Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] at [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been reports about an increasing number of people suffering from food poisoning and accusing fingers have been pointed at food manufacturers , distributors , caterers and even consumers . |
| 2 | As soon as Moby was too old for puppy classes , he went to the bigger-dog classes , run by Jenny , to reinforce what he 'd been taught at puppy classes and , most importantly , what he 'd learned at home . |
| 3 | More than one million fans are expected at box offices this weekend to see pint-sized superstar Macaulay Culkin 's new blockbuster . |
| 4 | The bleaching has been reported at coral reefs in the Caribbean , Bermuda , Hawaii and Okinawa , Japan . |
| 5 | Two alternative initiation codons are located at nucleotide positions 397 and 619 within the same open reading frame as the first ; initiation of translation from these two start signals would result in peptide chains of 571 and 497 amino acids , respectively . |
| 6 | The " significant proportion " test has been applied at obscenity trials ever since . |
| 7 | This year at least 1.5 million head of prime lambs are expected to be transported live to France and other EC countries — and the majority are selected at auction markets which last year handled 72.5 per cent of all lambs offered for slaughter . |
| 8 | These vital machines are used at coal faces and driveways . |
| 9 | Many thousands more have been sold at bookshop appearances from the northeast to the Midlands whilst at the Grove Bookshop in Ilkley , run by Andrew Sharp , Seasons of My Life — the Story of a Solitary Daleswoman , is , by a huge margin , the most popular book ever stocked |
| 10 | Prices in sterling ( in brackets ) are shown at exchange rates applicable on 25th July 1989 and are a guide only . |
| 11 | She said : ‘ They admitted having Ecstasy which had been bought at rave parties . |
| 12 | I hope that it is not because the hon. Gentleman has not been called at business questions . |
| 13 | Degrees are conferred at Graduation Ceremonies . |
| 14 | Teacher training can also be undertaken at university departments of education . |
| 15 | Again , consideration must be given at roof levels , where changes in height occur to ensure that a fire spreading vertically will not spread across or onto adjacent roofs , and continue the fire elsewhere . |
| 16 | He will finalise his team during the next 24 hours and Derry 's preparations will be completed at training sessions scheduled for Monday and Wednesday . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ( We must suppose both to be located at vantage points . ) |
| 19 | The various outputs may be added at market prices , or the effect of subsidies and taxes on expenditure may be excluded to arrive at GNP at factor cost . |
| 20 | Initially , the systems will be targeted at VAX customers that require the VMS operating system , with OSF/1 Unix only becoming available early next year . |
| 21 | Economic agreements signed at the heads of state summit included a clause on maintaining the rouble as a common currency for trade between republics ( which would be pursued at world prices ) , while still leaving republics the option to introduce their own currencies . |
| 22 | Some heads of department involved other staff in producing their self-appraisal reports , either through discussing what was to be written at department meetings and/or asking members of the department to write parts of it . |
| 23 | Purchases of tokens ( £1 or sometimes £5 minimum ) can be made at electricity showrooms or offices . |
| 24 | Markstones can still be seen at road junctions and crossroads . |
| 25 | In East Africa , travellers were advised to watch out for the variety of indigenous ‘ types ’ to be seen at railway stations , from the Islamic , partly Arabized , Swahili of the coast , to the Kamba and Kikuyu of the interior , and then , a special treat , the magnificent Masai , bearing their shields and spears in a sadly peaceable demonstration of subjection , before reaching the Nilotic peoples of the shore of Lake Victoria . |
| 26 | This quite often has to be done at supermarket checkouts , as many readers will no doubt have noticed . |
| 27 | A verified Access unit , similar to the regular lock-set can be positioned at perimeter doors leading to car parks , sauna , pool and other areas that require access control . |
| 28 | The stock market crash of the 1930s meant that British watercolours were to be had at bargain prices , with major compositions costing less than £20 . |
| 29 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 30 | Over the next few years the book saw suggestions for all manner of things — for packet tobaccos to be sold at shop prices , for a device to be put on the smoking room door to stop persistent slamming and a complaint that the bushes on the 5th made the hole a flukey . |