Example sentences of "[be] [adv] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the rhyolites , which are right at the other end of the spectrum from basalts ; that is to say they are acid , contain a lot of silica and have the same composition as granite . |
| 2 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |
| 3 | In view of this , proposals for the northern part of the Section are only at a preliminary stage , and are therefore not included in this leaflet . |
| 4 | This to-one-side posture of novelist and novel explains how it is that Raskolnikov and Marmeladov are pointedly at a loose end while Crime and Punishment is anything but pointedly sociological . |
| 5 | Instead of presenting a strong , clear answer to this misconception , many Christians show that their defences are down at the very place where modern unbelief is most devastating . |
| 6 | I am over at the big house within a couple of minutes , kilt on , best sporran and carrying the bagpipes , and prepared for anything . |
| 7 | The observed pattern , that in all directions the redshift of a galaxy is proportional to its distance from us , can be explained ( if we are not at a special place in the Universe ) only by a uniform universal expansion . |
| 8 | The external doses recorded for the fathers in our study are orders of magnitude lower than the external doses received by survivors of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki , whose children are not at an increased risk of childhood leukaemia . |
| 9 | There continues to exist an element of uncertainty as all EC member countries are not at the same level of preparedness to proceed at an identical pace towards the final stage of European monetary unification . |
| 10 | And most of us do that , and that is the situation that we 're in at the present time . |
| 11 | Anyway , I hope you 're still at the same address , and that someone may let us know where you are if you 're not . |
| 12 | erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away . |
| 13 | And we 're both at a loose end . |
| 14 | After a while Strawberry ended by saying , " We 're nearly at the great burrow now , but we 're corning in by a different way . " |
| 15 | the foundation of ‘ a small multi-disciplinary central policy review staff in the Cabinet Office ’ to help formulate and sustain a clearer overall strategy for the administration as a whole , for ‘ governments are always at the same risk of losing sight of the need to consider the totality of their current policies in relation to their longer-term objectives ’ . |
| 16 | The charges for buying into a trust are usually at the standard rate . |
| 17 | At a seated dinner the speakers are usually at the top table and the microphone is nearby and can be handed to each speaker . |
| 18 | Her songs are still at the rough-and-ready stage but Harvey 's power comes from her ability to stare men and women right in the eye . |
| 19 | They are ongoing in that they are still at an early stage and in that the process of applying them right across the whole of the NHS will take several years-probably up to the end of the century . |
| 20 | Microtus makes her nest underground in a burrow , so she can safely bring her young into the world when they are still at an early stage of their development , and then within a few hours , start on the business of producing the next litter . |
| 21 | Neural networks offer another possibility for use in identification , but they are still at an early stage of development . |
| 22 | For instance , the small diameter flexible cholecystoscopes are still at an early stage of development giving limited vewsof the gall bladder , and require experience to manipulate and perform direct contact lithotripsy . |
| 23 | Negotiations on these matters are still at an early stage , and involve unions in areas beyond their traditional expertise . |
| 24 | are still at an incompetent stage , they still are unable to carry out the job . |
| 25 | You use the same kind of glass , you put the same amount of ice in each glass and you leave them both in the same place ( so that they are both at the same temperature ) . |
| 26 | But I honestly do think that we are probably at the very bottom of the list for help for women amongst the 12 EC countries — we are certainly regarded so in Europe ’ . |
| 27 | State retirement pensions are also at a lower level . |
| 28 | There is some comment has been made that a new settlement to the South or the South West of York would in some way undermine the urban regeneration erm of Leeds City Council , now I find this a surprising comment given that though people who are making that comment are also at the same time advocating much increased development allocations to , for example , Harrogate district , the main centre for which is erm , nearer than most conceivable new settlement locations to the South and South West of York . |
| 29 | Resentment has not built up and feelings are typically at a low level of distress . |
| 30 | The patient 's plinth is high enough to support his arms comfortably at an angle of 90° to his body , while the second plinth is lower , so that the physiotherapist 's feet are level with the patient 's ankles , and her knees are roughly at the same height as his . |