Example sentences of "are [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangest of all is the fact that the art itself suffers by this treatment , as the circumstances surrounding the paintings and what they signify are examined perhaps at the expense of the technical representations . |
| 2 | There are no relations of power without resistances ; the latter are all the more real and effective because they are formed right at the point where relations of power are exercised ; resistance to power does not have to come from elsewhere to be real , nor is it inexorably frustrated through being the compatriot of power . |
| 3 | Instead , Amstrad PCs and PCWs are tucked away at the back with the printers and answering machines . |
| 4 | Humboldt Penguin chicks are reared regularly at the park , and in the breeding season some may be seen in the specially designed rearing unit alongside their enclosure . |
| 5 | Piece by small technical piece , these strategies are eating away at the consensus that originally made OS/2 seem a certainty as the computing world 's next-generation technical standard . |
| 6 | Harris and his colleagues are looking specifically at the charred remains of cereal grains , identifying the different characteristics of wild and cultivated grains . |
| 7 | It seems Rover is now keeping faith with old faithfuls but analysts are looking more at the motives rather than the marketing . |
| 8 | We are looking seriously at the costs of such in-house items as car leasing . |
| 9 | This planned to reduce expenditure by $S2,200 million ( US$180 million — US dollar conversions are made here at the unofficial rate US$1.00=£S11.4 ) . |
| 10 | Over half of these are made either at the scene of the crime , the scene of arrest or the defendant 's home . |
| 11 | Membranes are used both at the interface with the bulk sample and between the biolayer and the transducer ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 12 | These characteristics are the use of large columns to divide nave and choir from the aisles ; piers are used only at the crossing and then have slender clustered shafts . |
| 13 | Thus we are told right at the start of Isaac 's frailty and vulnerability . |
| 14 | Now they are staying together at the Hotel Cipriani in Venice . |
| 15 | They are looking after their commercial interests , but unfortunately they are doing so at the expense of the tenants and customers , the very people who are supposed to benefit from the legislation . |
| 16 | There is a minimum weight of ten stones and the rules state that a rider losing more than one pound in weight ‘ will not win prize ’ , so the entrants are weighed again at the end of the race . |
| 17 | The third stage of data collection involves sequencing the collection so that the various forms of data are brought together at the end of the first year . |
| 18 | But two worlds , poles apart from each other , are brought together at the end . |
| 19 | Despite retrenchment to an upper floor , more than 200 watercolours , drawings , graphics and paintings by thirty-one classic modern artists , are brought together at the Galerie Nierendorf 's traditional autumn exhibition . |
| 20 | A new oral drug has been selected for clinical trials which are progressing well at The Royal Marsden Hospital . |
| 21 | The project objectives are defined clearly at the outset , e.g. product specification , time scale , GMP requirements . |
| 22 | KEN Follett 's NIGHT OVER WATER ( Pan £4.99 ) builds the tension nicely as diverse characters are thrown together at the outset of the second world war during a luxurious 30-hour flight across the Atlantic . |
| 23 | The performance criteria are written in a manner which accommodates changes in direction when key factors are identified either at the beginning or during the course of the investigation . |
| 24 | But just as the microprocessor and open software standards are gnawing away at the foundations of the mainframe market , so massively parallel machines are beginning to chip away at the monolithic vector machines — once the parallel software catches up with the hardware . |
| 25 | Similarly , if you are lagging behind at the 30 seconds ' bell , it is not too late for you to win the bout . |
| 26 | We are held briefly at the runway apron , and then we are off . |
| 27 | Very often shopping schemes are aimed principally at the multiple chains , which will pay higher rents . |
| 28 | However , her warnings are aimed less at the right than at the Communists and their 26 deputies , who would fare badly in an early general election . |
| 29 | These series carry pages which are common to all editions and other pages which are aimed only at the small circulation areas . |