Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 31 | I am happy that he is receiving education suitable to age , ability and aptitude at home , in fact , between ourselves , it is probably more appropriate and worthwhile than that which he is likely to be receiving at school — not through any fault in the local schools but because schools can not always provide ideal circumstances for all learning and certainly can not provide the context in which John is operating . |
| 32 | Faults may be enlarged by the sea into caves or even into tunnels through narrow promontories : spectacular examples of the latter are to be observed at Tintagel , north Cornwall , where a fault zone is followed by two through tunnels ( Wilson , 1952 ) ( Fig. 8.5 ) , the more important one being the well-known Merlin 's Cave beneath the Island . |
| 33 | Impeccable etiquette is required from everyone ; discipline and good manners , have to be observed at all times . |
| 34 | Indeed , except for first-row elements , band shifts are rarely more than one or two cm -1 , and particular precautions must be taken if they are to be observed at all . |
| 35 | However , this does not persist over a long time scale and is often not to be observed at all . |
| 36 | The worst response would be the sort that has already begun to be hinted at for ICI : protecting itself through a tangle of joint ventures . |
| 37 | In the West Cumbria project , funded by DOE , evaluation of existing geological records and mine plans has enabled solid and drift maps of the Coal Measures and Lower Carboniferous sequences to be compiled at 1:10 000 and 1:25 000 in more detail than was possible during the previous survey almost 60 years ago . |
| 38 | They seemed to be positioned at random as if the guests had been playing a game with them and not sitting around the table in an orderly fashion . |
| 39 | Since kitchens tend to be positioned at the back of the house , they are often in an ideal situation for extending into the back garden , or knocking through into a corridor or back room to create a more useful space . |
| 40 | In December 1924 a press release stated that Her Majesty the Queen had graciously given permission for the house to be exhibited at the ninth Ideal Home Exhibition to be held by the Daily Mail at Olympia the following March . |
| 41 | In 1863 , Manet 's Déjeuner sur l'herbe was rejected at the annual Salon only to be exhibited at the Salon des Refusés . |
| 42 | Cleveland County has also recently set up a drawing residency with a Cypriot artist who is Newcastlebased and whose work is to be exhibited at the Cleveland Gallery . |
| 43 | Aware of the strength of public opinion , Mrs Aquino ordered flags on government buildings to be flown at half mast in a conciliatory gesture . |
| 44 | Bear in mind that where a procedure is approved , the published instructions include the minimum heights to be flown at successive stages in the approach and a final obstacle clearance limit or minimum descent height recommended . |
| 45 | Time out is a very effective way of controlling aggressive behaviour but it needs to be applied at the time of the problem and the parents must remain calm and firm . |
| 46 | The board processes themselves often do not work , so one often hears the remark : the company policy is X , but of course I am not personally in support of this , I believe we should be doing Y. Since industrial success depends totally on getting the concentration of effort of widely differing groups of people with different skills to be applied at optimum effect to the achievement of the common goal , it is not difficult to see why such disparate messages strike at one 's heart and give one a more than usual dose of despair . |
| 47 | But our individual employees are entitled to be treated at least as fairly as their colleagues in Europe . |
| 48 | However , all salt had to be treated at source and it had to be consumed regularly , and though there was some success in parts of South America , these conditions could seldom be met . |
| 49 | Five hundred NHS patients waiting for plastic surgery are to be treated at private hospitals , as part of a Government initiative to cut waiting lists . |
| 50 | They were though interested in some of our policies which they were n't very happy with , but that seems to be ignored at the moment . |
| 51 | Sometimes fish need to be separated at very little notice and unfortunately not every hobbyist has the space or funds to facilitate a spare tank . |
| 52 | At St Michaels even the rules they do have regarding animals are there to be broken at the special blessing service |
| 53 | He sounds a further note of caution : ‘ It is sometimes difficult to be sure you are sending your cars to be serviced at a garage that is properly equipped to deal with diesel vehicles and has appropriately trained staff . ’ |
| 54 | New proposals aimed at encouraging parents to take up teaching are expected to be criticized at an education meeting in Nottinghamshire today . |
| 55 | This one can be made in almost the same way as the Diamond , except that the cross-spar or spreader has to be bent at the centre . |
| 56 | As I understand the Leeds position , they want what they call a lev a level playing field , or to be aiming at the same goalposts that they 've been aiming at for the last number of years . |
| 57 | To influence the decision in your favour , contact the planning department to find out whether an application is to be heard at committee or dealt with under delegated powers . |
| 58 | The students ' case is due to be heard at the European Court of Justice in Luxemburg on Wednesday , March 6 , 1991 . |
| 59 | The legislation will be used to back up the federal government 's high court case , due to be heard at the end of May , which is seeking a permanent injunction against the power project . |
| 60 | Having said that , he enjoyed the depth of conviction to be heard at a conventicle and slipped away to a service on the muirs above the village as often as he was able to do so . |