Example sentences of "be [verb] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its nostrils are placed at the ends of two extremities that grow out from the side of its head . |
| 2 | Clearly , there could be no element of surprise , and although the rebel advance had been rapid until then , it had effectively been halted at the gates of Madrid . |
| 3 | Herr Kohl 's coalition has also been punished at the polls . |
| 4 | Breeze had been gazing at the lights for so long that she was quite dazzled . |
| 5 | Hair has been tonged at the ends for this great look by Paul Houghton from the Level salon |
| 6 | Earlier his flatmate Mark Hodges had been interviewed at the police station about alleged deception . |
| 7 | If the I test is failed by 30 or more , both arms are severed at the elbows . |
| 8 | The lead managers of all Heron 's bonds are to meet at the offices of Credit Suisse in Zurich on Monday to plan a concerted response after hearing outline proposals from the company in London last Friday . |
| 9 | The extra time and support that are necessary ( a ) to perform jobs that are pressing at the limits of personal and material resources , and ( b ) to invest in learning how to do them better , or to assemble additional resources , so that the time taken to perform them is reduced , are not available . |
| 10 | An attempted raid was also been reported at a solicitors office in Horsemarket . |
| 11 | Initially mutual recognition has been targeted at the professions and holders of higher level qualifications . |
| 12 | Four point charges of equal magnitude are located at the corners of a square as shown in Fig. 2.42 . |
| 13 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 14 | Congress , our laws are weakened at the Tories request , and recent announcements that the public funding of trade union education is to be stopped has even brought a c cry of outrage from the Health and Safety Executive . |
| 15 | The department monitors the inmate population , offences against prison rules and the penalties awarded ; it assists management in determining security grades and in assessments on life sentence prisoners ; and it has been looking at the structures of meetings , the effectiveness of communications and the problems of stress in staff . |
| 16 | The faint-object camera has also been looking at the remnants of the supernova which excited astronomers in 1987 . |
| 17 | The tank provides what is known as a ‘ restricted environment ’ and researchers have been looking at the benefits of Restricted Environment Stimulation therapy ( known as REST ) for almost 30 years . |
| 18 | The intelligent amongst us have already been looking at the questions on page forty seven and realizing that despite the weirdness of the sound of this music there are some quite direct things that can be asked . |
| 19 | Not a classic illustration of the thesis of Aggleton and colleagues , who have been looking at the lifespans of cricketers and report a two-year gap in favour of right-handers , much of it ascribable to fewer deaths in accidents or in war . |
| 20 | been looking at the numbers . |
| 21 | ‘ We have been looking at the pictures of James and we are really upset because there is such a likeness . ’ |
| 22 | I have been looking at the wares offered at spring seminars by the Folger Institute , a consortium of 29 universities , with Yale and Princeton in , but Harvard out . |
| 23 | I 've been looking at the knives again . |
| 24 | In this chapter we have been looking at the details of the division of labour to which Ella was referring . |
| 25 | The act must have been done at the promisors ’ request : the parties must have understood that the act was to be remunerated either by a payment or the conferment of some other benefit : and payment , or the conferment of a benefit , must have been legally enforceable had it been promised in advance . |
| 26 | Q When I am looking at the ingredients in a hair product what should I be looking for to identify it as a quality product ? |
| 27 | Again , the same question may be asked as that which I have asked in relation to Schüssler Fiorenza 's work : given that in every age women have been mistreated at the hands of men , how much do present-day women really have in common with biblical women ? |
| 28 | In sCD2 the equivalent β- bulges are positioned at the ends of the CC' and FG loops , thus limiting the extent of the twist , and these loop regions are no longer of similar lengths ( Fig.4 b ) . |
| 29 | Made up in a bouquet of floral-design remnants , they are secured at the corners with a bow . |
| 30 | I think we are looking at the advantages and disadvantages of erm various types of problems that might occur . |