Example sentences of "are [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the kind of frame from which Dorothy Heathcote often ( increasingly ) wants children to work , and this is why it often seems to be the case in her work that the pupils are not in role at all — they are merely required to look at something from a particular scientific perspective . |
| 2 | Today is Pentium launch day when the likes of NCR Corp , Unisys Corp , Compaq Computer Corp and some two dozen other companies take the wraps off their first Pentium machines , but there is not much point in their making too much noise about it — Intel Corp expects to ship only about 10,000 Pentium chips to customers through June ; machines are generally expected to start at about $5,000 , but the Wall Street Journal hears that Advanced Logic Research Inc will announce a basic Pentium box for about $3,000 ; Compaq also plans an $18,000 Pentium version of its SystemPro server . |
| 3 | Here , they are quiet as mice throughout Act 1 and are not heard to applaud at the end . |
| 4 | Adequate resources must be provided by central government , but much of the cost could be met from accumulated capital receipts , which councils are not allowed to spend at present ! |
| 5 | In Britain , you are not allowed to dive at all if a ship is a war grave . ’ |
| 6 | And we are not allowed to vote at all , but you can bet we will be expected to foot the bill when the European dream turns into a nightmare . |
| 7 | Many assumptions are made which pupils are not encouraged to question at all . |
| 8 | Unlike the United States Supreme Court , which can delve deep into the deliberations of the Founding Fathers to try to elucidate what was meant by a particular provision of the Constitution , British courts are not permitted to look at the proceedings of Parliament in order to determine what Parliament really meant . |
| 9 | Independence of this type was probably exceptional , however , and among the small towns strip buildings are usually known to lie at one end of a narrow plot or yard . |
| 10 | At the same time , the new accent on ‘ community care ’ means that elderly people and disabled children who have reached a certain level of dependency and inability to cope — and who would once have gone into hospital or residential care — are now encouraged to remain at home . |
| 11 | Germanium boosts the immune system by helping the cells mop up free radicals , which are now thought to lie at the root of many degenerative diseases and the process of ageing . |
| 12 | All schools using the project are strongly encouraged to have at least one staff member attend a day long training course to provide background information and to familiarise teachers with the technique of pupil led discussion groups , which are an important feature of the project . |
| 13 | When attempts are then made to intervene at this latter level , they often use the same procedures as are applied to the public realm . |
| 14 | The children are then asked to look at the paper and will be amazed to discover that your prediction is correct . |
| 15 | People who fail the Church are sometimes made to appear at morning service ‘ as they were first made before God ’ , which these days usually means in their underclothes . |