Example sentences of "[pron] be at [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the objectives of the analysis are clearer , a selective transcription will be more useful than a detailed one , which is at that later stage of the research likely to contain much unwanted information . |
| 2 | Obviously , there are others on the fringes of this group who have dropped out for 1-2 years ( an extra 13 firms ) but this leaves a large number who are at most transient players . |
| 3 | What mischief have you been at this last while , then ? ’ |
| 4 | So how long have you been at these particular premises ? |
| 5 | In addition to that you get depreciation of one thousand one hundred and forty four pound per year which , by my reckoning is ninety five pound a month in addition to that , as a Methodist Minister you get a standing charge of five hundred and twenty eight pound per year which is forty four pound pe er , per month and then you also through i in the year if you have a major repair needed on your car you get a hundred and eight pound now , if in fact , I had , I have a Vauxhall Nova , and let me take these figures as you are at twenty four P a mile , or twenty four point five P a mile and if that 's all we are recommended , recommending , in other words , there 's no lump sum at all er , that would mean that I would be getting forty nine pound but Methodist , this colleague in Llandudno if he did |
| 6 | In order to achieve this position , your bowman must know where the line is and how far away from it you are at any given moment . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're at maximum lean angle now with so much grip that when it does step out it throws you a long way . |
| 8 | If he has any social reform plans , he should approach the Minister of Health who is at this very moment bringing to an end the old Poor Law … ’ |
| 9 | Lizzy was n't at Joanie 's on New Year 's Eve , she was at that bloody rave ! |
| 10 | They were wondering where she was at that very moment . |
| 11 | Precious few people knew where she was at this present moment in time and , besides , Simone had visited only the night before . |
| 12 | Although , as we shall see , a large proportion of divorced people remarry , there are at any one time a good number of single-person households or single-parent households created by divorce . |
| 13 | It is impossible to say , even for the relatively well-documented western part of the Carolingian Empire , how many counts there were at any one time , let alone identify the personnel . |
| 14 | And yet , according to Arp , NGC 4319 and Mrk 205 are connected by streamers of material , impossible if they are at such different distances from us . |
| 15 | If it has rights they are at best analogical ones . |
| 16 | It 's inedible , but who would want to bother anyway , since they are at most two inches high ! |
| 17 | Right , so after twenty seconds they 're up to full speed , and flat out , erm they 're at forty five degrees . |
| 18 | Numerically both the Poles and the Kaszubians were declining ; socially they were at best second-class citizens . |
| 19 | It is very difficult to say with certainty what they were at any particular moment . |
| 20 | The contestants were asked to note where they were at ten minute intervals . |
| 21 | But there is in us another level of being which lies deeper than knowing or acting , and it is at that further depth that the genuine religious impulse arises and lives . |
| 22 | It appears to broaden the categories of non-consent so that , for example , fraud is not merely confined to fraud as to the nature of the act or husband impersonation , as it is at English common law . |
| 23 | Are rich , it is at this dear cost — |
| 24 | The seven items outlined above thus form a very important part of the design stage of a program , as well as in its implementation , as it is at this initial stage that the appropriate facilities and practicalities are planned . |
| 25 | Dreaming is ideal for such sites ; if the dreams of Earth can be dreamt anywhere , it is at these sacred waters . |
| 26 | It was at one such gathering that he described the venerable French cabaret singer Mistinguette as ‘ a rose-red cutie , half as old as time ’ . |
| 27 | It was at that precise moment that James became aware of PC Charlton . |
| 28 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 29 | It was at that precise moment the killer pack picked up their trail back in the woods , having arrived hotfoot in answer to the summons of the ultrasonic whistle . |
| 30 | Perhaps it was at that same party that Marevna , who stayed until dawn , saw Modigliani and Beatrice fighting ferociously until Modi grabbed her and flung her through a closed window . |