Example sentences of "is [adj] at this [noun sg] " 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 In addition to this direct , A-B , individual relationship , however , another type of relationship is possible at this level of affinity .
5 ( 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 ) .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 It is appropriate at this stage to offer some clarification in relation to the Catholic understanding of the terms Religious Education and Moral Education .
17 It is appropriate at this point to consider the alternative system of coordinates defined by .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 It is appropriate at this point to discuss the possible " program 's of stress or strain application .
21 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 .
22 Before describing and assessing the binomial and Black and Scholes option pricing models it is appropriate at this point to examine the factors which are expected to influence option premiums and in the next section to have a brief look at the various investment strategies that may be created with options and securities .
23 Investment business While a summary of the Solicitors ' Investment Business Rules 1990 may be found in Chapter 12 , it is appropriate at this point to note that every firm which carries on investment business within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 is required to be authorised either through a Self-Regulating Organisation ( SRO ) such as FIMBRA or through a Recognised Professional Body ( RPB ) or directly from the Securities and Investments Board .
24 The body is cobby at this stage .
25 Headward erosion is rapid at this point and regrading of the river starts to work back from the mouth .
26 It is hard at this distance to work out whether the family played a great part in the daughter 's choice of trade , though common sense suggests that this was probably so .
27 It is helpful at this point to introduce some examples of real speech .
28 That these two expressions relating to are equivalent is easily verified since it requires or The validity of this last relation is best seen by appreciating that , according to equations ( 9.1 ) and ( 9.2 ) , the characteristic impedances obey and Making use of equations ( 9.1 ) and ( 9.5 ) and writing the ratio as u , it follows from equations ( 9.3 ) and ( 9.4 ) that the transfer function of a T or Π-section of the form of ladder filter under consideration is given by In general u and hence will be complex and it is helpful at this juncture to put where γ is known as the propagation constant .
29 It is helpful at this stage to establish whether the client has panic attacks , and whether there is any degree of hyperventilation .
30 Since the variation in 6.4 and 6.5 is partly at least phonetically constrained , it is helpful at this stage to try and summarize these constraints : Rule 1 describes the constraints on variation in tokens of ( o ) , using a conventional generative format .
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