Example sentences of "be at [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We seem to be travelling all the time when it comes to cups , and indeed we will be at Instonians in the next round of the Touche Ross at the beginning of June , ’ said Garfield . |
| 2 | The Government is now proposing that they shall er er that they shall be erm made from a list of persons compiled in accordance with an Order by the Secretary of State and it appears to be being claimed , at least in the press that this somehow is providing for appointments to be at arms length from the Home Secretary . |
| 3 | If the proposal is for a change to an existing product rather than creating a new one , the starting point might be at stages 6 , 7 or 8 depending on the level of technical risk in the modification . |
| 4 | If the proposal is for a change to an existing product rather than creating a new one , the starting point might be at stages 6 , 7 or 8 depending on the level of technical risk in the modification . |
| 5 | ‘ Sleeping tablets will get you to sleep but can cause hangovers and a bleary feeling , and businessmen often have to be at meetings within half an hour of landing . |
| 6 | It is likely that the funeral will be at times when the cemeteries or crematoria are not busy , such as early in the morning . |
| 7 | It is usually paid for via state-funded organisations and can at least be relied on even if it can be at times both economically and spiritually unrewarding . |
| 8 | Vain they might be at times , dangerous , vicious even , when the devil was in them . |
| 9 | ‘ It does n't have to happen , ’ she said , her voice almost as stubborn as his could be at times . |
| 10 | Spoiled and wilful she might be at times , but the emotional distance between them caused by the difference in their ages and their forced separation in childhood had slowly been closing over the past two years . |
| 11 | ‘ How very predictable you can be at times . ’ |
| 12 | So th the sort of help that was that would come to the surface would it be at times like birth , death , accidents ? |
| 13 | In primary sclerosing cholangitis standard liver function tests may improve after diagnosis — a result of diagnosis tending to be at times of maximal abnormality in a fluctuating course and likely therefore to be followed by a period of partial remission . |
| 14 | In this environment , students will be given opportunities to realise the need for new skills and abilities and their development will be supported in , what may be at times , personally challenging situations . |
| 15 | It was felt that however frustrating or exasperating our relationships with the churches may be at times , our ‘ bias to the churches ’ must continue but not at the cost of excluding other ‘ efficient ’ partners who are non-church . |
| 16 | There was no getting away from the fact that , as a unit , the Scotland back row were so disjointed as to be at times perilously close to a vacuum . |
| 17 | Anne is known to be at loggerheads with IOC president Samaranch and snubbed the opening ceremony in his home city . |
| 18 | Peasants in grain-short areas may well be at loggerheads with those in grain-surplus areas . |
| 19 | Farmers and farm workers find that they have common interests as ‘ locals ’ which can be at loggerheads with those of the newcomers . |
| 20 | Families should n't be at loggerheads . ’ |
| 21 | The snips should be at intervals of 5mm ( ¼inch ) . |
| 22 | Time will be standing still in Kington on sunday … the streets should be empty … they 'll all be at Lords to cheer their cricket team on the village eleven have made it all the way to the final after 25 years of trying … |
| 23 | The company 's marketing pitch will be at hotels , medium-sized offices and factories , and similar premises . |
| 24 | PASSIONS run high when the subject of animal rights is raised ; so high that the warring factions can be at odds even over ownership of key metaphors in the argument . |
| 25 | Grown-up critics manage to deny its appeal ( probably the very same priapic excitement they derived from rock in their unreconstructed youth ) because it seems to be at odds with their sexual politics . |
| 26 | If he does , he will be at odds for the first time with the hordes of admiring supporters who could not conceal their disappointment when news of Ronnie Whelan 's late equaliser at Highbury was announced just before the kick-off . |
| 27 | His disciplinarian approach was seen to be at odds with West Ham 's tradition as a freewheeling and creative team . |
| 28 | Sometimes where there is a third party , such as a foundation with clear principles or there is government or local authority involvement , the pressure on the foundation representatives and public servants is to conform to an ‘ official ’ position which may be at odds with the way the project is developing and the views of the other partners . |
| 29 | In some cases , of course , his penchant for doggedness , which seems to have become more pronounced towards the end of his career , appears to be at odds with the spirit of the music . |
| 30 | It might well be of concern to him , for example , if the content of a particular religion proved to be at odds with the ethical criteria he would associate himself with the concept of Truth . |