Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its date is uncertain but is thought to have been about 9Myr , and it is placed at this date on the phylogeny in Box 3 ( identified as SH ) . |
| 2 | Particular emphasis is placed at this point on the distinction between issue-oriented and issueless riots , the latter tending to occur in the absence of any justificatory rationale ( Marx , 1972 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is an approach which is developed at some length by Professor Ronald H. Preston . |
| 5 | Although they admit some doubt as to the exact mode of formation , King and Williams suggest that a swash bar is formed at low tide , that this bar is overrun by the tide , which produces a series of similar swash bars as it advances up the beach . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think it 's taught at medical school . |
| 7 | The village is punctuated at each end by the tower of a windmill . |
| 8 | On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all . |
| 9 | The mouth of the Loire has a submerged delta of this type , the two distributary channels being near the land on either side and separated by a mass of sediment some of which is exposed at low tide as banks in mid-estuary . |
| 10 | Sometimes research is undertaken at this stage to find out why and how the product is bought . |
| 11 | The two types of mirror look much the same after being buried for centuries , but when the microstructure is examined at high magnification , as in Figures 5.15e and f , it is possible to distinguish between tinned bronze and the high-tin alloy . |
| 12 | In fact , the sound is heard at any time when two cats are fighting and may have nothing whatever to do with sexual encounters . |
| 13 | Difficulties will emerge later unless considerable thought is given at this stage to the appropriate range of skills required and the consequent problems of interdisciplinary communication . |
| 14 | No date of hearing is given at this stage . |
| 15 | Sun Microsystems Inc worshipper Integrix Inc , based somewhere in darkest California , has come up with a new keyboard called the S5+ that incorporates the functionality of Sun 's new Type 5 but can also be used with all Suns , Sun-compatibles and personal computers : it is targeted at mixed computer environments and X terminals and it requires no special device drivers . |
| 16 | It is targeted at mixed computer environments and X terminals and requires no special device drivers . |
| 17 | Protocol I is targeted at Distant Water Fishing Nations , Protocol II to Pacific Rim States . |
| 18 | As such , it is targeted at private use within organisations . |
| 19 | and the head or whoever it is is committed at that time to be taking the rest of the year so they can profile . |
| 20 | Choice of topic to be studied Some of the reasons why researchers choose their topics have been discussed on p. 11 , and this issue is considered at greater length in chapter 6 . |
| 21 | VHS hi-fi stereo sound , unlike VHS mono , is encoded at high speed along with the picture signals in the same way as Video 8 hi-fi , and hence has the same high standard of audio quality . |
| 22 | If bentonite , a fining agent , is added at this stage , it improves protein stability and reduces the risk of spoilage from the sedimented waste . |
| 23 | When a march is organised at short notice , as much notice as practicable must be given . |
| 24 | It represents Padmapani holding a blue lotus , and is located at one side of a cell entrance . |
| 25 | Object Design ( UK ) Ltd is located at 604 Delta Business Park , Welton Road , Swindon , Wiltshire , SN5 7XF ’ . |
| 26 | It is included at this point on the grounds that its central focus is on the meanings and understandings that people use to make sense of their everyday lives . |
| 27 | The only fault which can be levelled at this production is its brevity in comparison with its cinema counterpart Shirley 's Greek idyll is compressed at break-neck speed into a second half which lasts less than 45 minutes . |
| 28 | If the spinal cord is severed at any point , it will be evident that the messages can not get through and this is just what does happen in cases of severe spinal injury etc . |
| 29 | If solid carbon dioxide ( dry ice ) is warmed at one atmosphere it sublimes at 195 K ( -78°C ) . |
| 30 | Minton is said at this time to have destroyed some of the erotic drawings which he had begun making after seeing those by Fuseli which Wan Ross had acquired from Ruthven Todd . |