Example sentences of "it [be] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it been left at that , as she had originally been built , the Angelina , a typical example of the Tehandiri class , would not only have been striking but downright handsome . |
| 2 | It is very popular with the Milanese , and the seats around it are filled at most times of the day . |
| 3 | A ‘ god ’ which mankind can worship is in no way identical to that power which created the universe , if indeed it were created at all within humanity 's understanding of that word . |
| 4 | I asked to have one of the family present when I opened the safe but Gerald objects to it being opened at all without their solicitor being present . |
| 5 | POSC believes non object-oriented methods of integrating data can take weeks or months — if it 's done at all due to the complexity of what 's involved . |
| 6 | Try to keep the fried foods to a minimum , though unlike Western-style frying , it 's done at such a high temperature and so quickly that little fat actually penetrates the food . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think it 's taught at medical school . |
| 8 | This really helps you get to grips with the program , which is vital , given that it 's aimed at first timers and the documentation is n't the best in the world . |
| 9 | If it sounds like the opening words of an episode of Star Trek , that 's because it 's aimed at attracting schoolchildren to the world of science . |
| 10 | Edinburgh continues to stock Huckleberry Finn , on the grounds that it 's aimed at older readers , better able to understand the historical context . |
| 11 | Although oceanic crust is consumed at destructive plate margins at very nearly the same rate at which it is created at constructive plate margins , a small proportion of mantle material — perhaps only a few per cent — is involved in the generation of andesite magmas at destructive plate margins , and contributes to the volcanic rocks erupted at the surface . |
| 12 | It is balanced at this point , and each space to the right of " 0 " has a corresponding space , or partner , to the left of " 0 " . |
| 13 | If a waterproofing compound is to be added , it is done at this stage . |
| 14 | In practice you will probably be lucky if it is seen at all ! |
| 15 | This research forms an important part of the preparation and planning of any large commercial organization : it is conducted at several stages of the planning of a new product or service , and has reached a very high level of sophistication and accuracy . |
| 16 | If he is moving to a wheelchair with a removable arm , it is placed at right angles to the bed , and his feet remain level with each other . |
| 17 | Were it face-on to us , I suppose that binoculars would show the spiral ; it is a great pity that it is placed at such an unfavourable angle . |
| 18 | Its date is uncertain but is thought to have been about 9Myr , and it is placed at this date on the phylogeny in Box 3 ( identified as SH ) . |
| 19 | Propane alone requires stronger , and therefore heavier , containers as it is stored at higher pressure . |
| 20 | It is rated at 86,000 Xstones and is claimed to be $500 cheaper than comparable stations from Network Computing Devices Inc . |
| 21 | It is rated at 8,047 SPECrate — int92 and 10,600 SPECrate — fp92 in eight-way configurations. 20-way systems are due in November . |
| 22 | The JCC GlobalXM mono system uses a 25MHz R3000 with JCC-designed ASIC as an X-Server accelerator — it is rated at 120,000 Xstones. 17″ , 19″ and 21″ 1280 x 1024 monitors are supported . |
| 23 | Because it is written at first-year undergraduate level , many students could profit from this volume . |
| 24 | When these designs were published , it was remarked that ‘ the room as left by the builder before it is inhabited at all , is already more than half finished . ’ |
| 25 | It is replicated at other centres and units in district general hospitals providing neurological services throughout Britain . |
| 26 | Consequently , for She may own a Porsche , the following diagram can be proposed : The relation is the same for She may leave tomorrow except that the actualization of the infinitive 's event would be future ( if it is realized at all ) : The role of the modal auxiliaries is thus to specify the kind of potentiality which the potential event expressed by the infinitive has — possibility , probability , necessity , etc. — and the type of coincidence involved here is that between an event conceived as a potentiality and the form of potentiality which it is conceived as having , i.e. between two potentialities . |
| 27 | Today it is kept in the cathedral of Monza a little to the north-east of Milan , where it is displayed at certain times . |
| 28 | ‘ It is a drug used in medicine since 1935 and its serious side-effects are rare even when it is prescribed at high concentrations for long periods . |
| 29 | Carve one half so that it is mounded at one end and tapering at the other , to form the lid ( see illustration ) . |
| 30 | A children 's rubber balloon is a positive stressed skin structure of stable and lightweight volume form , provided it is maintained at constant relative pressure ratio and nobody sticks a pin in it . |