Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |
| 2 | If they are receiving thousands of pounds as members of Cardiff Bay development corporation , they are unlikely to look dispassionately at the interests of their wards . |
| 3 | We have become so obsessed with dowries and transfer payments that we are unable to look comprehensively at the needs of users |
| 4 | In the UK we have become so obsessed with dowries and transfer payments that we are unable to look comprehensively at the needs of users , let alone ask their views , and community care encourages this approach to service delivery . |
| 5 | In this it surpassed all that Lanfranc had been able to achieve even at the height of his influence in 1072 . |
| 6 | It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-door cell . |
| 7 | It seemed to be impossible to straighten both at the same time ) and thrust out his chest . |
| 8 | Provided he could use the motion , he might be able to rock away at the melancholy and eventually shift it off its fierce sticking point . |
| 9 | This is especially the case where we have an instruction set defined for a compatible range of computers , since it will be difficult to implement economically at the lower ( and cheaper ) end of the range the complex facilities required at the upper end ( though microprogramming may be an answer ) . |
| 10 | I suppose that the average Briton , although not naturally vindictive and revengeful , would be inclined to smile broadly at the idea of 3000 Inland |
| 11 | And he especially wants to encourage female football players to join : ‘ We do n't get the response we should from the girls it would be nice to see more at the schools . ’ |
| 12 | It therefore seems to be necessary to look carefully at the contract terms before deciding whether or not there is redundancy . |
| 13 | It will be necessary to look closely at the relief sought , and the grounds advanced in support , but it is convenient first to establish the background of statutory and common law to the matters now in issue . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm scared to go there at the moment . |
| 15 | As it was , they were all staring fixedly at the entrance to the place , so I had already been inspected by them . |
| 16 | Mr Rodger Bell QC , for Mr Bewick , suggested that his client had a ‘ bee in his bonnet ’ about surgeons being able to work anywhere at a drop of a hat . |
| 17 | Major 's proposals were first put forward at the summit ( although the United States government had reportedly been told shortly beforehand ) , prompting the Independent of April 10 to wonder whether " the early bungling over the Gulf crisis could be quietly forgotten " . |
| 18 | They did n't give a damn for what we call reason , they were liable to act wickedly at a moment 's notice . |
| 19 | He left the previous evening to drive to Ipswich , where his own term is due to begin today at the University of Suffolk . |
| 20 | It is possible to work hard at a complete system and get very little from it because of interference by other predators . |
| 21 | If the unholy alliance in favour of the National Curriculum is likely to come apart at the seams over the issue of resource , so also , given the very different aspirations of those who support its introduction , there is likely to be a parting of the ways over principles . |
| 22 | Even on the premier franchises , the marginal operator is likely to compete only at the best times while the franchisee is left to operate the full seven day service . |
| 23 | It 's all stripped apart at the moment ! |
| 24 | As with all drama work , it 's important to move forward at an appropriate pace , to aim for gradual progression . |
| 25 | With the franchise bids for Channel 3 close to completion and the date set for the advertising of Channel 5 franchises it is timely to look again at the possibilities in the new channel , and in particular at the potential for ‘ city television ’ . |
| 26 | In order to answer this last question it is necessary to look briefly at the type of anthropological work available to Marx and Engels at the time they were writing . |
| 27 | Before looking more closely at the reasons why children come into care , and at the numbers involved , it is necessary to look briefly at the main legislation in this field and the powers and duties of the child care service . |
| 28 | It is necessary to look continuously at the portfolio of one 's businesses . |
| 29 | He was on good terms with Marcus , content to know both that they would talk again , and that it was impossible to do so at the moment . |
| 30 | What might happen to it then was first understood only at the end of the 1920s . |