Example sentences of "is [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | And generally it is the case that the personal security of the part-time reserve police is most at risk of all the members of the RUC , because of the difficulties of maintaining three identities ( police officer , member of family and neighbourhood network , and employee ) , with their associated and sometimes conflicting modes of discourse and thinking . |
| 2 | It is here that the ability of banks to pull off mergers successfully is most at question . |
| 3 | That sort of compartmentalization has been roundly denounced by Bob Jones University and those sections of American fundamentalism with which Paisley is most at home but we will never know if his religio-political system would permit such pragmatism because the constitutional issue so overrides everything else in Northern Ireland that there is no expectation or need for him to work with conservative Catholics . |
| 4 | Of course , it is the active , more independent person who is most at risk of falling , and it has to be borne in mind that the prevention of all falls is not an appropriate objective in the care of elderly people . |
| 5 | Wordsworth also inherits from Locke an intense concern with the visible universe ; although Locke tries to explain all kinds of sensory experience he is most at home with the sense of sight , which could most easily be related to Newton 's optical discoveries . |
| 6 | It is this which is most at risk in children with limited hearing . |
| 7 | It is most at home in a coldwater tank , although it was popular in tropical tanks before the wide range of plants we have now was available . |
| 8 | The crime survey carried out in Islington , by contrast , is designed to be explanatory and to predict who is most at risk ( Jones , Maclean , and Young 1986 ) . |
| 9 | Ostensibly a social misfit , he is most at home with his new books , old records and middle-aged pet Labrador . |
| 10 | The decision on prejudice is presumably at the discretion of police and tax officers ; if widely exercised it could set at naught some of the principal objects of the Act . |
| 11 | Clearly , the problem is somewhere at a very early stage of the reading system . |
| 12 | Taking one of William Rees-Mogg 's conclusions further , is it not logical to deduce that while ‘ Italy is the cradle of European civilisation ’ , Tuscany is right at the centre of it . |
| 13 | The inherent and deeply charged contradictions of a culturally threadbare working-class politics having such a richly threaded , but essentially unpolitical base , is right at the heart of the problems facing strategists of class liberation ’ |
| 14 | The only front that the Cavalry commanders can see is right at the end of the valley where the main Russian army is massively assembled , secure behind their heavy guns . |
| 15 | That , I believe , is the real test of our fellowship and is right at the heart of what it means to be a responsible member of a Baptist church practising as we do the principle of congregational government . |
| 16 | I am not saying anything about the short or long-ball game , only what is right at the proper time . |
| 17 | ‘ Claudia 's dress is right at the end — I shall have plenty of time . ’ |
| 18 | We were invited to spend it with Bill and Claire , who have a small farm about 15 miles outside Invercargill ( which is right at the bottom of the South Island ) . |
| 19 | The model I had on test was the five door two litre Ghia , which is right at the top of the saloon range , selling for £17,450 . |
| 20 | But the time to plan the final report is right at the start . |
| 21 | Vauxhall 's Director at Ellesmere Port , Nick Reilly , told assembled workers , journalists and worldwide representatives of parent company , General Motors : ‘ This engine plant at Ellesmere Port is right at the front of worldwide competition and with the team we have here it will stay there . ’ |
| 22 | Vauxhall 's director at Ellesmere Port , Nick Reilly , told assembled workers , journalists and worldwide representatives of parent company General Motors : ‘ This engine plant at Ellesmere Port is right at the front of worldwide competition , and with the team we have here it will stay there . ’ |
| 23 | Ah well if , if that 's right then Mao is right at the beginning where , where he 's making his , his sort of extravagant statements about the mighty storm . |
| 24 | The fact/belief divide is powerfully at work today as for example the debate on the original National Curriculum proposals with regard to the teaching of history and geography has amply attested . |
| 25 | Having said that , however , I have to say that from a Christian point of view the Hayekian ( or Friedmanian ) system is fundamentally at variance with what I conceive of as a Christian view of reality . |
| 26 | The professional 's role is necessarily at the supervisory and organisational level , guiding the parents by offering them techniques and skills to use themselves . |
| 27 | She , and not Mr Kinnock , is constantly at odds with the European Community and the Commonwealth . |
| 28 | The contempt for Asian culture , the constant shadow of racial hostility and the disregard for family and group identity provide an atmosphere in which Izzat is constantly at risk and therefore is constantly charged and recharged . |
| 29 | The idea of the organism ; the notion that organisms need to process energy to stay intact ; the appreciation that selection is constantly at work , favouring the best adapted — these are the fundamentals to keep in mind in all studies of ecology . |
| 30 | The use of scientific instruments in particular means that scientific perception is constantly at odds with the experience of everyday perception . |