Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the rear of the idol , seven round indents are formed beginning at the base of the spine and extending to the head . |
| 2 | And , because they are designed to operate at a lower cost level they tend not to make demands for expensive peripherals such as PostScript devices or even simpler page printers such as Epsons and Okis that emulate the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet . |
| 3 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 4 | Instead , Anne and Tim are expected to call at the Queen Mother 's London home , Clarence House , on their return from Scotland . |
| 5 | The right wing coalition parties , RPR and UDF , are expected to triumph at the French legislative elections due to take place at the end of this month but , regardless of who wins , the French economy is set to go into recession in the first half of this year with even the most optimistic forecasters predicting zero growth . |
| 6 | This weekend hundreds are expected to arrive at the home of the Earls of Spencer — Althorp park in Northamptonshire . |
| 7 | In Britain , water tables are expected to remain at a low level throughout the summer . |
| 8 | The firm 's earnings and dividends have grown in the past at the rate of 10 per cent per year and are expected to grow at the same rate indefinitely into the future . |
| 9 | In the coming two years sales are targeted to continue at an even faster rate , contributing an extra 9.5 billion to the Exchequer by April 1988 . |
| 10 | Ley lines — channels of energy or guide routes for prehistoric travellers — are said to converge at the Tor . |
| 11 | Both men are part of a coterie of so-called ‘ rugby mercenaries ’ whose pay-offs are said to start at the $120,000 mark and the best-rewarded of whom — the ‘ rugby millionaires ’ — are reckoned to be paid $250,000 per season . |
| 12 | In this , the scene is divided into three sections both horizontally and vertically , and the idea is to line up the shot so that the main features are made to come at the intersections of the imaginary dividing lines . |
| 13 | It is a rather uncharacteristic work , scored fr the unusual combination of two violins and double bass , which like Mozart 's Musical Joke , pokes gentle fun at badly played dance music , and even includes a section where the players are instructed to shout at the beats of the bar ! |
| 14 | In England and Wales , the Registrar General 's social classes , which are derived from people 's occupations , are used to look at the distribution of everything from the incidence of stillbirth to the distribution of owner occupation . |
| 15 | GOODS are needed to sell at a church fete next month in Tarvin . |
| 16 | In , for instance , The huge locomotive snorted and belched its way across the plain we are invited to look at the locomotive as if it were a gigantic animal . |
| 17 | ( The restaurant is closed on Tuesdays when guests are invited to dine at a restaurant in San Gimignano . ) |
| 18 | As a result , they are normally very tired during weekdays when they are compelled to wake at a normal time for work . |
| 19 | The respectable rich are compelled to look at the origins of their wealth , and at their own origins , which lie in crime , exploitation — in the unseen , unmentioned parts of Victorian society . |
| 20 | Six months are spent studying at an Institut Universitaire de Technologie specializing in Marketing , Management/Personnel or Computing , and this is followed by a 3-month integrated work placement . |
| 21 | The post translational processing mechanisms that convert progastrin to amidated peptides are known to operate at the post Golgi level on this pathway . |
| 22 | Its aim , according to Vice-President Al Gore , is to " ensure that environmental considerations are brought to bear at the earliest stages in the development of economic policy " . |
| 23 | Neighbours and other third parties are allowed to speak at a public inquiry — though they usually appear last . |
| 24 | The trouble with this is that , although the plants are meant to bloom at the same time , invariably some flower later or earlier , and ruin the whole carefully thought-out scheme . |
| 25 | People are encouraged to look at the wills but constant handling was putting them in jeopardy . |
| 26 | Yet if the crackdown on the Press which is being demanded goes ahead , journalists would be working with both hands tied behind their backs — as opposed to the one-hand handicap they are forced to suffer at the moment . |
| 27 | Difficulties may arise because you are forced to look at the situation from two different viewpoints : |
| 28 | When you and your dog are forced to survive at a very basic level , you share the kind of experience that fastens and tightens a solid bond . |
| 29 | Occasionally athletes are kept waiting at the start for a minute or so until television is ready . |
| 30 | BUFFALO TOM , THOUSAND YARD STARE and SKAW are confirmed to appear at the final night of NME 's Viva Eight gigs . |