Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [be] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The informatics graduate can expect to be at the forefront of the development of new software products and tools or to follow a career in developing technology applications for a range of areas — from industry to the public sector and from health care to agriculture . |
| 2 | After the summit , we must ask how the Prime Minister can claim to be at the heart of Europe when , because of his actions , our country is not even part of the key decisions that will shape the Europe of the future . |
| 3 | But whereabouts do you hope to be at the end of twenty minutes , however long we 've got . |
| 4 | Er , assisted places in playgroups with a wider scope , now in other words , you do n't have to be at the end of the line so to speak , you can have help on , er , a much softer criteria . |
| 5 | If Jackie were to close the gap , it would have to be at the Nürburgring . |
| 6 | But no matter how often the archives are ransacked for old genres to bastardise , you do n't have to be at the forefront of style-making to foresee that very few clubs will be swaying this time next year to Pub Acid , Hip Malt ` n ’ Hops , or Sweaty Backroom House . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
| 8 | But I suppose she had pretended to be ill because she did n't want to be at the funeral . |
| 9 | This tends to be skewed towards the favoured end and you should aim to be at the front of the bulge . |
| 10 | The Genoese city of Famagusta did not intend to be at the mercy of Mamelukes . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't forget to be at the meeting tomorrow then , ’ we prompted as we trod carefully on the clumps of dry grass as if they were stepping-stones . |