Example sentences of "[be] [adv] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And we 're both at a loose end . |
| 5 | State retirement pensions are also at a lower level . |
| 6 | Resentment has not built up and feelings are typically at a low level of distress . |
| 7 | It concludes by suggesting that the reforms are now at a critical stage but there are ways forward which could take us further on the road to Health for All , if we are prepared to take them . |
| 8 | He did not mention the point missed by the hon. Member for Dewsbury , that disconnections are now at a low level . |
| 9 | Five months into the project , we are now at a manageable level and tonight we arrange to open a further six fields over the next week . |
| 10 | ‘ Opinion polls may or may not turn out to be right at a later stage ’ ; ‘ Local authorities exceeded projected expenditure by quite a margin ’ ; ‘ When this campaign started some weeks ago ’ ; ‘ I concede the point , for I have stated it many times in the past . ’ |
| 11 | You had to be in at a certain time you know , you had very standard cuisine , it was , it had become if you like , ridiculed in jokes and things of this nature . |
| 12 | To come somewhere like this would have been better , somewhere where I had to be in at a certain time , where I could n't have certain people come in . |
| 13 | As every girl has her own individual subjects , the teaching is on a one-to-one basis , and each has cards showing her particular set work which has to be in at a certain time . |
| 14 | Seems you offered her a lift home , and she promised her baby-sitter she 'd be back at a reasonable hour . |
| 15 | So you did n't have to go there or be there at a certain time . |
| 16 | He declined , however , to specify what type of vehicle production was being considered and said the discussions were still at a preliminary stage . |
| 17 | We were now at a crucial point in the training . |
| 18 | I believe she 's rather at a loose end , but she said she could n't seem to fancy an exterminator . ’ |
| 19 | So the water table is not at a constant level , but rises and falls during the year as the amount of water stored in the aquifer increases and decreases . |
| 20 | But if it is not thoroughly conscious or if the youngster is not at a mature level of understanding any examination of feeling may be very disturbing for the child . |
| 21 | My dear little Louisa too is just at a critical age , teething in all probability . |
| 22 | erm The low temperatures we 're talking about , Brian , are , are right inside erm very big apparatuses , so that as far as we 're concerned the room is just at a normal temperature and the low temperature is within a can within a can within a can within a can away from us . |
| 23 | While it is still at a safe height , apply back cyclic to flare the model into level flight and simultaneously add power to return to the hover position . |
| 24 | The insurance business cycle is also at a low ebb . |
| 25 | When Christopher Steffen , reportedly a slash and burn merchant when it comes to cutting costs and staff , quit Eastman Kodak Co on Wednesday after just seven weeks in the job of chief financial officer of Eastman Kodak Co , saying that the team was agreed on the objectives , but had irreconcilable differences on how to get from here to there , IBM Corp shares jumped for joy in anticipation that he was about to be named finance chief — but the joy subsided and so did the share price , off 87.5 cents at $49 when nothing happened yesterday ; word out of IBM is that there is an appointment already to be announced , but unless the fact that Steffen is now at a loose end causes a last-minute re-think , he is not the man that IBM has in mind . |
| 26 | The water itself shifts , and thus carries vast masses of heat with it ; the land also heats the air , and is often at a different temperature from the water ; the heating is greater at the equator than the poles , and greater at night than by day ; the air is diverted by mountains , and funnelled through passes ; and the air itself is heated by the Sun . |
| 27 | At the discussions , time is given to cause and effect , but this is mainly at a conscious level . |
| 28 | An imagination nurtured among northern latitudes is here at a distinct disadvantage . |
| 29 | And this is why at a late stage in À la recherche , Marcel says that it is a mistake , particularly where the artist is concerned , to accept , and I quote , ‘ It 's a mistake to accept things as they are in reality , names as they are written , people as photography and psychology give in an unalterable idea of them . ’ |
| 30 | Income elasticity of demand for any product will change as income per head rises , but when income per head is currently at a certain level , income elasticity of demand for a product can be estimated from the statistical analysis . |