Example sentences of "[be] [adv] at the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are rather at the point of arguing that the state , and in particular its bureaucracy , may be free from subordination and manipulation by the ruling class in order to preserve its interests in the long run and as a whole . |
| 2 | For example , the Eskimos , who as hunters and fishermen are right at the bottom of Marx 's and Engels 's technological scale , have a kinship terminology which does not classify relatives any more than the English system does — a sign for Morgan of the presence of monogamy — while the Malays , who have possessed for a very long time highly advanced agricultural techniques , use a kinship terminology which Morgan and Engels associated with the earliest stages of evolution . |
| 3 | So I think I made this point before that the people who are right at the top of politics are the ones who are very good at flattery , duplicity , manipulation and so on and these , are these really the qualities we want in our government ? |
| 4 | Images of parties and party leaders are right at the margin between perceptions and attitudes . |
| 5 | And the French are right at the forefront of design again . |
| 6 | The choice of food and the way to spend the waking hours are entirely at the discretion of the volunteer . |
| 7 | Those in between ( i.e. , 6 to 15 years service ) , who are perhaps at the point in their careers when promotion in teaching is most keenly sought , are positive , expressing willingness to take part in SSE irrespective of direct personal benefit and considering that SSE should be made compulsory in school . |
| 8 | We are only at the beginning of a change which became more conspicuous later . |
| 9 | Finally , we realise that we are only at the beginning of what may prove to be one of the most significant developments of the twentieth century . |
| 10 | He 'd been away at the time of the murder but if , as seemed likely , he 'd been having an affair with Angy … suppose he was married and his wife had found out , and taken the opportunity while her husband was absent to do away with her rival ? |
| 11 | I am a good citizen , a nice person ; I am just at the moment in the grip of a sexual passion , in the throes of love ; I am alive : I who have been so nearly dead for decades , which is why I am currently neglecting them , just a little . |
| 12 | ‘ We are just at the beginning of the worldwide epidemic and the situation is still very unstable . |
| 13 | He added , ‘ We are just at the beginning of the worldwide epidemic and the situation is still very unstable . |
| 14 | He said , ‘ we are just at the end of the recession and we are about to come out on some sort of curve ’ . |
| 15 | you , you are just at the end of the line , and you take it off her so you take the pressure off her . |
| 16 | So you 're right at the head of the pecking order ? |
| 17 | You 're right at the head of the pecking order , when the cash generation starts you 'll be first in line ? |
| 18 | See what happens is they always backwards even if they 're right at the back of the field so you find someone you do n't like and you go behind them trip them over |
| 19 | ‘ As yet , ’ said the Inspector imperturbably , ‘ we 're only at the beginning of our enquiries . |
| 20 | Since they 're only at the start of their two-month US tour , BMG sent them down to Next for some smart fashions . |
| 21 | We 're just at the beginning of it and this is going to go on till the end of April or May now , it 'll be like this . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're still at the beginning of your career . |
| 23 | But er I would warn you about er er accounts which obviously tie your money for a lot longer than maybe six months or a year because you 're always at the mercy of the er of the er building society then if their rates turn down or if you want access , you 've got penalties , and I think if , there 's no point in chasing interest rates through building societies generally , because if you take an average over five years , there is n't a lot of difference between one society and another . |
| 24 | Well , the figures are there , it 's , it 's following the , the very substantial debate that took place at the last County Council meeting , on the issue of earnings within Shropshire , it 's to give the Committee a bit more detailed information about the position , and , and particularly I think , the position about female earnings in the County er , where we 're , we 're really at the bottom of , of the U K lists . |
| 25 | Now as the United Nations does n't have enough on its plate dealing with the problems on earth and obviously they 're er they 're there at the forefront of everything that happens . |
| 26 | We 're actually at the front of it . |
| 27 | Because the best conkers are always at the top of the tree . |
| 28 | Some of the main areas are listed here , but the AOI stresses that staff are always at the end of the telephone to answer queries on a whole range of subjects . |
| 29 | Such details are hardly at the heart of ‘ introducing major operational change ’ , which the Government 's Teaching Company Scheme ( TCS ) proposes , but they form intriguing by-products . |
| 30 | Such details are hardly at the heart of ‘ introducing major operational change ’ , which the Government 's Teaching Company Scheme ( TCS ) proposes , but they form intriguing by-products . |