Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important that assessment methodologies which will provide valid and reliable results are developed at an early stage . |
| 2 | Might this be solely because its mystery and complexity are recognized at an instinctive level ? |
| 3 | Speech patterns are formed at an early age and are firmly established — part of our way of life , an almost subconscious activity , rather in the same way as chewing or walking . |
| 4 | Although based on research of lasting value , the draft Articles on service of documents rest overmuch on United States perceptions and would not have survived the sort of examination to which they would have been exposed at an international diplomatic conference . |
| 5 | Jilly Fox had been educated at an expensive boarding-school . |
| 6 | This means that the extra payments received for overtime beyond the scheduled week are earned at an earlier stage in large firms . |
| 7 | Witnesses in the car said Williams had not been driving at an excessive speed and had not been distracted in the moments before the car went out of control , said Mr Hardy . |
| 8 | So many good young dogs have been ruined at an early age by incompetent trainers . |
| 9 | Mr Saunders goes on to admit that broadcasters are not entirely blameless in this respect : ‘ More should no doubt have been done at an earlier stage in development of RDS to give the receiver manufacturing industry some guidelines setting out the minimum levels of RDS performance that should be achieved ’ . |
| 10 | Not great poetry , by any means ; but it convinces me that Crabbe and Peter Grimes and myself do stop beside an opening sluice , and that we are looking at an actual English tideway , and not at some vague , vast imaginary waterfall , which crashes from nowhere to nowhere . |
| 11 | Children are sometimes told ‘ it is rude to stare ’ , but cat-lovers often forget this rule when they are looking at an approaching feline . |
| 12 | ‘ Sweetie , you are looking at an old moose who just ca n't figure out where he took the wrong trail and he 'll never get back up that hill again . |
| 13 | The case for re-thinking what we mean by practice and its relation with theory has been made at an abstract level by writers who draw on the two very different philosophical traditions which contest the dichotomy , Marxism with its concept of praxis , and the American pragmatists who direct our attention to the consequences of our actions . |
| 14 | They are pushing at an open door , we in the industry are already working for change . |
| 15 | generally you 're looking at an eighteen month 's sales period |
| 16 | The holder of the share or bond receives a stream of ( expected ) payments that are discounted at an appropriate rate over the remaining life of the security . |
| 17 | Sales of X-Windows software and X-terminals are still booming , according to the X Business Group , which estimates growth in the X-terminal business at around 100% , while sales of PC X-server products are growing at an astonishing 300% ( UX No 398 ) . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Central Office 's non-election expenses are running at an annual £12m or so . |
| 19 | Expectations are set at an early stage : that the therapist can only offer education and advice , and the client is responsible for assimilating and applying this information . |
| 20 | This inspection should then be repeated every ten years so that remedial treatment can be undertaken at an early stage if rotting is detected . |
| 21 | 11.4 In cases of severe disturbance or potential violence , consideration must be given at an early stage to involving the police . |
| 22 | Most Third World states would prefer these to be formulated at an international conference with the blessing of the United Nations . |
| 23 | Public law cases may be transferred up , down and across the court system where this will avoid delay , facilitate consolidation or allow the case to be heard at an appropriate level . |
| 24 | If high grade dysplasia or arcinoma is detected the patient can be treated at an early stage . |
| 25 | These fundamental initial considerations or ‘ building blocks ’ ( developed by Roy Nicholson ) are applicable to all valuation engagements and enable a skeleton of the valuation to be developed at an early stage : |
| 26 | Obviously all age-groups are arbitrary ; the point being made here is that the actual divisions used should be chosen for their usefulness in classifying people for the purposes of the research being undertaken , and this decision should be considered at an early stage . |
| 27 | If the matter really can not be resolved at an informal level , then it should be formally communicated in writing to the person in charge of the activity . |
| 28 | In order to avoid this obviously ridiculous result , the German scientist Max Planck suggested in 1900 that light , X rays , and other waves could not be emitted at an arbitrary rate , but only in certain packets that he called quanta . |
| 29 | The question of whether the proposed disposal is in the best interests of the client and when the business should best be sold should be addressed at an early stage . |
| 30 | Adjustment can then be made at an early stage before it is too late . |