Example sentences of "is [verb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 7.2.3 For elderly people , the proposals appear to overlook the difficulties which they may face if , for instance , the contract for cataracts or hip replacements is placed at a hospital some distance away . |
| 2 | Rail transport is placed at a disadvantage in Britain . |
| 3 | If kung fu kicks are to be effective , they must be delivered from the correct distance : if a kick falls short because it is badly timed , the kicker is placed at a disadvantage . |
| 4 | Conclusion : so far , the economy is contracting at a pace that is remarkably similar to America 's two deepest post-war recessions . |
| 5 | But it was the remorse of youth — intense , yet so shallow its depth is plumbed at a glance . |
| 6 | THAT ingenious Ulsterman , the late Harry Ferguson , is recalled at a lecture in Carrickfergus tonight . |
| 7 | ‘ My future is in Australia and I hope to get fixed up before the start of their new season next March , ’ said the 21-year-old Hull KR centre who is listed at a club record £180,000 . |
| 8 | It was known from collocation studies ( see Chapter 4 ) that the information from co-occurrence relations is optimised at a distance of four words , so the window size was provisionally set at this distance . |
| 9 | It is known from studies of collocations that the information derived from co-occurrence information is optimised at a distance of four words . |
| 10 | Because only one record is examined at a time , it is possible to test the descriptors against very complex Boolean conditions , expressed in terms of the descriptors desired by the user , to obtain a match . |
| 11 | Most , however , had earned remission , which is given at a rate of five days per month , so long as the prisoner works to a satisfactory standard . |
| 12 | You need to ask not only whether the actual care is specifically designed for that individual , but also whether it is given at a time that is chosen to suit the person , and possibly family and friends who may be involved . |
| 13 | If the tenant is let into possession or the lease is completed at a time that makes this inconvenient , the commencement date should be back-dated to a convenient date . |
| 14 | Even if the Sun is shrinking at a rate of merely 0–01 per cent per century it would totally disappear in a million years ; and it would have been twice its present size a million years ago . |
| 15 | or anything like that and I will make the point that it is targeted at a sector of the economy and the workforce , it is not the whole economy and not the whole workforce . |
| 16 | Moreover , this is occurring at a time when few resources are available to enable them to deal with increased numbers . |
| 17 | If the bank bond is trading at a discount to the government bond of more than 5.61 ( YTM of more than 1.14 per cent ) , then the bank bond is cheap relative to the government bond . |
| 18 | The pull-out torque is maximised at a supply angular frequency when the switching angle is set to its optimum value : ( Acarnley and Gibbons , 1982 ; Tal , 1982 ) . |
| 19 | The " ko " part announces ownership of a territory and is emitted at a frequency which other males can hear . |
| 20 | A property it acquired many years ago is carried at a valuation . |
| 21 | An Olympic walker uses more energy than a jogger moving at the same speed , because he is walking at a speed where his muscles would use less energy if they were operating a spring than if moving a pendulum . |
| 22 | A final decision on the details of the EC 's own contribution is expected at a meeting of EC finance ministers in Luxembourg next week . |
| 23 | The boundary between the core and the mantle is very sharp and is located at a depth of about 2900 km . |
| 24 | Theirs are the more menial chores in Hell — the fetching and carrying of water , for instance — and their reward is to suckle at a witch 's nipples . |
| 25 | And yet this is happening at a moment when the leaders in question stand exceptionally low in public esteem . |
| 26 | Nobody in marketing is looking at a plus or minus two per cent — they 're looking at trends in the longer term . ’ |
| 27 | The ad people know that girls are watching and that they can attract them and form their ideas by making the girl associate their product with a particular image — so that when she is looking at a hair gel in a chemist 's , that will conjure up for her the image of the model used to advertise it , and make her want to look that way herself , and want to buy it . |
| 28 | Moreover , the cross-curricular Working Party which is looking at a variety of themes including Economic Awareness , will also make demands on the support of the local business community . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , the three pioneers are readying themselves for a surge of interest : Marcos has appointed its Coventry engine supplier , JE Engineering , as its first distributor , Westfield is looking at a trio of dealers and Caterham plans to appoint half a dozen Rover distributors as service agents for the K-series engine that will power its first ‘ turn-key ’ car . |
| 30 | Sometimes there are the most startling surprises when we come to realise how someone else is looking at a situation which , to us , could only be perceived in one way . |