Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strong eastward currents generated by prevailing westerlies are most marked at the surface , but penetrate to impart an easterly flow to the full depth of the water column . |
| 2 | This type of butterfly eye-spot should not be confused with the much larger eyes that occur on some species — eye-spots that are suddenly flashed at the enemy as it draws close . |
| 3 | Suffice it to say that some people are better built at the beginning . |
| 4 | As our affairs are somewhat entwined at the moment , naturally I will collect you and take care of you . |
| 5 | PC Barry said : ‘ The facilities available available in the village are extremely limited at the moment . |
| 6 | Other advances for fixed periods are only repaid at the end of that period . |
| 7 | Cost accounts are only prepared at the discretion of the directors of the company and are not a legal requirement . |
| 8 | The company is not required by law or accountants and auditors to provide management accounts and they are only prepared at the discretion of the company . |
| 9 | It is only on these rare occasions that I see zander fighting deep down in the water for most are only seen at the netting stage due to the colour of the water that they are generally caught in . |
| 10 | A ‘ life sentence ’ does not usually mean that the prisoner is kept in prison until he or she dies ( although it may ) , but lifers are only released at the discretion of the Parole Board and the Home Secretary . |
| 11 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system which all of us have to operate can not cope with today 's problems . |
| 12 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system can not cope with today 's problems ’ |
| 13 | Confusion — the sundering of raskol — was thus itself confounded ; and the crisis or breaking point of his illness followed by his ‘ regeneration ’ ( voskresenie ) and his ‘ passing from one world to another ’ and his ‘ acquaintance with a new and hitherto unknown reality ’ are merely affirmed at the end of the Epilogue . |
| 14 | Picasso 's grand-daughter , Marina , is selling forty-eight of his works which came to her in the share-out among the family of his estate , and which are normally kept at the Geneva freeport warehouse . |
| 15 | Basaltic magmas are normally expelled at the surface in a very hot and fluid state , and the resulting lavas are often able to flow over considerable distances . |
| 16 | Crisis decisions are best taken at the centre . |
| 17 | When microorganisms and additional nutrients are introduced , they are generally added at the edges of the plume , or at least up-gradient from the contaminant source . |
| 18 | A number of interesting new titles are promised by the Antique Collector 's Club based in Suffolk whose books are generally aimed at the collector/dealer market . |
| 19 | Land prices are already rising at the moment er in this region , even though house prices are not rising at a commensurate level . |
| 20 | Special consideration of alternative strategies , such as nutritional or surgical intervention , is warranted for children who are already stunted at the time of diagnosis and therefore need extra catch up growth . |
| 21 | Comets incident with tens of kilotons of energy explode so high in the atmosphere that they are scarcely noticed at the surface . |
| 22 | Moreover , in these models , if the firms have different and non-constant marginal costs , a further source of inefficiency is that total market output will be produced at more than minimum total cost — the marginal costs of firms are not equalized at the equilibrium . |
| 23 | Although the two systems are not integrated at the moment , they will be eventually . |
| 24 | The ever increasing volume of legislation must inevitably result in ambiguities of statutory language which are not perceived at the time the legislation is enacted . |
| 25 | Silver Reed tell me the double knit ribber does have a yarn holder and this holds the yarns you are not using at the end of the needle bed , making changing by hand easier . |
| 26 | Unwanted feelings are those that hinder your behaviour such that you are not functioning at the level you are capable of . |
| 27 | But it is imperative that savings are not made at the expense of those the legal aid system exists to serve . |
| 28 | ‘ We are not joined at the hip , ’ Cabochon said , and smiled bitterly . |
| 29 | Actual flight numbers are not known at the time of going to press . |
| 30 | Did you know that 30 Tory knights of shire and suburb are not standing at the election ? |