Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because students from other parts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland are joined at each of the four campuses by a growing number of overseas students , reflecting the reputation of Northern Ireland for offering warm hospitality to its visitors and the tradition of the University of Ulster as a host to students from other countries . |
| 2 | Three women are plucked at random from their seats by the great Dame 's magic purple possum plucker to nose around someone 's house . |
| 3 | Other aspects are looked at such as packaging food and irradiation interactions . |
| 4 | Old prejudices die hard and it is only very recently that chapels have been noticed at all in guide books or architectural histories . |
| 5 | It had been made at one of those long , heart-searching breakfast conversations over pancakes and imported Vermont maple syrup . |
| 6 | The 60MHz Pentium has been rated at 58.3 in the SPECint92 integer performance rating and 52.2 in the SPECfp92 floating-point rating . |
| 7 | The 60MHz Pentium has been rated at 58.3 in the SPECint92 integer performance rating and 52.2 in the SPECfp92 floating-point rating . |
| 8 | He had not been seen at all at his office . |
| 9 | The opposition thoughtfully provided a batting line-up of stroke-playing dashers , and bowlers that could easily have been selected at random from a passing Delhi omnibus . |
| 10 | The spins of the two protons are measured along axes which for each proton on each occasion are selected at random from the possible choices unc Sometimes both protons have their spins measured in the same directions ( both o , say ) , sometimes they are in different directions ( one A one y , say ) . |
| 11 | From Assumptions 1–5 in Section 2 , the expected utility of a union member can be written as Here represents the employment probability and represents the probability of being unemployed , where workers are selected at random from the entire pool of workers in the sector ( because the closed shop is not legal ) . |
| 12 | The depletion rate over the US has been measured at 4 to 5 per cent since 1978 . |
| 13 | The main tube has to run freely while suspended on the kiteline , so pulleys are used at each of its ends . |
| 14 | The most surprising feature of the laminated sediments of the eastern equatorial Pacific is that they are preserved at all in such widespread oxygenated deep sea environments . |
| 15 | Will he confirm that the inquiry will be wide ranging and will pay close attention not only to the environmental impact of the proposed lines but to whether they are needed at all for the national grid to meet its licence standards ? |
| 16 | A meeting had been called at one of the local schools , another in a series of as yet fruitless attempts to persuade businesses not to abandon the area to inner-city rot . |
| 17 | These images build up into stereotypes ; generalizations about what is to be expected of older people , which are based at best on partial information rather than the full diversity of their real lives . |
| 18 | June 28 : Douglas DC–6B YU–AFF is now reported not to have been damaged at all during the fighting at Ljubljana Airport . |
| 19 | The sums on the invoice are incorrect : this has been cleared with the Hilton and the sum owing has been settled at 592 in total . |
| 20 | If he has been known at all to movie-goers thus far , it 's been as Spike Lee 's cinematographer : even when Lee 's brashness caused you to squirm in your seat , you still have something pretty marvellous to look at , and that 's Ernest Dickerson 's work . |
| 21 | Nowadays the mid-1950s rock craze seems to provoke nothing more than a nostalgic chuckle , and when the original Teds are remembered at all within the contemporary preoccupation with hooliganism it is as something quaint and remarkably innocent . |
| 22 | So I naturally had to bear in mind the possibility that the jewel had not been stolen at all by any outside party , but ‘ caused to disappear ’ , let us say , by the Strattons themselves . |
| 23 | Her voice could be heard at three in the morning at the Gargoyle solemnly announcing to Minton , ‘ We Capricorns must stick together . ’ |
| 24 | Give Way signs are to be erected at one of Darlington 's most dangerous junctions the intersection of Willow Road and Pierremont Road . |
| 25 | The angle or curvature of the lines is controlled by ‘ handles ’ that can be manipulated at each of the anchor points . |
| 26 | Solicitors are not permitted to enter into an agreement with their clients that purports to exclude their liability for professional misconduct ( which extends to professional negligence ) though subject to the following rules liability can be limited by contract : ( 1 ) liability may not be limited below the minimum level of cover afforded under the Indemnity Fund ; ( 2 ) liability can not be limited at all for fraud or reckless disregard of professional obligations ; ( 3 ) s60(5) of the Solicitors Act avoids any provision in a contentious business agreement purporting to exclude the liability of a solicitor for negligence or to relieve him of his professional responsibilities ; ( 4 ) ss2(2) and 11(4) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 will apply to agreements between solicitors and their clients to ensure that limited liability provisions which do not fall foul of any other rule comply with the essential requirement of reasonableness . |
| 27 | Their culture was not to be considered at all in the constitution . |
| 28 | Equipment could be located at any of the existing restaurants without serious dislocation or additional expense . |
| 29 | Complexity of structure can be located at any of these points . |
| 30 | These Viking activities and Frankish responses to them will be looked at later in this book . |