Example sentences of "being at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being at the bottom , they feel their contribution often goes unrecognized , at least by the authorities . |
| 2 | Professionals ' self-esteem had been founded upon being at the top of the manual wages pyramid . |
| 3 | It 's like being at the sea , early in the morning with the seagulls and the sea pounding away and the fresh air . |
| 4 | But I guess , one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association , rather than being at the peak of one . |
| 5 | About twenty per cent goes on the maintenance of the forces in being at the time . |
| 6 | THE single market in Europe 's financial services is supposed to come into being at the end of 1992 . |
| 7 | Steve Richardson also moved up with a 70 in the company of Jack Nicklaus , who beat him by a shot , the difference being at the 18th , which Richardson three-putted despite only a wedge for his second shot . |
| 8 | She has English rose looks and charm , and while she thrives on being at the centre of events she is still extremely shy . |
| 9 | Last year Lord Petre planted out about ten thousand Americans which , being at the same time mixed with about twenty thousand Europeans , and some Asians , make a very beautiful appearance , great art and skill being shown in consulting everyone 's particular growth and the well blending of the greens … |
| 10 | Nevertheless , if we adjust the above findings , they suggest that almost 40% of the public feel that mentally handicapped people should be segregated from the rest of society ; around the same proportion would dislike the idea of a mentally handicapped child being at the same school as their child and around 70% feel that mentally handicapped people should not be allowed to marry and have children . |
| 11 | I never saw what was so great about being at the centre of the Solar System , or the centre of the Galaxy , or even the centre of the Universe . |
| 12 | And rather than being at the mercy of the autobiographer 's choice of what to mention , we can ask questions and open up areas of significant memory which would otherwise have been lost . |
| 13 | This is not purely a result of them being faster sailors , but partly a measure of the clean wind they have had by being at the front . |
| 14 | It is likely , however , that at least 40% and possibly more of gas demand will by then be imported but as with oil the Netherlands will continue to benefit from being at the hub of European energy supply . |
| 15 | A system of retention ratios at least gives exporters part of the benefits due to them , since they are assured of most of their import needs , and can sell any surplus foreign exchange on the black market to other enterprises , who also benefit by being able to obtain foreign exchange at a price instead of being at the mercy of administrative decisions by bureaucrats . |
| 16 | Could Castle Dore even challenge Tintagel as being at the root of the Arthurian legends ? |
| 17 | My preference when fish are feeding hard on the bottom is for the fixed paternoster which , due to the lead being at the extreme end of the line , casts further and more accurately than any other set-up . |
| 18 | It was like being at the source of the lightning . |
| 19 | In the early 40s I remember being at the Hilker house off South Granville Street when Yehudi Menuhin was in town for a concert . |
| 20 | Congregations on Sunday were good , the larger congregation being at the evening service . |
| 21 | Fortunately it was nearly empty , all mothers being at the back , and staff too , except those who lived out anyway . |
| 22 | Such records justified being at the top of the class structure , with heaven knows what colour of label ; but this would be undemocratic . |
| 23 | There was a sense of importance , of being at the heart of things . |
| 24 | Getting up and being at the shop on time is the teenager 's own responsibility and part of the cost to be reckoned with . |
| 25 | If all such causes have been ruled out , and there is strong evidence for food sensitivity being at the root of the problem , then breast milk is the best solution . |
| 26 | Thus reading is seen as something like ‘ thinking under the stimulus of print ’ , with the reader — rather than the text — being at the core of the process : |
| 27 | She got told off for being late , but it was n't until the next day that Sally 's parents were phoned by the school who had heard about a gang of young people being at the hospital the previous night . |
| 28 | Specialeyes marketing director Steve Jacobs says the company has always been perceived as being at the cheap end of the market and it is now trying to raise its image with its professional market and consumers . |
| 29 | But we are far from being at the end of the chain of slimming benefits that are achieved by a diet rich in natural fibre . |
| 30 | Being at the start of a slimming programme , rather than at a midway stage . |