Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A £215m fraud has since been discovered at ISC which has brought Ferranti to the brink of collapse and is likely to cost the group its independence . |
| 2 | At Christmas her Uncle Bertie assembled the clan at his manor house in Wiltshire and announced that as a start she had better be presented at Court . |
| 3 | An outside problem can sometimes be helped by , say , more flexible working hours and so be resolved at management level . |
| 4 | In contrast , direct taxes can only be changed at Budget time . |
| 5 | Mary 's marriage to Henry had certainly taken place by February 1381 , and Thomas might well have done what he could to prevent her marrying , but Froissart casts Thomas as a villain in his account of English politics in Richard II 's reign , and not every detail in the story should necessarily be accepted at face value . |
| 6 | The placid equilibrium of Sergeant Bramble 's existence was suddenly being put at risk . |
| 7 | Then a wave formed , the like of which had not been seen at Pipeline that winter . |
| 8 | The course has not been costed at present but this information will be made available as soon as possible . |
| 9 | I hope that it is not because the hon. Gentleman has not been called at business questions . |
| 10 | State on your tax return income from which tax has not been deducted at source and will therefore be assessed for tax by the Inland Revenue if it forms part of a more substantial income : |
| 11 | The Sectional Councils may reach agreements on matters affecting the region , and also , through a system of subcommittees , review a large volume of individual claims that have not been resolved at LDC level . |
| 12 | It was however pointed out that the pay formula had already been agreed at SSC . |
| 13 | In fact , the new long player has already been perched at number one in the UK album charts , and it could be around for quite a while . |
| 14 | Northampton Town had just been beaten at home by Shrewsbury Town . |
| 15 | We knew she had just been promoted at work , so it could n't be that . |
| 16 | This gave Parliament still more control in that the comptroller 's report need no longer be taken at face value , but could be subjected to detailed investigation by the PAC . |
| 17 | Only market failure can justify vertical integration , for example where F is one of a limited number of sources of a critical supply , or where the supplier-customer relationship requires trust and secrecy which can not be secured at arm 's length . |
| 18 | Marriages can not be ended at will or whim . |
| 19 | Focusing on effectiveness and outcomes as a basis for decisions on rationing is a desirable aim that can not be achieved at present when so much of health care is unevaluated . |
| 20 | Voice of Israel radio said that Israel wanted US Defence Secretary Richard Cheney to submit a written commitment to Congress that the aircraft would not be placed at air bases close to Israel and would not , under any circumstances , attack Israel . |
| 21 | The Basque provinces , though they could not be taxed at will , were persuaded by Philip and his successors to provide the monarchy with considerable sums in the form of free gifts ( servicios ) . |
| 22 | Access to such sites is often obscure , possibly only by a footpath which may not be noticed at ground level . |
| 23 | Chapters Four to Seven , which present the research findings , examine : whether the project made any difference to those who received it , compared with those who did not , in terms of institutionalisation , mental or emotional well-being , self-care capacity or receipt of other community services ( Chapter Four ) ; the effects of the project upon the principal informal carers of the dementia sufferers ( Chapter Five ) ; the major costs of community care for those receiving or not receiving support from the project ( Chapter Six ) ; and the limits to care , that is , the characteristics or circumstances of those who could not be supported at home for long even with the Home Support Project ( Chapter Seven ) . |
| 24 | The true prevalence of the visual finding of endometriosis can not be determined at present because such studies require random operative intervention and are therefore unethical . |
| 25 | This is normally set at the purchase price or the upper limit of the price if this can not be determined at completion . |
| 26 | A.3.1 The Vendor can only warrant facts as at exchange : they should not be repeated at Completion . |
| 27 | The truth of this belief can not be tested at present . |
| 28 | Assessment can not be made at birth because antibodies to HIV from the mother cross the placenta , and though these would be detected in an HIV antibody test , it would not show whether the baby itself was infected . |
| 29 | This is because kinship links are strongly morally and socially charged , while those between worker and employer are impersonal , because kinship implies reciprocal rights and duties while the capitalist has all the rights and the worker all the duties , because kinship links can not be broken at will while those of the labour market can , and because , as Marx and Engels wrongly believed , kinship links are egalitarian and non-exploitative ; that is , they do not involve one group of people living on the back of another . |
| 30 | Thessy and I would have a chance to strengthen the rigging during our two-week trial period with the twins , but some jobs simply could not be done at sea . |