Example sentences of "are [verb] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its nostrils are placed at the ends of two extremities that grow out from the side of its head . |
| 2 | If the I test is failed by 30 or more , both arms are severed at the elbows . |
| 3 | The lead managers of all Heron 's bonds are to meet at the offices of Credit Suisse in Zurich on Monday to plan a concerted response after hearing outline proposals from the company in London last Friday . |
| 4 | The extra time and support that are necessary ( a ) to perform jobs that are pressing at the limits of personal and material resources , and ( b ) to invest in learning how to do them better , or to assemble additional resources , so that the time taken to perform them is reduced , are not available . |
| 5 | Four point charges of equal magnitude are located at the corners of a square as shown in Fig. 2.42 . |
| 6 | Congress , our laws are weakened at the Tories request , and recent announcements that the public funding of trade union education is to be stopped has even brought a c cry of outrage from the Health and Safety Executive . |
| 7 | In sCD2 the equivalent β- bulges are positioned at the ends of the CC' and FG loops , thus limiting the extent of the twist , and these loop regions are no longer of similar lengths ( Fig.4 b ) . |
| 8 | Made up in a bouquet of floral-design remnants , they are secured at the corners with a bow . |
| 9 | I think we are looking at the advantages and disadvantages of erm various types of problems that might occur . |
| 10 | ‘ Now the Civil servants are looking at the things we put forward before Christmas which they dismissed . |
| 11 | There are no definite plans but we are looking at the options for the future . ’ |
| 12 | No homes have been identified as such yet , the officers are looking at the homes in the east of the county . |
| 13 | Shirley ( 4.6 ) and Trevor ( 4.8 ) are looking at the shells and their teacher , noticing their interest in the different kinds , joins with them to initiate a ‘ spontaneous ’ sorting activity . |
| 14 | ‘ We are looking at the possibilities of using other Guinness commercials which we can edit or modify using local models , ’ says , the Guinness brand manager at PTGI . |
| 15 | A. Our experience shows that many people are looking at the possibilities of working in this area and , therefore , with rules of supply and demand being what they are , a language ability is almost essential . |
| 16 | Checks are made at the pubs to see that the beer is actually drunk , as serious athletes have been known to let it spill down their vests to cool them off , for which they incur a two minute penalty . |
| 17 | The company will therefore lose its quotation after the measures are approved at a shareholders ' meeting . |
| 18 | If the Queen 's telescope had been able to reach into Patrick 's classroom , there would have been a surprise in store for her — but not for Patrick , who at least affects to believe the story that Orwellian minders are peering at the punters from the screens of the punters ' television sets . |
| 19 | Not only does seeing a chair as a three-dimensional object have this character , but so does seeing one line as longer in the Mulier-Lyer illusion ( in which two lines of equal length look unequal when differently slanting lines are drawn at the tips ) despite our knowing that the two lines are really the same length . |
| 20 | Brian Adair : country 's courts are creaking at the seams |
| 21 | To hold the buoyancy aid in place nylon straps are provided at the sides , pulling through plastic buckles plus a nylon string draw cord at the bottom . |
| 22 | Foreign currency transactions of individual companies are translated at the rates ruling when they occurred . |
| 23 | Foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the rates ruling at the balance sheet dates . |
| 24 | The rest are hauling at the crowbars that wind down the press , hobnails gritting on the frosty concrete . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ We are crying at the deaths and hope the injured will soon recover . ’ |
| 26 | The intensity of warfare and the weight of weapons used declines across the spectrum ; all the bands are blurred at the edges where they overlap ; and each has a number of gradations within it . |
| 27 | Decorative bosses are superimposed at the intersections of all rib vaults . |
| 28 | Mitres are folded at the corners of hems to distribute the bulk of fabric evenly and neatly . |
| 29 | Particulars of charges created by debenture are kept at the Companies Registry and in the company 's register of charges . |
| 30 | This is similar to the marimba , but made with metal bars ; the resonators under each bar are fitted at the tops with discs which may be electrically opened or shut to create the vibrato characteristic of this instrument . |