Example sentences of "be [verb] at [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year the grant has been frozen at last year 's level , with no uprating for inflation . |
| 2 | Director of public relations , Linda Moore says : ‘ Rates are pegged at last year 's prices for most holidays , with special interests up slightly , but not as a result of the Directive . |
| 3 | She had that envelope out again , the one that his Dad had been looking at last night . |
| 4 | It seems to me that they are describing at first hand a world made up of physical materials similar to those which we can see and touch , with an invisible ( to most of us ) non-material life force much like the ether superimposed on it and within it . |
| 5 | The door appears to have been entered at first floor level . |
| 6 | Now they 're going to be pegged at last year 's level . |
| 7 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 8 | And remember , although it 's a ‘ valve ’ preamp it 's not an ‘ all-valve ’ preamp like the Mesa Boogie TriAxis ( which we will be looking at next month ) . |
| 9 | People were already tending to ignore these very works we 're looking at , theomonoism we 'll be looking at next week , gon na tell us about that , are n't you . |
| 10 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 11 | RANDOM drug testing will be introduced at next year 's world championships . |
| 12 | New records are expected to be set at next year 's Olympics , where speed skiers will possibly exceed 150mph . |
| 13 | In theory , new commercial catch quotas could be set at next year 's meeting in Tokyo under a " revised management procedure " ( RMP ) , although any such decision might be so hedged around with qualifications as to make it impossible to fulfil . |
| 14 | Parish council chairman Douglas Steward said the petition would be discussed at next week 's meeting . |
| 15 | Their decision will be discussed at next month 's Scottish Amateur Swimming Association council meeting . |
| 16 | A warrant may be issued at first instance if the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that a summons is unlikely to secure the attendance of a reluctant witness ( MCA 1980 , s97(2) ) . |
| 17 | They agreed on a procedure which will be debated at next week 's TUC conference in Blackpool . |
| 18 | ( It will be found in Volume I of Hume 's Treatise which should be read at first hand , as we are not trying to do it any justice here . ) |
| 19 | Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence . |
| 20 | As archbishop , his only quotations from Lanfranc 's collection of Canon Law seem to have been taken at second hand from a treatise of his friend Gilbert Crispin ; then too , as on the earlier occasion , his quotations were introduced only to reinforce a conclusion which he had already reached . |
| 21 | Restrictive measures have been directed at Third World manufacturers whose electronic and electrical products , garments , shoes , toys , sporting and household goods were said to be unfairly flooding vulnerable First World markets . |
| 22 | Third party claims were considered at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 23 | As far as the police part of the Bill is concerned , the er Government er under considerable pressure from erm er er members on their own side er as well as from these benches , have made the er very welcome concession that the chairman of a police authority shall no longer be appointed er by the Secretary of State , by the Home Secretary , but elected from among the members of the police authority er they have also made provision that the er er er i in response to the er criticisms that were made at second reading that the size of the p of a police authority shall no longer be limited to er sixteen members but could er by er order of the Secretary of State be extended to er twenty er er er twenty-four members . |
| 24 | In New York , where he will exhibit with new dealer , Jay Gorney , in the autumn , he has attracted much attention for his ‘ Restraints ’ and ‘ Workbenches ’ which were shown at last year 's Whitney Biennial . |
| 25 | That 's why a number of clubs were represented at last night 's reserve game against Coventry . |
| 26 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 27 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 28 | What has now come to light , however , from the archives in Washington of Alexander Kirk 's office at AFHQ , are the notes of the conclusions of a " series of conferences " which were held at Eighth Army main HQ on 26–27 May [ KP 269 ] . |
| 29 | Every other committee , or part of this county council has , with the exception of probation service which we did today , social services and libraries which we did at budget revue , have been funded at last year 's cash limit plus one and a half percent . |
| 30 | Er , I should also re , remind you so my brief informs me , of the no smoking rule , which was adopted at last year 's er , A G M , and which means there 's no smoking er , in this room at any rate , and certainly not during the meeting . |