Example sentences of "they be [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If nationalized industries previously had bad performances , they would have been worth little had they been sold at that stage . |
| 2 | When the cheques are presented for payment at Midland , they are converted at current exchange rates and charged to your account . |
| 3 | In recent years , however , there has been a move towards more intensive farming : altering the lambing season so they are born at different times of the year ; bringing lambs indoors and using special feed to make them grow bigger . |
| 4 | Less fabric is taken up when they are placed at this angle , preventing the seamline from reducing and puckering . |
| 5 | Odour nuisance can be considerably reduced by adhering to good housekeeping practices and often byelaws are made by local authorities under s.108 of the Public Health Act 1936 to ensure they are followed at all times . |
| 6 | Computers , by comparison , respond to signals that are in binary form , which means they are transmitted at two levels only . |
| 7 | Quick-growing root vegetables such as radishes and carrots which grow out of sight can be compared for size when they are pulled at various times . |
| 8 | Youngsters should not construct mains powered projects unless they are supervised at all times by a suitably experienced adult . |
| 9 | All penalties are cumulative , but penalties for disobedience depend on whether they are incurred at one obstacle or not . |
| 10 | The heads form a cap which covers the shoulder joint , and they are attached at one end to the upper arm and at the other end to 3 points to the front , top and back of the shoulder . |
| 11 | What is more , they are planted at high density — equivalent to about 20 on an average sized modern suburban building plot — and sometimes in places where trees should not grow at all . |
| 12 | They are awarded at five levels with an overlap on Level Three so that Levels One to Three cover craft skills and Three to Five cover technical , managerial and professional tasks . |
| 13 | Britain grinds out almost five million tonnes of hazardous waste each year , of which about 63,000 tonnes are so difficult to store or treat that they are burnt at high temperatures here in Gwent or at one of three other centres : Ellesmere Port ; Fawley , near Southampton ; and the unfortunately named Killamarsh , near Sheffield . |
| 14 | They are found at various points on plants , including fruits as on those of Crescentia spp. and in 15 other genera of Bignoniaceae , and the nectar may make up substantial parts of the ant diet as in the case of the extrafloral nectar of Caularthron bilamellatum ( Orchidaceae ) of Central America , which comprises up to 48% of the associated ants ' diet at some times of the year . |
| 15 | They are found at both ends of the world ( Syroechkovskiy , 1959 ) , being especially prominent at penguin breeding colonies in coastal Antarctica . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman will have read and re-read circular 7/91 which contains the exceptions policy , allowing homes to be provided on sites not normally designated as residential so long as they are aimed at local people . |
| 17 | Individualised programmes , alternative activities and simplified worksheets , when they are directed at certain children can cut them off from their peers as effectively as if they had been withdrawn . |
| 18 | Editor , — Problem lists in hospital letters are an excellent way to improve communication , and they also enable quicker and more focused care for patients when they are reviewed at subsequent hospital appointments . |
| 19 | PCBs can create dioxins — polychlorinated organic chemicals — if they are burned at low temperatures . |
| 20 | They are targeted at professional users , multimedia and natural data applications , and will be available in Europe from April 5 , though two weeks earlier in the UK . |
| 21 | The Firm uses a few muscle-brains in the Middle East and so on , but they 're employed at several removes and a lot 's done to make sure they stay overseas . |
| 22 | They rotate the hips , all babies are routinely examined at delivery and they 'll find quite a number I would , of babies with slightly clicky hips , the reason for that is because of the hormones that have , er are in the baby 's body to relax all the muscles , those will go away after a few days , so when they 're re-checked at twelve days a number of the clicks they heard originally will no longer be there . |
| 23 | It would n't be fair to pick a ‘ best ’ from this group as they 're aimed at different users . |
| 24 | er they also brought out some a good range of lighting fittings er , which you still see about again used well I , I remember putting one , you saying about putting lights at different levels , erm a staircase which was in a new house which was architect design and built and erm , the staircase was er more or less centrally in the house rather than be stuck against one wall and so it had a well and down the centre of the well we strung one of these lights with er five different glasses suspended on black flex five black flexes and erm these were shades made of heavy glass er the glass was n't painted it was coloured all the way through , er and erm they were called er Chelsea , Chelsea glasswork and erm these each had a lamp inside them well er about three inch diameter cylinders actually about eight inches long and they were hung at different heights er so that the lip behind the staircase and also of course there 's a staircase being where it was , it was in the centre of er , a , quite a large hallway for modern stand for modern standards and erm it of course was a feature of the hall as well . |
| 25 | Data to address these questions were collected largely by interview , and in order to study changes over time , they were collected at regular intervals . |
| 26 | They were developed at that time as a useful product for the , for the menfolk . |
| 27 | The wind pressure on the rotors increased rapidly when they were rotated at full speed but levelled off at wind velocities beyond about 12 m/sec . |
| 28 | They were withdrawn at that time but enacted in 1894 along with provisions ‘ to introduce local self-government into rural parishes ’ ( Redlich and Hirst 1958:216 ) . |
| 29 | For instance , some coins of the Roman Emperor Severus Alexander found in Egypt fall into two stylistic groups , and the discovery that each group has different trace elements provides clear evidence that they were made at different mints . |
| 30 | They were arrested at separate locations in the city . |