Example sentences of "[be] [adj] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to … |
| 2 | FIL file creation time to determine the maximum number of SSR/SPR Listing Requests which may be outstanding at the same time . |
| 3 | FIL file creation time to determine the maximum number of SPR distribution messages which may be outstanding at the same time . |
| 4 | FIL file creation time to determine the maximum number of new SSR relation messages which may be outstanding at the same time . |
| 5 | But existing mean farm size is too small for a vigorous , self-sustaining ‘ take-off ( which was estimated to be possible at a minimum farm size of 1.8 ha ) . |
| 6 | Other companies may prefer ‘ bolt-on-on ’ acquisitions to takeovers — buying a division of another group may be possible at a lower multiple than buying a company outright . |
| 7 | As the Bill is drafted , such an extension would be possible at a subsequent stage through the Minister of the day introducing the necessary order . |
| 8 | I want to ride as much as I can , but I want to try to be sensible at the same time . |
| 9 | Both tend to be high at the northern edge of the pack ice , over continental and island shelves where turbulence brings fresh resources to the surface , and at boundaries between water masses . |
| 10 | I 'm quite scared erm I 'd be scar I mean I 'd be scared if I saw one but be interesting at the same time , I sort of want to and I sort of |
| 11 | Now it seems to me that they are challenging on that basis that they can it can be it can be detailed at the local level that individual boundaries can be challenged . |
| 12 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 13 | The question of keeping to convention versus innovating is particularly acute in this kind of example ; and on balance it may be a good idea to reformulate problematic sentences slightly so that they can follow punctuation conventions and be clear at the same time . |
| 14 | … the correct comparison is not with any man but with an hypothetical man who would also be unavailable at the critical time . |
| 15 | Small children of two or three tend to be alarmed at a banana-skin fall , not amused yet . |
| 16 | The EMF would issue hard ecu deposits or notes in exchange for national currencies and set interest rates on hard ecu , initially on the interest bearing deposits it took , largely from commercial banks , and later " by the normal central banking techniques , namely through the creation of money market shortages which would then be relieved at the chosen interest rate " . |
| 17 | Faye had said last night that she would be welcome at the informal gathering , but , ‘ I 'm planning to visit my family , ’ Belinda had explained truthfully , after politely declining the invitation . |
| 18 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 19 | The tenancy is to be monthly at a nominal rent of £2 per month payable in advance , ( I would suggest that this should be payable once a year and would be grateful for your agreement to this ) . |
| 20 | He did n't know who he was talking to , but believed , from films he had seen , that R.C. priests drank whisky and told long stories ; that could be useful at the present juncture . |
| 21 | With American acquiescence , the UN has recently endorsed the principle that an international peace conference on Palestine might be useful at an appropriate time . |
| 22 | In relation to white British culture in particular , various factors combine to create a sense of unreliability in in-law support : the ambiguity about whether the in-laws are ‘ really ’ part of your kin group ; the possibility that the linking third party will be removed at some stage ; the expectation that in-law relationships are likely to be tricky at an interpersonal level . |
| 23 | Unfortunately I was not able to be present at the actual service in January 1947 . |
| 24 | A minor fraction of phosphatidylserine may be present at the outer surface of platelets , but this can not usually be detected . |
| 25 | Additionally , Jim , Lee and I will be present at the Joint Conference at Inverclyde on 3–4 October when we will be pleased to expand on the foregoing and to assist you further . |
| 26 | Rule 5 strikes a note familiar to all Sunday School teachers and Superintendents : ‘ Scholars who shall have been marked absent for twelve Sabbaths of the year shall not be entitled to be present at the Annual Festival Excursion . |
| 27 | Mr. Alison : I intend to be present at the next meeting of the General Synod which is scheduled for July of this year . |
| 28 | In some ways , dynamic recognition is more restrictive since both the writer and a suitable input device must be present at the same time , and the technique is evidently only applicable to handwritten text . |
| 29 | It has been seen that for an offence to be committed under section 14 two things need to be present at the same time . |
| 30 | Creativity can be seen to be complementary , rather than opposed , to conventional engineering , which must be present at an adequate level to permit a high quality solution . |