Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] at the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Crisis decisions are best taken at the centre . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Land prices are already rising at the moment er in this region , even though house prices are not rising at a commensurate level . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Comets incident with tens of kilotons of energy explode so high in the atmosphere that they are scarcely noticed at the surface . |
| 18 | They are just queuing at the door , waiting to be let in . |
| 19 | If the latter , this should be done in late summer or early autumn , when the main summer growth has flowered and is beginning to wither , but new shoots are just appearing at the base of the plant . |
| 20 | The secretaries have got it this time , and we are just left at the bottom of the ladder again . |
| 21 | To make a character worse than oneself it is only necessary to release imaginatively from control some of the bad passions which , in real life , are always straining at the leash ; the Satan , the Iago , the Becky Sharp , within each of us , is always there and only too ready , the moment the leash is slipped , to come out and have in our books that holiday we try to deny them in life . |
| 22 | Because a signature may be difficult to decipher , the sender 's name and title are always typed at the end of the letter . |
| 23 | But championships are always won at the front — just ask Alex Ferguson at Manchester United . |
| 24 | Today we were close enough to the front of the plane to have a newspaper in English , and not have to settle for one printed in a strange dialect of Latvian ( or whatever it is that they use for those that are always left at the end ) . |
| 25 | From S3 , no actual periods are formally allocated at the moment . |
| 26 | The prostaglandins are usually manufactured at the site where they are needed and are short-lived molecules , being very quickly destroyed . |
| 27 | The horse 's ears are capable of great movement , almost 180° rotation , and are usually directed at the object of the horse 's attention . |
| 28 | Business people are usually travelling at the company 's expense and are unlikely to be on a strict budget . |
| 29 | Leaf miner grubs are usually found at the end of their meandering tunnels in leaves and can be squeezed between your thumbnails . |
| 30 | The bones are still exposed at the time of writing this ( November , 1988 ) and they should provide additional data as time progresses . |