Example sentences of "the [noun] [be] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first group ( n=40 ) , half received calcium supplementation ( n=20 ) ; 16 animals ( eight receiving calcium ) were sacrified at 16 weeks ; the remainder were sacrified at 32 weeks . |
| 2 | The money was raised at various sponsored events and raffles and charities were chosen by the staff . |
| 3 | The case is discussed at 13.13.2 . |
| 4 | Looting and arson were widespread , and the damage was estimated at some £10 million . |
| 5 | The device has the advantage that people can read normally , while extremely fine details of the text being touched at any one moment are being filmed . |
| 6 | Sarajevo Airport ; and the Hercules is unloaded at top speed . |
| 7 | The birds were valued at fifty thousand pounds . |
| 8 | Clerical , Medical and General Life Assurance Society does not guarantee that the amount to be paid if the contract is terminated at one of the durations specified will be as high as the amount indicated . |
| 9 | Clerical Medical and General Life Assurance Society does not guarantee that the amount to be paid if the contract is terminated at one of the durations specified will be as high as the amount indicated . |
| 10 | Relevant factors included ( 1 ) the hirer 's lack of expertise in the plant hire business ; ( 2 ) that the contract was arranged at short notice and was for a short period of hire ; it was therefore difficult for the plaintiff hirers to arrange insurance cover ; ( 3 ) that the clause was not the subject of negotiation ; ( 4 ) that the hirers had little or no control over the way the driver did his job . |
| 11 | The contract was concluded at that time . |
| 12 | When he found I was a stranger , he explained that the houses were numbered at random ‘ in the old-fashioned way ’ . |
| 13 | Stop solution was added after blue colour development , and the absorbance was read at 450 nm . |
| 14 | Finally , 100 µl of 1.0 M sulphuric acid were added to stop the reaction and the absorbance was read at 450 nm . |
| 15 | The absorbance was read at 405 nm , with the intensity of the green colours being proportional to the amount of anti- H pylori antibodies in the sample . |
| 16 | Aliquots of the cultures were withdrawn at different time intervals in order to determine the cell counts . |
| 17 | To begin with , all switches except the inputs are set at random . |
| 18 | The projects were pitched at different levels , so that in the strictest sense the students were working in a parallel fashion . |
| 19 | As long as there was a substantial number of people in each group , the groups would start the experiment having the same political preferences on average , since the groups were formed at random . |
| 20 | The two types of mirror look much the same after being buried for centuries , but when the microstructure is examined at high magnification , as in Figures 5.15e and f , it is possible to distinguish between tinned bronze and the high-tin alloy . |
| 21 | Following an investigation of title , Newco 's solicitors ( or the vendor 's solicitors in their certificate of title ) should be able say whether there is good and marketable title to the relevant property ; whether there are mortgages , charges , unusual liabilities or third-party rights affecting the property ; whether the property is served by all the usual main services and whether the roads are maintained at public expense ; and whether there are any outstanding disputes in respect of the property or any neighbouring property . |
| 22 | As well as being present in Kuala Lumpur , the University was represented at major education exhibitions and other recruitment events in . |
| 23 | ‘ The building is locked at eleven o'clock each night , but anyone wishing to stay out later may be given a key . |
| 24 | The building was deserted at this hour of the morning , the corridors echoing as she made her way to her office and sat down behind the desk . |
| 25 | The ovens were lit at five o'clock . |
| 26 | The story was confirmed at 3.27 pm , and a new front page carrying the story went to the printing presses 12 minutes later . |
| 27 | Their seventh century opening stand in 14 Tests together safely established , the openers were separated at last when the younger man was bowled by Akram , who pitched around leg and hit the off stump at sped . |
| 28 | If the play were left at that , then , Brutus would have come out on top , but since Mark Antony was left to talk , his extremely clever speech then persuaded the crowd into thinking his way , as we shall see now . |
| 29 | Impractical , because if all areas of the curriculum were treated at this level of detail , hundreds or even thousands of criteria would be produced ; educationally unacceptable because of the curriculum fragmentation which would result since it would be difficult to link up such large numbers of criteria . |
| 30 | The course was aimed at improving negotiating skills which are needed because I must be capable of negotiating with management over pay and conditions . |