Example sentences of "is [verb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For small switching angles a high torque is developed at low speeds , so the system accelerates rapidly from rest , but the maximum speed is restricted . |
| 4 | ‘ We had 23,000 people seeing our exhibition in Osaka in six days , and of course Wordsworth is taught at Japanese universities . ’ |
| 5 | Although they admit some doubt as to the exact mode of formation , King and Williams suggest that a swash bar is formed at low tide , that this bar is overrun by the tide , which produces a series of similar swash bars as it advances up the beach . |
| 6 | Whenever he is stopped at military posts now , he produces his book and says , ‘ Look , these are all my friends who will protest if I am arrested again ’ . |
| 7 | Taking further tentative steps into the Unix arena , Software AG GmbH , Darmstadt , Germany , last week announced it will support IBM 's RS/6000 with its fourth generation development language Natural , and Adabas , its relational database management system , which it is targeting at on-line transaction processing solutions . |
| 8 | The mouth of the Loire has a submerged delta of this type , the two distributary channels being near the land on either side and separated by a mass of sediment some of which is exposed at low tide as banks in mid-estuary . |
| 9 | The two types of mirror look much the same after being buried for centuries , but when the microstructure is examined at high magnification , as in Figures 5.15e and f , it is possible to distinguish between tinned bronze and the high-tin alloy . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | Sun Microsystems Inc worshipper Integrix Inc , based somewhere in darkest California , has come up with a new keyboard called the S5+ that incorporates the functionality of Sun 's new Type 5 but can also be used with all Suns , Sun-compatibles and personal computers : it is targeted at mixed computer environments and X terminals and it requires no special device drivers . |
| 12 | It is targeted at mixed computer environments and X terminals and requires no special device drivers . |
| 13 | Protocol I is targeted at Distant Water Fishing Nations , Protocol II to Pacific Rim States . |
| 14 | State funding of the arts and of opera in particular is not even remotely capable of maintaining the status quo , and precious little of the commercial sponsorship that provides the lifeline to all the major opera companies is targeted at contemporary works . |
| 15 | As such , it is targeted at private use within organisations . |
| 16 | An advantage of using the OALDCE is that it is targeted at non-native learners of English . |
| 17 | The new Rentokil Food Premises Cleaning Service is targeted at relieving customers of those concerns by offering a very carefully scheduled and monitored cleaning programme , under the control of a site manager . |
| 18 | It is occurring at especial speed in those countries in which development has been recent and fast . |
| 19 | The old armour is either worn away gradually , as in crocodiles , or it is shed at special times in a complete ‘ coat ’ , as in lizards and snakes . |
| 20 | VHS hi-fi stereo sound , unlike VHS mono , is encoded at high speed along with the picture signals in the same way as Video 8 hi-fi , and hence has the same high standard of audio quality . |
| 21 | When a march is organised at short notice , as much notice as practicable must be given . |
| 22 | The role of the National LX Network is to provide at local level those services required throughout the country to enhance the nation 's export profile by supporting British commerce , business and industry in sustaining international pressures and in penetrating foreign markets . |
| 23 | The breakthrough , dubbed a ‘ quantum leap into the future ’ is opening at other cinemas throughout the US over the next few weeks . |
| 24 | The only fault which can be levelled at this production is its brevity in comparison with its cinema counterpart Shirley 's Greek idyll is compressed at break-neck speed into a second half which lasts less than 45 minutes . |
| 25 | The company is banking on communications technology arriving in time so that the dispersed machines can be linked together at a speed of at least 100 Mbytes per second — FDDI runs at 100 M-bits per second , and the company is looking at Asynchronous Transfer Mode , the emerging broadband fixed-cell packet system for the links . |
| 26 | The steering group is exploring the needs for after school care and is looking at possible locations for schemes . |
| 27 | But he added that Glaxo is looking at possible investments . |
| 28 | In particular it is looking at cross-curricular issues , including areas such as the role of careers guidance , health education and other aspects of personal and social education , environmental education and economic awareness and it is considering how these may best be reflected in the curriculum . |
| 29 | Also by Catherine Hess ( Assistant Curator of Sculpture and Works of Art ) , this time with David Harris Cohen , is Looking at European Ceramics : a guide to technical terms ( $10.95 ) . |
| 30 | He also claimed ‘ everyone is looking at new materials to bring down the weight of vehicles . ’ |