Example sentences of "the [noun] [be] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Between 1973-79 the loss is estimated at 1.9 per cent of GDP . |
| 32 | The future policy of the Association was discussed at these meetings . |
| 33 | The penguins are fed at 11.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. every day except on a Friday . |
| 34 | More vulnerable than copyhold tenants were leaseholders , particularly when their leases were granted for limited terms such as seven or ten years , with the possibility of the rent being raised at each renewal . |
| 35 | Why do n't we first build buildings in the most economical and obvious way like people did in simpler times ? ’ , the talk is aimed at 15–18 year olds . |
| 36 | This is because the echo being detected at any given moment will be a reflection of an earlier part of the chirp , and will therefore have a different pitch . |
| 37 | The Pacifics were used at this time on the Nottingham to Marylebone semi-fasts but they were to be transferred away as the rundown of the GC got underway . |
| 38 | The system provides facilities for lexicographers to take check-point copies of the entry being edited at any terminal . |
| 39 | In 1976 the figure was set at 20,000 , and it was expected in that year that the figure would not exceed 15,000 in the following and subsequent years . |
| 40 | The thinking was done at various times before — and will , no doubt , be re-done by the reader . |
| 41 | Fibre optics , communications systems , integrated circuits and digital signal processing were all well represented and , strikingly , most of the research is aimed at practical applications . |
| 42 | The car was raised at 4.40 pm . ’ |
| 43 | All the equipment was created by Olympic coach Bill Crosgrave and the programme is aimed at improving children 's skills of balance , co-ordination , agility and climbing . |
| 44 | The programme was filmed at Associated British Elstree Studios , with a few outside scenes shot in Cornwall . |
| 45 | During a study of the various styles , it became apparent to me that if the back legs are set into the seat rails at an angle , this angle , together with the curvature of the rear legs and backward slope of the chair back can regulate the flair : if the legs are mounted at right angles to the rear seat rail , there would be no flair . |
| 46 | The doctors ' fee for giving a general anaesthetic at the institution was confirmed at one guinea , the same amount as in the previous century . |
| 47 | To the extent that he went further so as to suggest that in no circumstances could the speeches be looked at other than for the purposes of seeing what was said on a particular date , his remarks have to be understood in the context of the issues which arose in that case . |
| 48 | The elongated body of the scorpion is armed at one end with two powerful claws and at the other with a long tail terminating in a sting . |
| 49 | Whether or not the speakers were employed at all was also taken into account , since employment will almost always involve fairly extended interaction with non-black individuals . |
| 50 | He was certainly not purporting to compile a representative list of ‘ extra-hazardous ’ activities — though one of the fundamental problems about Rylands v. Fletcher is perhaps that the law has never made up its mind whether the rule is aimed at such activities . |
| 51 | The reverse case , of evidence taken in a civil law country for use in common law proceedings , presents greater difficulties ; a deposition or minute taken by a judicial officer , with no cross-examination and perhaps without the parties being represented at all , may have limited probative value or be actually inadmissible in the common law country . |
| 52 | Obviously many arts teachers are not entirely happy that the arts are examined at all , but in my interviews the majority of teachers were generally happier now that the new examination had replaced the old system — the most obvious benefit being the removal of the need to discriminate between the two former examinations . |
| 53 | Given that the main aims of most arts departments , and of the examination syllabuses in arts subjects , refer to the development of such qualities as ‘ imagination ’ , ‘ creativity ’ , and the ‘ ability to respond expressively to given stimuli ’ ; qualities that are essentially concerned with that same kind of engagement with ‘ sensuous forms ’ mentioned above , and we are left asking the question ‘ Can , or even should , children 's work in the arts be examined at all ? ’ |
| 54 | The engine is rated at 111 SPECfp92 and 65.3 SPECint92 . |
| 55 | The 18-year-old was shot at close range outside a post office in Exeter , Devon . |
| 56 | However , the fact that the issue was raised at all by a US President , and in such an unequivocal manner , was widely considered to be of great significance . |
| 57 | With different rolls being exposed to several subjects of different contrasts this is still possible with APE 100 and Rodinal if the developer is used at different dilutions . |
| 58 | An optional final toast to HM the Queen is made at most Jewish weddings in the UK . |
| 59 | The wide belt of dune-land with its hummocks and scrubby grass growing out of the sand was deserted at that hour . |
| 60 | The chips are targeted at embedded controls , portable and desktop computers , high-end fault-tolerant machines and supercomputers . |