Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tilda , who had been vexed at missing the actual shipwreck , went straight down to Willis 's cabin to ask him if he would draw her a picture of it . |
| 2 | First of all ‘ society ’ , as distinct from the State , had to be isolated and analysed , and secondly an attempt had to be made at understanding the evolution of society , since only then would it be possible to understand under what circumstances the State evolved and what its historical significance was . |
| 3 | For example , if language difficulties identified from an assessment can be described in terms of a functional analysis , and an environmental deficit , remedial procedures might be directed at rearranging the contingencies in the child 's natural environment . |
| 4 | Fairly obviously , your recommendations should be aimed at correcting the weaknesses you have identified . |
| 5 | These would be aimed at ensuring the blockade of all land , air and sea points of entry [ see pp. 39041 ; 39084 ] . |
| 6 | The proposal , put forward by the Inter-American Development Bank ( IADB ) , appears to be aimed at defusing the strong US opposition on environmental grounds to the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) between Canada , Mexico and the United States . |
| 7 | The first part of this work will accordingly be aimed at elucidating the totality of Nizan 's experience as a communist writer/intellectual in the political and historical context of interwar French society . |
| 8 | Currently much effort is being directed at understanding the organizational processes of questioning and debate which such audits should stimulate rather than seeing the problem in terms of administrative techniques alone . |
| 9 | Much of the International 's efforts were directed at reinforcing the resolution of European socialists not to go to war with each other . |
| 10 | By the time you were four and old enough to go to school you were practised at enticing the dogs in to be fed , undetected . |
| 11 | Russian colonial policies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were aimed at maximizing the income of the state by the subjection of aboriginal peoples to fur tribute . |
| 12 | Elaborate pricing mechanisms — the K-factors and all the rest — were set up by the government before the sell-off ; they were aimed at helping the industry , which had long been a victim of under-investment , to pay for a capital-spending programme of at least £18 billion over the next decade . |
| 13 | It does seem likely , however , that after Valens jurists would not have reverted to a negative interpretation , for various interpretative principles were settled in the course of the development of the Roman law of succession , and many of them were aimed at determining the meaning of dispositions in which the testator had left an important point undetermined . |
| 14 | He said that the government 's actions were aimed at bringing the two states closer and promoting integration . |
| 15 | Many of the proposals for re-establishing full employment in the aftermath of the 1979–81 recession were aimed at increasing the level of demand in the economy . |
| 16 | New fisheries legislation which changed the basis for regulation of Greenland 's shrimp fisheries and attached quasi-property rights to licences to fish were introduced in 1990/91 , and were aimed at tackling the industry 's problems . |
| 17 | Primary or public health standards were aimed at protecting the most susceptible part of the population from adverse effects , with an adequate margin of safety being included , while the more stringent secondary standards were aimed at protecting public welfare , such as damage to vegetation , wildlife , materials , and so on . |
| 18 | The Praesidium , headed by President Gorbachev , said many of these laws were aimed at strengthening the ‘ economic and political independence and ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens ’ . |
| 19 | The Praesidium , headed by President Gorbachev , said many of these laws were aimed at strengthening the ‘ economic and political independence and ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens ’ . |
| 20 | Specific recommendations were aimed at strengthening the police , in manpower , efficiency and pay , and speeding up the process of amalgamating local forces . |
| 21 | The work is targeted at identifying the fundamental mechanisms governing dermal penetration of chemicals and developing predictive mathematical models . |
| 22 | Turning now to antitrust policy , a major difference among advanced industrial countries in respect of their policy towards collusion lies in whether collusion is in most instances per se illegal , as in the US , or whether attention is directed at appraising the results of collusive behaviour , as for example in the UK . |
| 23 | This exception is directed at rationalizing the British Leyland case and it allows for the fact that persons who buy items of equipment may need replacement parts in time and should be able to obtain spare parts in a free market at reasonable cost . |
| 24 | It should be noted , however , that the rationale for such an approach relates primarily to the ends and not the means of learning , and is directed at furthering the cause of cultural co-operation in Europe . |
| 25 | The FAOR methodology is directed at analysing the requirements of offices for information technology improvements , and the first Activity is to carry out an exploration of the chosen office domain , using the SSM as required . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the list of relevant topics is also seemingly endless , including : open classrooms ; democratic schools ; active and experiential learning ; children 's rights ; student councils ; and counter-hegemony , in which participation is directed at questioning the prevailing social order , social structure and power relations in society . |
| 27 | The major features of the present culture of teaching are seen to pose particular problems for curriculum policy , especially when this is directed at changing the delivery and organization of the curriculum . |
| 28 | Most people find life a mixture of nice and nasty experiences and behaviour is aimed at maximizing the nice experiences and minimizing the nasty ones . |
| 29 | The value of charity is twofold : it is aimed at helping the recipient , but it is also beneficial to the giver . |
| 30 | User development loop : moving out to wider trials and getting the most relevant feedback leading to more revision to ensure that the teaching unit can help to educate the unfamiliar user ( this revision of the unit is aimed at helping the users to develop the ability to realize the unit 's intentions ) . |