Example sentences of "be [v-ing] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents still do n't know what course I am pursuing at a college of education . |
| 2 | The animals have been recovering at a wildlife sanctuary , and are now well enough to be moved into a purpose built set . |
| 3 | The animals had been recovering at a wildlife sanctuary , and were ready to go back into the wild . |
| 4 | As with chariots , when you are firing at a War Wagon with a stone thrower , or any other weapon which has a template to represent its effect , it is possible to hit the horses , the War Wagon , or the crew depending on the position of the template . |
| 5 | Closed Circuit Television cameras are appearing at a location near you — or , at least at the east end of Princes Street , Tollcross , Haymarket , St. John 's Road , Leith Walk and Quality Street . |
| 6 | ‘ Not only has Drayton Asia 's investment performance been disappointing , its share price has been trading at a discount to net asset value ranging from 26.8 per cent to 9.7 per cent during the year to 10 February . |
| 7 | The advice it received from the firm was to bring its loans up to date , in particular the $18m credit line it had given to UMF which , PW noted , had consistently been trading at a loss . |
| 8 | Rabbit has been trading at a loss — last year , net losses amounted to $2.6m , down from $3.3m losses in the previous year , on revenues down 20% at just under $7m ; for the first quarter of this year , losses were reduced to $248,000 , from $800,000 , on sales down 13% at $1.6m . |
| 9 | More importantly , any disclosures made in relation to this warranty will highlight fairly accurately whether the Business has been trading at a loss since the Balance Sheet Date — which if true might seriously affect the Purchaser 's willingness to buy the Business . |
| 10 | Each day 25 refugees are dying at a camp housing about 190,000 in Dollo on the Somali border , officials said , adding that , on March 17 alone , 55 people died there . |
| 11 | But few critics are laughing at a time when ex-Klansman David Duke is able seriously to contend the governorship of Louisiana . |
| 12 | In fact I have just been looking at a place in South Audley Street , not far from Mattli . |
| 13 | Freud may have been writing at a time of increasing urbanisation resulting from rapid industrialisation , but it is not at all clear that his work has any specifically ‘ urban ’ connotations . |
| 14 | I am looking at a photograph of an adult dunnock , so small in comparison to its monstrous foster-child that it has to perch on its back in order to feed it . |
| 15 | North sea operators are given dispensations , not only when there are equivalent or higher alternative arrangements in place but in some cases when it is well known to the authorities that the platforms are operating at a level that would not be allowed if they were completely new platforms . |
| 16 | says two of the collieries , and are operating at a loss . |
| 17 | Two of the mines , and are operating at a loss . |
| 18 | Answering questions at a meeting with foreign journalists , Mrs Thatcher said : ‘ We are looking at a scheme to have some people from Hong Kong , but it could n't be anything like the total number . ’ |
| 19 | We are looking at a cost of about five hundred pound for these , plus two hundred pound shipping charges , and we 're going to need four or five of them . |
| 20 | ‘ You look at McLaren 's face in the dressing room before a match and you know you are looking at a winner , ’ Roxburgh remarked . |
| 21 | I think the preamble the the the explanary explanatory text er with little two er indicates that really we are trying to address er erm a Greater York er dimension , that we are looking at a proposal er which meets the er development needs erm of Greater York over the period er that the contribution should be made through the new settlement . |
| 22 | I do think we 've got to bear in mind that when you are looking at a change does it apply to everybody . |
| 23 | Put another way , certain elements are common to the corporatist perspective on politics in the West , and so , although there are different schools of theory , it is possible to fuse some of these together in order to recognise that we are looking at a perspective that bears on interests and the state within the contemporary period of economic development . |
| 24 | he says two men are looking at a sunset , one of them is awed and humbled by the glory of the fiery clouds , and his heart is lifted up to God in gratitude and wonder . |
| 25 | He says that the council are looking at a number of options , the pool is being considered because it 's very costly to run . |
| 26 | ‘ We are looking at a number of exciting ideas from advertisers , it will be rather different . ’ |
| 27 | At its simplest we are looking at a sequence of events . |
| 28 | You are looking at a woman who has survived Europe , South America and East Africa — entirely without a maid . |
| 29 | We are looking at a saving of £306 on our cheapest model , the Civic 1.3 DX , and a £1,991 saving on our most expensive model , the NSX . ’ |
| 30 | Well when , when you are looking at a planning application , Mr Chairman , you can only look at planning matters . |