Example sentences of "[be] at the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now this I dependably find a real throw-up number but there 's never anything too horrendous because , as my colleagues are always saying , we 're at the darning-and-patching level of the biomedical business : the serious cases we bring in direct , and at speed , from the city hospitals , and we in our turn get rid of them as quickly as we can . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're pleased about the reed warblers : they 're at the north-westerly edge of their breeding range here , ’ he went on . |
| 3 | It must be incredibly frustrating to have the weight of climbing opinion against you if you 're at the front end of the game and you want to climb a new line without considerable risk of topping yourself unless you place bolts . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're at the final state of putting proposals together . ’ |
| 5 | Squatters have long felt they 're at the receiving end of a bad press and have have welcomed tonight 's opportunity to express their side of the story . |
| 6 | You 're at the wrong end of the snake , you 're okay . |
| 7 | I 'm at the long ledge below the final wall of the Nose , where the Direct , Superdirect , and other routes not mentioned by Ron James converge . |
| 8 | The post , which is at research officer level , will be for two years in the first instance , with the possibility of extension , and the salary will be at the appropriate point on the 1A scale ( £ –£18 165 per annum ) with USS . |
| 9 | ( As suggested in Chapter 1 , ‘ larks ’ tend to be at the lower end of the range and ‘ owls ’ towards the top of it. ) • Where are the sense organs that pick up such external factors ? |
| 10 | However , the introduction of the new lower 20% tax band on the first 2,000 of taxable income in March 1992 should help improve the position of some 4 million people who are thought to be at the lowest end of the income scale . |
| 11 | When the trust is in demand , prices are likely to be at the upper end of the range and the trust is said to be on an ‘ offer ’ basis . |
| 12 | You need a seat which supports your back and the book should be at the right distance from your eyes ( the optimum reading distance is between 15 and 22 inches from your eyes ) . |
| 13 | Another consideration is the use of humour , which should be at the right level of sophistication , otherwise it can fall flat ( the best kind of humour is that generated spontaneously in the classroom ) . |
| 14 | Apart from the pure nostalgia generated among those of us who know the route well , it was enlightening to hear from Russell of the practical problems and time involved in making such a film — 200+ hours and many journeys , hoping to be at the right place at the right time — and , as always , the great unknown — the weather . |
| 15 | On January 22nd Alan Greenspan , chairman of the Federal Reserve , suggested that it would be at the low end of that range largely because much of the equipment being used would not be replaced . |
| 16 | When launching a kick it is essential to be at the correct distance from an opponent . |
| 17 | Many elderly people who suffer from backache and stiff joints find bending and stretching difficult , so it is important that the cooker , sink and work-tops should be at the correct height for them , and that cupboards and larder shelves that are in daily use should not be too high or too low for them to reach without strain . |
| 18 | Participation in the Plan and its extent , together with any award under the Plan , will be at the sole discretion of the Group Remuneration Committee . |
| 19 | In Archdale & Co Ltd v Comservices Ltd [ 1954 ] 1 WLR 459 a contract between the defendant decorators and property owners provided that : existing structures and the works and unfixed materials shall be at the sole risk of the employer as regards loss or damage by fire and the employer shall maintain a proper policy of insurance against that risk . |
| 20 | It will be at the following sites between 10am and 4pm : Monday , Billingham shopping centre ; Tuesday , Yarm High Street ; Wednesday , Stockton High Street ; Thursday , Thornaby town centre car park and Friday , Stockton High Street . |
| 21 | Ms Hargreaves , 32 , from Derbyshire , will be at the sharp end of the project . |
| 22 | Ms Hargreaves , 32 , from Derbyshire , will be at the sharp end of the project . |
| 23 | Somewhere people are drumming — it must be at the far end of the village , because at times the rhythm is distinct but when the wind takes it it becomes muffled , merging with the roar of the full monsoon river . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't picture it , ’ she said , ‘ but it could be at the far end from the flat . ’ |
| 25 | Branson was as awed as anyone could expect to be at the first sight of their own Jumbo Jet . |
| 26 | He remembered how pleased she would be at the mere thought of a visit . |
| 27 | Surprisingly , in the last decades is that literary studies , perhaps especially classical studies , which may seem to be at the other extreme of the academic spectrum from the sciences , have shown themselves more self confident in the use of computers than history has done , even though history is closer to the social sciences which have for long been acclimatized to quantification and computerization . |
| 28 | Among the many shocks being delivered by the declining years of the twentieth century is that of discovering , after decades of thinking we were the true moderns , how modern they could already be at the other end of the century . |
| 29 | And mark my words , Oxford United will be at the top half of the , of the division by Christmas , I promise you , once they get it sorted out , there 's not one side in the second division who are better than Oxford . |
| 30 | It is artificially constrained in a way that ensures that the burden is not fairly distributed and those at the top end of the property range , and very likely to be at the top end of the income range , are being given shelter which is not justified . |