Example sentences of "is [adj] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In our defence we would say that the state 's water supplies are still only around half of what is normal at this time of year , and that many Californians , currently refilling their swimming pools and reflooding their orange groves , may live to regret it .
2 There are no disagreements , and it is normal at this time of year to look ahead , but I can not confirm my commitment to next season .
3 The Serbs say this is normal at this time of the year .
4 Linear stability theory applied to Poiseuille flow indicates that the parabolic velocity profile is stable at all values of the Reynolds number ; .
5 If a planner thinks his plan is weak at some point he attempts to design out that weakness .
6 In addition to this direct , A-B , individual relationship , however , another type of relationship is possible at this level of affinity .
7 ( 6 ) No change is acceptable since the status quo is considered to be the best situation that is possible at this time and under these circumstances .
8 The sea can still be seen from the orchard and it is possible at this stage that the German Army could push the Commando Brigade back into the sea .
9 We hope to address the function of this DNA/protein interaction by further characterisation of the protein binding to the SSB sequence and determine whether cruciform formation is possible at this region of the DNA and whether formation of such a structure is stabilised by the sequence specific DNA binding protein .
10 Bearing in mind that retirement in normal health is possible at any age from 50 , directors aged 37 or more should look seriously at this issue .
11 It is clear at that stage the London committee envisaged funding its proposed activities by subscriptions , and that it intended to concern itself with the diseases of cows and sheep as well as horses .
12 As I am sure that my hon. Friend is aware , the reason for that is that the demand for gas oil , which is equivalent to diesel , is high at this time of the year because it is used for heating .
13 I accept that , at present , they are high — only slightly below unleaded petrol prices — but , as the hon. Gentleman knows , that is because the demand for gas oil , which is equivalent to diesel , is high at this time of year as it is used for heating and high demand tends to push up prices .
14 He says that the coal is for domestic use , and is being used to suppliment british supplies because demand is high at this time of year .
15 This right is exercisable at any time before 1st March 1992 at a price of 50p per share .
16 The Rushdie affair also emphasized that the composition of society is not homogeneous and some sections may have very different perceptions of what is acceptable at any time .
17 Access is free at all times , though it is easy to disturb the birds , so care is needed when approaching the shore .
18 If , ( 1 ) the null convergence condition holds ; ( 2 ) at least one of the six quantities is non-zero at some point p in ( M , g ) ; and ( 3 ) through the point p there is a space-like partial Cauchy surface S , which is everywhere tangent to δ x and δ y , and S is non-compact in the space-like direction normal to δ x and δ y ; then ( M , g ) is null incomplete .
19 Tyne & Wear Development Corp in the UK is using a specially adapted version of the Superscape virtual reality software from Aldermaston , Berkshire-based Dimension International Ltd to enable planners and the public to ‘ walk through ’ its £180m redevelopment scheme for the City of Newcastle Upon Tyne 's East Quayside : Newcastle-based Real Time Design Ltd , which is implementing the system , has already created the base landscape and a few of the proposed buildings in the virtual world , and will continue to add new ones based on architects drawings and computer aided design-generated images ; using the system , it will be possible to simulate , in real time , the experience of driving on the roads between the new buildings , ensuring that the Tyne Bridge is visible at some locations .
20 If the salesperson is unsuccessful at this stage , then he or she may not have the opportunity of selling to the firm again until the next model change ( and even then it is difficult trying to dislodge established suppliers ) .
21 As this meeting is in camera it is allowable at this stage to point out that certain elements in this family , being of — er — immigrant origin , ah , have a totally different conception of the role of a daughter in a family and of parental rights , and while doing all they could to respect the traditions of minority ethnic groups , and in particular the rather dominant role of the father in such societies , in the last resort it was with the protection of a minor that the Council was concerned according to the law of this country .
22 But speaking about the possible loss of a new community centre , she added : ‘ The parish council have reluctantly taken the view that the Junior School is paramount at this time but , should land values improve by the time the site is actually sold , the community centre should still be a possibility .
23 It is easy at this distance in time to explain the pattern away as an inevitable feature of the wider transition from one form of economy to another , but there can have been little pleasure for families like the Eldridges or Mepkins of Battle whose members appeared regularly in the poor-relief accounts over several generations .
24 It is appropriate at this stage , having considered the formation and structure of both a partnership and a company , to compare and contrast these two business structures .
25 It is appropriate at this stage to offer some clarification in relation to the Catholic understanding of the terms Religious Education and Moral Education .
26 It is appropriate at this point to consider the alternative system of coordinates defined by .
27 The feudal relationship between the Plantagenets and Capetians will be considered at greater length at a later stage , but some discussion of its implications before 1290 is appropriate at this point .
28 The penultimate chapter in this book will be concerned with arriving at generalisations about the functioning and effectiveness of the project as a whole , but it is appropriate at this point to identify a number of interesting features of the Major Project as illustrated by these two schools , and to indicate some issues that require further thought .
29 It is appropriate at this point to discuss the possible " program 's of stress or strain application .
30 It is appropriate at this point to digress for a moment on the subject of the faunistic changes that took place at the end of the Palaeozoic .
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