Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ten l.e.d.s concerned here are placed at various positions in the ‘ field ’ , each representing a number of runs or a no-score , plus a couple which may lead to a catch or an appeal for lbw . |
| 2 | Touch-operated computer terminals are placed at strategic points allowing us , quite literally , to have the ancient world at our fingertips . |
| 3 | These calculations allowed for £2.1 million to be made available for further community developments in Riverside to follow the closure ( all these figures are given at 1986 prices ) . |
| 4 | It is very popular with the Milanese , and the seats around it are filled at most times of the day . |
| 5 | The equivalent life therefore takes into account the fact that the redemption payments are received at different times . |
| 6 | Basalts are the rocks which are formed at mid-ocean ridges , and which make up the entire oceanic crust . |
| 7 | Taxi ranks are situated at convenient locations in the town centre . |
| 8 | About three-quarters of the judges are educated at public schools and Oxford or Cambridge , but there are also other factors that reinforce their exclusiveness : their socialization into the legal life via their training as barristers ( that is those entitled to appear in the higher courts ) and the need to demonstrate professional competence in order to ‘ take silk ’ , that is become a Queen 's Counsel and thus gain themselves a place among the elite of barristers from whom judges are chosen . |
| 9 | Every quarterly club meeting turns into a very pleasant ‘ social event ’ with wine and nibbles and subsidised trips are organised at frequent intervals ( but not always to do with knitting ) for added interest . |
| 10 | We found , however , that these patterns are modified at later stages when a new domain of Krox-20 emerges in r3 ( Fig. 3i , j , i' , j' ) . |
| 11 | The chips are targeted at embedded controls , portable and desktop computers , high-end fault-tolerant machines and supercomputers . |
| 12 | They are targeted at professional users , multimedia and natural data applications , and will be available in Europe from April 5 , though two weeks earlier in the UK . |
| 13 | Even if introns from different species are located at identical sites within genes , there may or may not be an intronic ORF present . |
| 14 | It is no coincidence that a number of smaller mints are located at royal estate-centres , and there was one quite important mint at the palace — that is , within the king 's peripatetic household . |
| 15 | They guarantee you a known minimum cash fund and/or pension on your retirement and , while the guaranteed amount is not usually very high , bonuses are added at regular intervals , according to how the investments in the fund perform . |
| 16 | The conditions are exhibited at all sites and a copy is available on request . |
| 17 | Computers , by comparison , respond to signals that are in binary form , which means they are transmitted at two levels only . |
| 18 | If you get a chance , watch how things are done at professional yards , where time really does mean money . |
| 19 | In case of trouble when handling prisoners , alarms are positioned at strategic points around the prison . |
| 20 | It has two vertical rows of three teeth and these are positioned at right angles to the shank , to give maximum leverage in use . |
| 21 | ( e ) That , when a subcontractor will be on site for an extensive period , detailed interim accounts are prepared at monthly intervals . |
| 22 | Institute regulations require that certificates for new members are presented at Divisional Meetings ( with the exception of members overseas ) , to enable them to meet socially and hopefully to take an active part in Divisional affairs . |
| 23 | Taxes are collected at three levels of government in Yugoslavia : by the federal government , by the governments of the republics and provinces , and by the communes , including some multi-commune cities . |
| 24 | Such a con-flict is endemic when different policies are applied at different levels of government . |
| 25 | Opinions are sought at all levels and team-work training enhances management skills and customer service . |
| 26 | ‘ The Snowdon locomotive boilers are rated at 9.500 lbs per hour evaporation at 200 p.s.i . |
| 27 | The current Viking siblings are rated at 40 SPECmarks for the 33MHz processor and 50 SPECmarks for the 40MHz CPU . |
| 28 | The 400 can be configured with a theoretical 64 CPUs — though linear performance gains are curtailed at 28 processors , and the largest installed machine runs only eight 68040s ( downsized from 16 68030s ) . |
| 29 | It should be stressed that the boundaries of one scientific discipline very often overlap those of another and advances are made at these boundaries rather than at the centre . |
| 30 | The Firm uses a few muscle-brains in the Middle East and so on , but they 're employed at several removes and a lot 's done to make sure they stay overseas . |