Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community . |
| 2 | I think that the bill which we first saw may well not be the bill that is eventually produced at the end of the day . |
| 3 | The strict settlement method is rarely used at the present day . |
| 4 | That to the bottom left is badly drawn at the base , the foot is crooked and the gadroons are smaller at the left than to the right . |
| 5 | Gorbad is badly wounded at the Battle of Grunberg , but the battle is won and the Empire army flees back to Altdorf . |
| 6 | At girls ' puberty rituals the novice , folded in a blanket , is gently placed at the roots of a slender mudyi sapling . |
| 7 | Ms Davis is highly regarded at the Metropolitan Police 's forensic science laboratory . |
| 8 | Girls do not gain the same level of formal qualifications as do boys , and the gap is especially marked at the upper levels of education , in the universities . |
| 9 | There is never a moment when Dustin gets as worried as Gary Cooper in High Noon , although , like Cooper , he has to cope singlehandedly with a number of killers , and is only saved at the final moment when his wife blasts the last opponent with a shotgun . |
| 10 | If the application to amend is only made at the hearing , if it will prejudice the opposing party , especially if it shifts the burden of proof it may be disallowed ( see Emin v Mustapha ( 1982 ) The Times , 24 October ) . |
| 11 | The child also needs to learn that food is only offered at the table or in the high-chair . |
| 12 | Yes , it 's Fair Week all right , but the fair is only celebrated at the weekends now , when they sell the horses . |
| 13 | However , for all the splendours of the Monument Valley scenery and Fonda 's tight-lipped moral integrity , there is a downside to his crusade , which is only won at the cost of the lives of two of his brothers and involves the death of Doc Holliday ( Victor Mature ) , a noble outlaw who gets washed away by bullets and consumption along with the bad elements . |
| 14 | The failure to produce one is naturally laid at the door of the government which has progressively weakened regional strategic planning over the past ten years , but it is also undeniable that any large scale infrastructure programme would produce massive public opposition . |
| 15 | erm there was a time , for instance , when we had members of parliament who were gentlemen of means , perhaps , and who did not need to draw salaries , erm and it was erm perhaps a gentleman amateur job , but it 's all changed totally now and now we recognise that erm to be a national politician is a career and erm it is a career which is perhaps rewarded at the going rate . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's already ruined at the moment . |
| 17 | An exhibition 's already started at the library and tomorrow evening , a Vera Lynn look-alike and a sound-alike will be visiting the library with a fifty piece band . |
| 18 | This is generally observed at the first meeting and to a somewhat lesser extent at subsequent meetings . |
| 19 | The use of a shifting viewpoint spreads out the seated figure with the result that the genital area is prominently positioned at the centre of the canvas . |
| 20 | The separation of the two opposing alliances in Ireland is thus replicated at the level of schooling . |
| 21 | In Mark and Luke , the betrayer is not named at the Last Supper itself . |
| 22 | If the employment contract is not renewed at the end of the 2 year period benefit should not be paid as the policy wordings exclude ‘ unemployment which arises at the normal termination date of a fixed term contract ’ . |
| 23 | You are further required as a condition of this appointment to accept that if the appointment is not renewed at the end of the period referred to then you would not be entitled to claim any redundancy payment under the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 or under any analogous provisions , should your appointment not be renewed at the end of the period referred to . |
| 24 | But if the first speaker is not seated at the top table there may be a pause while he walks to the microphone . |
| 25 | ( 11 ) If a licensing board is not elected at the time at which it ought to be elected , or an insufficient number of members is elected for a board , the Secretary of State may by order provide for the holding of an election or elections for supplying such fault or deficiency in election at such times and in such manner as he may think expedient . |
| 26 | Abnormal development may occur if a protein is not made at the right time or place , or the protein is defective or if too little or too much is made . |
| 27 | Rather unexpectedly , the lighthouse is not situated at the far extremity of the headland , the Point of Stoer , but two miles short on the west side . |
| 28 | If the diagnosis of pyloric stenosis is not confirmed at the first test feed the examination can be repeated or imaging performed . |
| 29 | If the polyester , carbon-impregnated , pad which is used for adsorption of liquid and gaseous impurities is not replaced at the recommended interval of two weeks , due to the fine membrane of the pad clogging , the pump may find difficulty in drawing water through the filter and start to vibrate . |
| 30 | Oxford University yesterday stated emphatically that a zoologist called Dr John Baker , quoted in the letter , is not employed at the university . |