Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no entry is made at this prompt , the current VMS directory will be used by default . |
| 2 | If no entry is made at this prompt , the current VMS directory will be used by default . |
| 3 | If no entry is made at this prompt , the current VMS directory will be used by default . |
| 4 | The following entry is taken at random , but illustrates this well . |
| 5 | ErgoClient is aimed at large networked enterprises that intend to migrate from one computing environment to another . |
| 6 | Between 1973-79 the loss is estimated at 1.9 per cent of GDP . |
| 7 | The European Commission 's COMETT programme is aimed at high-level technology training , and its projects bring together the providers and users of training . |
| 8 | All the equipment was created by Olympic coach Bill Crosgrave and the programme is aimed at improving children 's skills of balance , co-ordination , agility and climbing . |
| 9 | However , a good deal of tension is created at this point , with the bass playing the expected D while the accompanying chords are first a G major , then an Amin7 , finally releasing this tension by coming together on the sustained D major , which leads positively into the beginning of the next verse , a G major . |
| 10 | Although oceanic crust is consumed at destructive plate margins at very nearly the same rate at which it is created at constructive plate margins , a small proportion of mantle material — perhaps only a few per cent — is involved in the generation of andesite magmas at destructive plate margins , and contributes to the volcanic rocks erupted at the surface . |
| 11 | Sometimes research is undertaken at this stage to find out why and how the product is bought . |
| 12 | Fibre optics , communications systems , integrated circuits and digital signal processing were all well represented and , strikingly , most of the research is aimed at practical applications . |
| 13 | A topical stimulatory action of ethanol on gastric acid secretion is seen at low concentrations ( 1%-5% ) . |
| 14 | For small switching angles a high torque is developed at low speeds , so the system accelerates rapidly from rest , but the maximum speed is restricted . |
| 15 | A paranoid reproach is aimed at all females by an Amis-like figure , who then reproaches himself , or is reproached by some other Amis agent detectable in the novel . |
| 16 | This study is aimed at two of the unprecedented features of the problem : that many of the effects will be far in the future , and that global warming will have a large effect on the size of the world 's population . |
| 17 | . Spanish wool is manufactured at this works and prepared for the weaver of broadcloth and Kerseymere ’ . |
| 18 | No systematic attempt is made at this point to resolve the many doubts about the details of Hocazade 's career , particularly the dates of his various appointments , since his career impinges on those of a number of Muftis and the conflicts are more appropriately discussed in detail where they arise in these contexts . |
| 19 | He was certainly not purporting to compile a representative list of ‘ extra-hazardous ’ activities — though one of the fundamental problems about Rylands v. Fletcher is perhaps that the law has never made up its mind whether the rule is aimed at such activities . |
| 20 | The elongated body of the scorpion is armed at one end with two powerful claws and at the other with a long tail terminating in a sting . |
| 21 | Ambition is encouraged at New College . |
| 22 | The 100MHz offering is rated at 101 SPECmarks ( 77 SPECint and 89 SPECfp ) , 200 MIPS and 44 MFLOPS . |
| 23 | When a march is organised at short notice , as much notice as practicable must be given . |
| 24 | Off shallow coasts , 90 per cent of white light is absorbed at 10 metres ( 33 feet ) depth , and only one per cent of white light penetrates below 40 metres ( 130 feet ) . |
| 25 | THis is because they contain special matting agents , which cause the varnishes to dry with an irregular surface , so that light is reflected at random angles . |
| 26 | The conclusion from these studies was that DNA binding by c-Jun is severely inhibited when this protein is phosphorylated at Ser-243 , Ser-249 , and either Thr-239 or Thr-231 . |
| 27 | In innervated muscle the nAChR protein is concentrated at neuromuscular junctions ( 14 ) , and the expression of its four subunits in mammalian muscle is regulated by muscle specific promoters ( 15–19 ) . |
| 28 | Since 1945 this figure is put at 12 million and we have recently seen dramatic examples of the same desperate remedy by the boat people of Vietnam and those escaping from Cuba . |
| 29 | Why do n't we first build buildings in the most economical and obvious way like people did in simpler times ? ’ , the talk is aimed at 15–18 year olds . |
| 30 | The kittens are certainly influenced by what their mother does , but there is no evidence that her action is directed at one specific behaviour , rather than simply providing them with an opportunity to behave generally with the victim . |