Example sentences of "is [verb] at an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welcome back : A young wild deer is recovering at an animal rescue centre after having a leg amputated . |
| 2 | If he is being moved onto a chair with fixed arms , the chair is placed at an angle of about 45° to the bed , and the patient 's foot which is nearer the chair is placed slightly forwards relative to the other . |
| 3 | So , even if the car is parked at an angle where the mercury switch is continuously closed , the timer will be allowed to operate providing the vehicle remains stationary . |
| 4 | The oblong inner is attached under the hexagonal shaped flysheet by elastic cords and toggles and is positioned at an angle to the flysheet doors . |
| 5 | If a garden design is turned at an angle to the boundaries then one helps to create a feeling of greater space by using those longer lines . |
| 6 | To do so will effectively set a precedent for other dischargers who will soon discover that McDonald 's is operating at an advantage . |
| 7 | Our simulation shows that such an object 's strength is exceeded at an altitude of 33km , giving maximum kinetic energy deposition to the atmosphere at 32km . |
| 8 | In a similar way a white colloidal cloud is produced at an anode made of certain materials . |
| 9 | If you let go of it before the fire button is released , the ball is kicked at an angle of about 20 degrees to the direction of travel — ideal for shots at goal . |
| 10 | However , with an old school desk whose lid is raised at an angle , an old glass oven door , and a table lamp minus shade , I 've made one for myself ! |
| 11 | However , with an old school desk whose lid is raised at an angle , an old glass oven door , and a table lamp minus shade , I 've made one for myself ! |
| 12 | As I have explained , in such a case the adoption of the literal meaning of the statutory words would lead to a result whereby the taxpayer is assessed at an amount greater than that charged by the employer to the public for the same service . |
| 13 | At 6km ( 3 ½miles ) the straggling village of Goldiwil is reached at an altitude of 1,000m ( 3,280ft ) . |
| 14 | I experimented for a while with rudders on drifters , working on the principles of sailing crafts where the vane ( sail ) is set at an angle to the rudder ( submerged stem section ) so that although the wind would blow the vane at the same angle the offset rudder would make the float cut across the surface carrying it out into the lake even though the wind blew along the bank . |
| 15 | However , in practice there is always some degree of error , which increases if the text is printed at an angle , or characters overlap , or an unknown font is used , and so on . |
| 16 | With a steel rule held firmly in position to guide a heavy-duty craft knife which is held at an angle , make a clean , bevelled cut between the pin holes to create the window . |
| 17 | Suppose that the orbital radii are rx and rG for Cygnus X-1 and the blue supergiant respectively , and that the normal to the orbital plane is tilted at an angle i with respect to our line of sight . |