Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Forget the Cup Final … the real fun was at the play-offs .
2 But the swirling breeze was at the hunters ' backs , and the big bull suddenly lifted his muzzle to scent in their direction , and a moment later the whole herd was running towards the shelter of the trees .
3 It can , for example , generate a very rectangular wave from a noisy fluctuating input signal so that one use is at the inputs of logic circuitry .
4 At first the Russians had been driven back in disorder , but in the months of July and August they had begun to recover and had driven the Poles back on their tracks until finally the Red Army was at the gates of Warsaw itself .
5 His first one-man show was at The Artists Gallery 1941 and he showed with Peggy Guggenheim 's Art of this Century in 1944 which led on to a one man-show at the Guggenheim in 1947 .
6 Ten or eleven for lectures , erm that erm I I think that the is is quite a strong reason , well the other reason is at the weekends are we providing enough cover ?
7 When dealing with a telephone enquiry it is essential that all the necessary information is at the fingertips of the receptionist as nothing is more irritating on the telephone than hesitancy through lack of knowledge or being asked to hang on whilst information is being looked up — and always have alternatives to offer if the first choice is not available .
8 The warders and the trusties from Internal Order are at the doors of the huts , and the zeks are pitched out into the night darkness and spill to the perimeter path , and like an ant trail they wind around the compound for what is classified as Exercise .
9 Crucially , the one may support the other : , a prominent Jesuit in Nicaragua , comments ‘ I think the lack of a good academic training is at the roots of too many simplifications in the pastoral work of people using the framework of liberation theology . ’
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