Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation is more acute in the rural areas when only 32 per cent of the population aged seven to fourteen years are enrolled at school . |
| 2 | Also , since some children in care are placed at home on trial , this explanation is blatantly false . |
| 3 | ‘ As a result they are placed at risk . |
| 4 | These explanations are treated at length in the work of Fothergill and Gudgin ( 1982 ) and Fothergill , Kitson and Monk ( 1985 ) . |
| 5 | Extensive calcareous flowstone and stalactite deposits are developed at spring discharge points in fractured bituminous limestones and combustion-metamorphosed marbles : the ground water is saturated with calcium hydroxide , with the consequence that calcite and aragonite rapidly precipitate when it comes into contact with atmospheric carbon dioxide . |
| 6 | It can be concluded therefore that the action project appears to make a difference in terms of the length of time people are sustained at home , but only to a certain type of dementia sufferer , and the numbers affected are likely to be small unless a wide geographical area is covered . |
| 7 | We are taught at school that if , when subtracting , the number on the top is smaller than that on the bottom , we have to carry ten from the left , take the bottom number from that ten and then add the top one — only sometimes we find that the top number on the left is a zero which means that we have to carry ten from the one to the left of that , turn the zero into a nine and then carry the ten … what a complicated process . |
| 8 | You should use the opiate with an anti-emetic because many of these patients are nauseated at presentation . |
| 9 | It is worth investigating what the child eats for school lunch , or how many sweets are consumed at break-time , if school behaviour tends to be worse . |
| 10 | Members , branches , action groups , etc who intend to propose motions for debate , are asked to make sure that these are received at HQ in St Albans by first post on FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 7 , 1992 . |
| 11 | Qualifying corporate bonds , while offering a deferral of the charge to tax on capital gains , have certain disadvantages which are explained at para 23.2.1.3 below . |
| 12 | The pigments which optically separate one ommatidium from another are withdrawn at night so that each rhabdom can receive light from many facets . |
| 13 | And if it is the intention of regions to put speakers on , especially those regions that are situated at back of Congress , if the speakers could come to the front it would save a great deal of time . |
| 14 | They recognise the need to provide powerful incentives if students are to remain at school beyond 16 and graduate with a high school certificate . |
| 15 | Comet are opening at Festival Park . |
| 16 | Additions to these properties and all other fixed assets are included at cost . |
| 17 | Examples of the two approaches are included at Section 1101.3 and Section 1101.4 . |
| 18 | HOTELS : A place where TRAVELLING HUMANS are parked at night . |
| 19 | More than one million fans are expected at box offices this weekend to see pint-sized superstar Macaulay Culkin 's new blockbuster . |
| 20 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I am occupied at present . ’ |
| 21 | However , I am occupied at present . ’ |
| 22 | No certain civilian storehouses are known in the small towns , while quays are confined at present to those of the second century at Heronbridge near Chester , probably for official use , the timber platform at Brampton and the timber piles at Scole , though the published evidence for the last is ambiguous . |
| 23 | Hundreds of thousands of these animals are dying at man 's hand every year . |
| 24 | Zeos International Ltd added a line of four low-cost personal computers based on Intel Corp 's 80486SX at from $1,400 for a complete 486SX-25 system and $1,500 for a 486SX-33 : called LiteLines , they are targeted at network and home office users and have room for future installation of CD-ROM or tape back-up unit . |
| 25 | Two alternative initiation codons are located at nucleotide positions 397 and 619 within the same open reading frame as the first ; initiation of translation from these two start signals would result in peptide chains of 571 and 497 amino acids , respectively . |
| 26 | Shopping and other facilities are located at ground level underneath the garages and are accessible by lifts . |
| 27 | Bridgewater Boats are located at Castle Wharf in Berkhampsted Hertfordshire . |
| 28 | Comfortable Ventilation — Non-return valves are located at bumper height in the luggage compartment for extracting air from the Clio . |
| 29 | But then when people are driving at night and catch a glimpse of a barn owl in their headlights , they should feel lucky , too . |
| 30 | Imagine you are driving at midday . |