then we have a natural monopoly in the sense that average cost is continually declining . |
| 18 | UP to 40 jobs look set to be axed at the cash-strapped Tory Central Office . |
| 19 | Japan 's status as an economic superpower will shortly be marked at the International Monetary Fund and its surpluses , built on the voracious consumer , speak for themselves . |
| 20 | Specificity of the language must be settled at a level suitable for application . |
| 21 | The absence of a temple or shrine in the near vicinity and of any obvious religious objects or inscriptions , casts serious doubt on this suggestion , but a shrine may be found at a nearby sacred spring . |
| 22 | The election of Mr. I.C. Lumsden , General Manager ( Actuarial ) , as a Director of the Company will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting . |
| 23 | Stoy Hayward have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 24 | Stoy Hayward have expressed their willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 25 | A resolution to re-appoint Coopers & Lybrand as the Company 's auditors will be proposed at the annual general meeting . |
| 26 | Messrs Fiddle and Perks have indicated their willingness to continue in office as auditors and a resolution to re-appoint them will be proposed at the forthcoming annual general meeting . |
| 27 | Just how high she will climb on the podium in August may be indicated at the British Open on Sunday . |
| 28 | The company said it would mean a pay cut of about 10pc , as sacked workers would be rehired at an existing union-agreed ‘ new worker ’ rate . |
| 29 | Extra places may be charged at the current commercial rate . |
| 30 | It was hoped that a formal accord would be signed at a national multiparty peace conference on Sept. 14 . |