Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] be [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent weeks the single Class 158 allotted to the Cambrian has been stabled at Machynlleth . |
| 2 | When Queenie talks about the increased expenditure on recreation from nineteen eighty to now , that 's quite right , there has been a huge increase in spending , and that 's because the Labour Council was committed to improving recreation facilities in the City , and it did n't continue the appalling record that the Conservative administration had had before of virtually no recreational facilities , it invested in recreation facilities — you listed them yourself — and of course those facilities have to be paid for and on when we have stood for election we 've always made it clear that we want to provide quality services , but of course that they have to be paid for , and so the second point that you then made was that , you know , our budget 's gone up beyond belief , well I mean this year it 's being cut by two million pounds , last year it was a standstill budget , and erm that has been done at a time when in fact Central Government has been transferring responsibilities from Central Government onto Local Government without increasing , indeed at the same time decreasing the amount of Central Government grant that 's gone to local councils . |
| 3 | Ideally , you should eat all that has been suggested at each mealtime . |
| 4 | I think that 's a very good question , I think though that that has been looked at very very thoroughly by the County Council , and certainly there are only a very limited number of options available around York which would actually meet the needs of York . |
| 5 | The body is made from mahogany and this has been contoured at the upper edge , for all the usual reasons . |
| 6 | This has been aimed at producing a joint-work which will attempt to describe and analyse the significant achievements of these twin sectors of the Japanese economy . |
| 7 | An example of this has been evolving at IBM for many years with the AS/400 . |
| 8 | Much of this has been targeted at courses in science , mathematics and engineering . |
| 9 | This has been discussed at the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council and they fully support your proposals . |
| 10 | Planned capital expenditure for 1993 has been set at $5 billion . |
| 11 | A length of thick blue nylon rope like this had been tied at a height of about 4 ft across the main Cattle Market Road in Northampton . |
| 12 | All this had been achieved at the expense of the Liberal Party which had monopolized all three areas before 1910 . |
| 13 | Although during the winter there had been no running water this had been restored at least in the centre of the town . |
| 14 | The idea for this had been offered at a full NEC meeting by Mr Wallace of the Irish Division . |
| 15 | The nine set free had been detained at civilian and military sites ; some appeared to have Middle Eastern backgrounds . |
| 16 | Schemes like this have been operating at Blackbird Leys for years … this , the locals say , is an example of the real face of the estate . |
| 17 | For example , up to 105 have been seen at Manhood End , 80 at Harting pond , 70 at Swanbourne Lake , 105 in the Arun valley , and 30 at Rodmell , all since 1965 . |
| 18 | Of particular importance , however , is the impact of such defensive provision upon the intra-mural zone ; enclosures that are apparently almost empty have been noted at Caistor , Horncastle , Mancetter and Wall , as well as at Margidunum with the exception of the late complex in the northern half . |
| 19 | Although he had been fortunate to have been sitting at the back of the coach he received a fractured spine . |
| 20 | The union budget for 1991 had been set at Rbs250,000 million with provision for a Rbs26,000 million deficit [ see p. 37970 ] . |
| 21 | One hundred and thirteen had been born at term and the others at a median gestational age of 32 weeks ( range 24–36 ) ; none of the latter had been discharged from their neonatal unit on additional inspired oxygen . |
| 22 | At Christchurch , proposals to replace the Gothic station of 1877 had been made at the time of the First World War and again in the 1930s , but it was not demolished until the 1950s , when it was replaced by a modern station more successful than most . |
| 23 | In 1987 , 233 had been admitted at some time into the prison hospital . |
| 24 | For Field 's piano concertos , two of which O'Conor is playing with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra this week , contain astonishing music , material which it is hard to believe was conceived at the turn of the 18th to 19th century . |
| 25 | The decision to have the three executed was taken at the very top by a Cabinet sub-committee . ’ |
| 26 | His foresight in writing this was valuable , for the Golf Illustrated article was likely to have been taken at face value owing to the absence of any information to the contrary ! |
| 27 | Road signs were supposed to have been erected at the mouth of the carriageway as soon as Benin 's car had passed through , warning motorists of an impending dynamite blast and rerouting them on to another section of the motorway . |
| 28 | The Carlow Stone on the shore is supposed to have been hurled at the selfish inhabitants of the village by a giant . |
| 29 | Some of the most remarkable have been found at Colchester and published by M. R. Hull . |
| 30 | These have been kept at bay for 40 years by the power and special pleading of the vested interests who are right now busily working out how to control the new Heritage Agency . |