Example sentences of "[v-ing] be [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it does n't it does n't take from the point that I made that it is i i the allocation they 're seeking is aimed at a very specific sector of the employment base . |
| 2 | Population ageing is operating at two distinct levels : societal and within the older age groups itself . |
| 3 | Racing is held at York during six meetings from May to October with the biggest gathering during the three days august event . |
| 4 | Racing is held at York during six meetings from May to October with the biggest gathering during August |
| 5 | Ideally , scanning is aimed at alerting the organisation to potentially significant external impingements before they have fully formed or crystallised . |
| 6 | With the arrow in place , bleeding was held at bay . |
| 7 | The motion having been made at Ten o'clock , and the debate having continued for half an hour , Mr. Deputy Speaker — adjourned the House without Question put , pursuant to the Standing Order . |
| 8 | The motion having been made at Ten o'clock , and the debate having continued for half an hour , Mr. Speaker — adjourned the House without Question put , pursuant to the Standing Order . |
| 9 | Only Baker and John remained as first team regulars from the pre-Chapman era , the rest having been replaced at a cost of £40,000 , the most prolific spending spree soccer had seen . |
| 10 | The LEA inspector , having been involved at intervals throughout the year , should not , in Bill Laar 's ( 1989 ) phrase provide ‘ awkward surprises ’ in comments made . |
| 11 | Land presented as having been imparked at Thornbury affords an interesting comparison : with buildings it was valued at 6d. per acre , without at 4d . |
| 12 | It is true that marriage is , or may be , a detriment to the plaintiff ; but detriment to the plaintiff is not enough , unless it either be a benefit to the testator , or be treated by the testator as such , by having been suffered at his request . |
| 13 | The best known is that , where there is a gift to a class of children living at a particular date , a child en ventre sa mère at that date but later born alive will be treated as having been living at the date and thus included in the class . |
| 14 | Haverford asked on the children 's behalf , but they had already found it , scampering away through the display of giant dolls , plastic picnic tables , local cheese and wine , and returned resentful at having been glowered at by the resident guardian because they had n't understood the purpose of her saucer of lire . |
| 15 | The importance of their being formed at random can not be overemphasized ; control groups start life the same as experimental groups in all respects simply by virtue of having been formed at random . |
| 16 | Having been floated at 585p , Waste Management succumbed to profit-taking , the shares easing 11 to 644p . |
| 17 | The draft constituted the party 's second political platform , the first having been adopted at the time of the foundation of the Indo-Chinese Communist Party ( the CPV 's forerunner ) in 1930 . |
| 18 | Details about dates of employment and health physics records were obtained for all parents confirmed as having been employed at a nuclear establishment before their child 's cancer was diagnosed ( or for controls , before the date of diagnosis of the corresponding case ) . |
| 19 | One of their champions the prominent politician Jack Ashley , who remains an elected Member of Parliament after having been deafened at the age of forty-five , expressed their feelings in a speech delivered in 1973 : the deaf must adopt a very different attitude to society as a whole … |
| 20 | Wilson grew up in rowing , rather than the Boat Race , having been born at Henley . |
| 21 | Some were so tiny , having been born at under 30 weeks gestation and spent several months in incubators . |
| 22 | In a later case in which service had been attempted in Belgium , the Belgian Central Authority certified that service had proved impossible , the defendant not having been found at the address given . |
| 23 | The Royal Navy equivalent award — the Distinguished Service Cross ( DSC ) , and the Army equivalent award — the Military Cross ( MC ) , will be covered in a later article within this series , both awards having been awarded at times to members of the RAF . |
| 24 | Such was the reach of Rugby League : having been founded at the George Hotel in Huddersfield in 1890 , it had now reached Kempsey , twelve or thirteen thousand miles distant . |
| 25 | These are the highest within the EC , having been set at the top of the EC recommended range . |
| 26 | ‘ There are indications of scorching and the presence of particles of smokeless powder suggest a firearm wound , the weapon having been discharged at close range . ’ |
| 27 | South Birmingham Health Authority has admitted the treatment was ‘ unnecessary ’ and there was a ‘ slim chance ’ of other errors having been committed at the hospital . |
| 28 | On the lighter side , the Cessna 195B has been around for some time , having been auctioned at Duxford in April 1990 and , although remaining in the UK since then , has only just been registered . |
| 29 | The cap and bonnet had been a feature of grave-clothes since the 1630s , the under-shirt having been introduced at the same time . |
| 30 | ‘ We are aware that part of a substantial City office building was recently announced as having been let at £40 per sq ft , ’ said the property analysts . |