Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the inside of walls and ceilings must either be washed or painted at regular intervals . |
| 2 | Often they are recruited or assigned at short notice to an unfamiliar school and are expected to instantly mould themselves to its systems of operating and style . |
| 3 | For decades women have agonized over their breasts — either too big or too small ; their overall body shape — no waist , bum too big , legs too short ; and the various component parts of face and hair , all of which have to be altered , enhanced or de-emphasized at regular intervals . |
| 4 | ( b ) The selection of an appropriate method for calculating the related cost , where a number of identical items have been purchased or made at different times ( such as unit costs , average cost or FIFO — first in first out : see below ) . |
| 5 | A high frequency signal is fed into the two layers , the signals are normally either opposite in phase or connected at right angles to each other . |
| 6 | The answer differs according to whether the contract was avoided by section 7 or frustrated at common law . |
| 7 | There are many cheeses that are similar to Brie and Camembert but produced in different shapes or sold at differing stages of ripeness. all are referred to as surface-ripened , containing bacteria on their developing white rinds . |
| 8 | Military expenditure may keep people in jobs but much of the equipment produced is never used and is scrapped or sold at give-away prices so that the armed forces can have the most up-to-date equipment . |
| 9 | While not a new power , it was one not greatly recognised or understood at common law . |
| 10 | If so , it is then relevant to consider whether ( a ) such conduct falls within the general scope of any duty imposed by statute or recognised at common law and ( b ) whether such conduct , albeit within the general scope of such a duty , involved an unjustifiable use of powers associated with the duty . ’ |
| 11 | The Family Division of the High Court has jurisdiction to hear public law cases which have been transferred up the court system or issued at High Court level . |
| 12 | If facilities were not provided or routes were withdrawn or changed at short notice consumers should have a statutory right to go to a statutory body to seek redress . |
| 13 | This may be true whether the product is a " blockbuster " ( such as Nescafe " ) , or aimed at specific smaller segments , as is currently the case in the UK with some health food ranges . |
| 14 | Profits more than doubled at pre-tax level , but were complicated by the application of the new accounting rules . |
| 15 | ‘ Although assembled at British Rail Engineering , many of the major components are made elsewhere , ’ says the article . |
| 16 | Downpipes should be clean and placed at frequent intervals so as to avoid long gutter runs and changes of direction . |
| 17 | Clearly , in order to obtain this kind of information it is necessary to conduct three assessments under similar conditions so that they are directly comparable and spaced at equal time intervals . |
| 18 | Although this programme was focused on change management , and targeted at Senior Management , future Seminar Programmes will run in each District to support staff embarking on CC2 in a multi agency setting . |
| 19 | Clearly differentiated from each other , they were mass-produced and targeted at different sections of a guaranteed market , who knew what they were getting . |
| 20 | On the one hand towards a more realist approach which is essential but can not go too far because if pursued at other than a meso-scale level is in danger of leading towards natural and biological sciences . |
| 21 | As far back as 1949 P. W. Bridgman showed that water would crystallize in a different pattern if frozen at different barometric pressures , a specific pattern being obtained for each barometric pressure . |
| 22 | When debt and equity securities fall into neither of the previous two categories , they would be classified as securities available for sale and reported at fair value , but any unrealised gains and losses would be excluded from earnings and reported as a separate component of shareholders ' equity . |
| 23 | The typical appellate judge will be at least 60 years of age , white , male and educated at public school and at Oxford or Cambridge and have lived in the insular world of the Bar for more than 30 years . |
| 24 | allowing errors to be detected and repaired at non-critical periods |
| 25 | There are trees such as willows which can be cut and harvested at frequent intervals . |
| 26 | And as family members we have seen and felt at close hand some of the most intense pains and also pleasures of later life : on the one hand , bereavement and loss , but on the other , the continued mastery of old skills , the creation of new pursuits and interests , the discovery of new friends and of new ways of contributing to the wider community . |
| 27 | Planning permission was sought and granted at breakneck speed and the foundations were already being excavated for twenty-four executive-type four to five bedroom ‘ dwelling units ’ with two garages apiece but no gardens . |
| 28 | They were all the same size , and pushed at regular intervals into the soil . |
| 29 | The pilot study was based in Sunderland District General Hospital , and its results have been published and presented at numerous international meetings . |
| 30 | A narrow card subject , occupying the full height of the field of view was placed in position and measured at various points from left to right , using three different exposures . |