Example sentences of "be [verb] at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find myself turning to the first chapter of the Book of Genesis for an insight into what I am hinting at here . |
| 2 | It is important that at least three coats are applied and that the top and bottom edges are given at least one coat to prevent moisture being absorbed . |
| 3 | Campesinos flee into the controlled areas , find they are welcomed , incorporated into different areas of production and that both health and education needs are given at least minimal attention . |
| 4 | The usefulness of having voice-parts in score , so that they could be played on a keyboard instrument ( as distinct from the highly embellished transcriptions ) or used ‘ for the study of counterpoint ’ , had been recognized at least as early as 1577 , when Gardano published two such volumes , one of Rore 's four-part madrigals , the other of miscellaneous pieces . |
| 5 | Besides the square form , octagonal examples have been excavated at both Chelmsford and Nettleton Shrub , the latter being somewhat unusual having three concentric divisions . |
| 6 | The overall electron transfer from the anion is particularly high and has been calculated at approximately 0.8e . |
| 7 | The chances of finding a male tortoiseshell have been calculated at about 200 to 1 . |
| 8 | It is in the member 's interest that these materials are received at least 6 weeks before the programme begins . |
| 9 | All the Okapi work has been done on systems which have been developed at least to a point where they are reliable and complete enough to be installed in a library unattended . |
| 10 | Notice of the application for the injunction had been given at about 11 a.m. and the hearing took place after lunch . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ The operators should have been given at least another 12 months , rather than having to face a judge and jury overnight decision by someone on the Intervention Board . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The operators should have been given at least another 12 months , rather than having to face a judge and jury overnight decision by someone on the Intervention Board . ’ |
| 13 | The door was a scuffed and peeling blue which had probably been painted at least once since the house was built , maybe to celebrate the toilet coming indoors . |
| 14 | successive lines of type which are of unequal length and which are aligned at either the right or left hand column . |
| 15 | In a similar way the Desert Fathers , whose ascetical practices frequently seem to pass into the range of farce , are regarded at least with affection and more often with deep admiration , partly of course because of the delightful anecdotery that has collected around them , and is known to us through the works of writers like Helen Waddell . |
| 16 | Teachers ' unions have been consulted at both local and national levels . |
| 17 | Of the 307 theses in data set C , 230 ( 75% ) have been consulted at least once . |
| 18 | Yeah and and the other thing which I , actually I 've been laughing at here is because you were laughing at yourself when you were asking the questions . |
| 19 | This is particularly common on motorways where trucks are overtaking at quite high speeds . |
| 20 | I am pleased we are to meet at 5p.m. or thereabouts at Waterloo on Wednesday , 8th February when I 'm down for the Co-ordinators , to take a close look at the programme for our Scottish National Conference on 10–12 March at the Scottish Churches House , Dunblane , in which you , Ingrid Keith and Mauricio Laborde , Chile , are to share . |
| 21 | Government changes to the tax system in recent years had allowed the company to come up with a solution which would make shares which had been trading at less than £3 last month to £5 , Mr Ritblat said . |
| 22 | Its author , Roger Sedjo , argues that new temperate forests are absorbing at least 700 million tonnes a year , compared to the 1,000 million tonnes released annually as a result of tropical forest loss . |
| 23 | At the time of the explosion , he had been trapped at least by the legs in a corner where his shoes were found and some debris had fallen on him . |
| 24 | This agrees with the observation that human marathons are won at about half the speed of 100 m sprints . |
| 25 | Exam results are looked at closely , subject by subject , and comparisons are made with previous years and with neighbouring schools . |
| 26 | A government spokesman said yesterday : ‘ Tenders are looked at individually and taken on merit . ’ |
| 27 | Different approaches to the teaching of literacy are looked at critically . |
| 28 | Windows are like eyes : they are looked at as much as they are looked out of . |
| 29 | The relationship to images is destroyed , he wrote , when they are looked at only for themselves , gazed at only for themselves . |
| 30 | If the letters of offer and acceptance are looked at alone then it is clear that the university was entitled to terminate the appointment on three months ' notice . |