Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] be [verb] at " in BNC.

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1 The next instant everyone was talking at once .
2 My parents still do n't know what course I am pursuing at a college of education .
3 I rang the club I was appearing at and informed the Con-Sec that Marta Cane would be appearing in place of Zoe Bond who was ill .
4 ‘ It was some research I was doing at Cambridge into the Black Death , ’ he said .
5 But that is the effect , he wrote , that is the effect I am aiming at .
6 I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke .
7 ‘ Buckmaster — after due consultation with the PM I was told at Downing Street to issue a discreet alert . ’
8 Not sufficient study , to my mind , has been made of the pets which were kept at Croisset .
9 The team will present a paper to the Conference of the British Sociological Association which is meeting at Kent during the period of this time .
10 John Gadsby who travelled across France in 1855 found that he needed two greatcoats and a large travelling wrapper to keep himself warm even though the carriage was supplied with hot footwarmers which were renewed at certain stops along the route .
11 These limits have given rise to thorny debate in at least two areas which serve as a reminder that it is not only nonhuman animals which are put at risk :
12 You may wish to illustrate the effect on that profit of having 100 beds in stock which were bought at £100 .
13 Steps which are returned at the ends take up a lot of space , but are impressive .
14 the communism , the Kuomintang which are united at the time , and obviously the , the Kuomintang putting forward the idea of a restoration
15 The car which is built at Bloxham in Oxfordshire has a top speed of 217 mph .
16 In mathematics he was clearly one year ahead , and was immediately awarded a Founder 's scholarship and two small exhibitions — and this at St John 's College which was noted at this time for its academic distinction .
17 In south Glasgow , two secondaries are beginning a rolling programme which is aimed at thwarting a major shake-up by Strathclyde .
18 An underground water supply serving the city of Peterborough , in eastern England , has been contaminated by pesticides which were dumped at nearby rubbish dumps .
19 An agreement on family reunions and the exchange of art troupes which was reached at Red Cross talks in October 1989 [ for which see p. 36975 ] broke down Nov. 27 when the South Koreans refused to allow the revolutionary opera " The Flower Girl " to be performed in Seoul , the South Korean capital , saying that its content was political and contrary to Red Cross principles [ see p. 37041 ] .
20 This process can be traced back until we arrive at a single cell which was formed at the moment of conception by the fusion of two parental germ cells , i.e. one egg and one sperm cell .
21 This meant that Blake was allocated a special cell which was changed at irregular intervals , that had to be examined every day , and Blake and the cell completely searched at least once a fortnight .
22 The separation of the mode of discovery and the mode of justification does enable the inductivists to evade that part of the criticism levelled at them in this chapter which was directed at the claim that science starts with observation .
23 He was a guest on the morning line at Newmarket and there it is that magnificent trophy which is valued at five thousand pounds .
24 On the other hand , Peter was responsible for the introduction of a punitive practice which was to remain at the centre of the tsarist criminal code and of the Siberian penal system until well into the twentieth century .
25 The deal which is arrived at will be dependent upon the balance of power ( see Chapter 4 ) and the negotiating skills of the respective parties .
26 Also like S. Mark 's , the domes are supported on massive square piers which are pierced at two levels by round arched passages .
27 The colliery villages were clearly places in which control of the workforce was strong , beyond the normal social relationships between employers and employee which were established at the pit itself .
28 By and large , most businesses would give their hind legs to be in an industry which was growing at 7% a year and where there were huge barriers to entry .
29 She was waiting to commence training as a nurse so her life was also heading in a new direction , but she was ill prepared for the grief she was to experience at the loss of the sister who had been so close and influential in her own life .
30 In London borough councils the mayor is elected by the council but the deputy mayor is appointed by the Mayor who is elected at that meeting .
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