Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two doses of vaccine are given at an interval of four weeks and , in order to allow a high level of immunity to develop , vaccinated calves should be protected from challenge until two weeks after their second dose . |
| 2 | Some of the vines are planted up to 180 metres , but most are grown at an altitude of between 140 and 160 metres on full south-facing slopes . |
| 3 | If goods are sold at an auction to someone who has been a party to such an agreement to abstain from bidding , then the seller can rescind the contract . |
| 4 | Shop fittings which were worth £3,000 and had been bought at an auction by Transom Trading for only £1,500 prior to opening the shop in August 1991 . |
| 5 | A Racomitrium -rich prostrate Calluna heath has , however , been noted at an altitude of only 200 m on Mullach an Reidhachd , North Harris ( NB090143 ) ( Brown 1986 ) . |
| 6 | Disc harrows consisting of gangs of concave steel discs are dragged at an angle to the line of draught . |
| 7 | For the same reason these last two chairs are not turned to face the rest of the group : they have been set at an angle , obliquely oriented towards the open-work balustrade and the hillside opposite . |
| 8 | A man might be sacked at an hour 's notice , perhaps after giving years of service , yet received no compensation , no redundancy payment . |
| 9 | Relatives of seven mental patients who died after being discharged from hospital have been told that they WILL after all be consulted at an inquiry into the deaths . |
| 10 | New proposals aimed at encouraging parents to take up teaching are expected to be criticized at an education meeting in Nottinghamshire today . |
| 11 | Proposals from the Professional Footballers Association that former players should be promoted more quickly will be considered at an FA referees ' committee meeting on December 19 . |
| 12 | Proposals from the Professional Footballers Association that former players should be promoted more quickly will be considered at an FA referees ' committee meeting on December 19 . |
| 13 | The change would be made at an emergency general meeting in North Wales on September 19 . |
| 14 | Fishing tackle once used by wartime Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is to be sold at an auction . |
| 15 | On April 9 , however , within hours of the interest agreement being signed in New York , IDB president Enrique Iglesias announced that the new loan would be approved at an IDB board meeting later that month . |
| 16 | In Edinburgh this week , the moral issues raised by genetic engineering — ranging from work on human genes to developing non-softening tomatoes — are to be raised at an event sponsored by the Church of Scotland . |
| 17 | On a mortiser it is possible to tilt the piece to be mortised at an angle ; the same angled mortise can be produced by drilling out with a drill bit , and then cleaning up with a chisel . |
| 18 | Second , each record can be stored at an address that is directly related to its key , e.g. at the address which is the same as the key ( record 20 in address 20 and so on ) . |
| 19 | When a record can not be placed in its home position , it must be stored at an address that can be located quickly . |
| 20 | Where steps are built out in front of a retaining wall , much more work is involved , because the weight will not be spread at an angle along the underside of the steps , but will be concentrated on the earth directly below the steps . |
| 21 | The Companies Act 1985 does not specify in detail the business to be transacted at an AGM but it will normally include : |
| 22 | The iron can also be held at an angle for a more intense jet of steam . |
| 23 | As with the side seat rails the mortises are cut at an angle into the legs . |
| 24 | Jarrad 's directors produced a copy of a special resolution , said to have been passed at an egm held by Jarrad on 20 October 1980 , which gave Jarrad power to grant the security . |
| 25 | Two Cameroonian journalists claimed they had been tortured at an army barracks and made to promise " not to write anything against President Biya " . |
| 26 | They varied between 20–60 hectares in size , were situated at an elevation of around 300m , and were in shallow stony soils . |
| 27 | Rollers were wound at an angle , spiralling hair around the curlers to give a firm pincurled result . |
| 28 | Have you ever had the experience of being met at an airport or a station by someone who did n't know you ? |
| 29 | After an uncomfortable night tossing about on board the steamer , on arrival Mrs Gould , her maid Mary , and the baby were lodged at an inn in Newcastle , while Gould took the opportunity of visiting some of the islands in the estuary . |
| 30 | Economic sanctions were agreed at an emergency EC meeting in Rome on Aug. 4 , which approved a statement condemning of Iraq , pledged to work for UN sanctions , and adopted with immediate effect an embargo on oil imports from Iraq and Kuwait , appropriate measures aimed at freezing Iraqi assets , an embargo on military sales to Iraq and the suspension of military , scientific and technical co-operation . |