Example sentences of "[noun sg] be at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irony is at the same time a characteristic form of the contemporary imagination and a way of thinking the specific forms of engagement which the distractions of the everyday and the interruptions of its temporality might facilitate in television viewing . |
| 2 | It might be worth recalling Walter Benjamin 's view that there is always a verso and recto to history — each document of civilisation is at the same time a document of barbarism . |
| 3 | That bid is at the final stage of its examination and I expect to be able to make an announcement soon . |
| 4 | Buying something like a car is at the other end of the spectrum from holding cash . |
| 5 | Do two passes of the carriage to read the cams and then , when the carriage is at the opposite side to the point cam ( in this case on the right ) , move the left point cam back to its position on the right of the N1 cam . |
| 6 | After that , move the point cam to its correct position when the carriage is at the opposite side to the cam being moved . |
| 7 | The motion-work was at the very apogee of clockmaking technology and the case-work enjoyed a world wide reputation for quality of design and good taste , all at very competitive pricing . |
| 8 | Sarah 's bedroom was at the other end of the landing , next to her brother 's . |
| 9 | She wondered if he ever dropped it ; she could sense that , however fluently he talked , however intently he listened — and he listened very intently — his mind was at the same time pursuing some other parallel track . |
| 10 | ( All this action was at the furthest end from where Leeds fans were stood , so I could n't see much . |
| 11 | Somebody told you that Vecchi and the girl were at the Regal Arms . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , if we adjust the above findings , they suggest that almost 40% of the public feel that mentally handicapped people should be segregated from the rest of society ; around the same proportion would dislike the idea of a mentally handicapped child being at the same school as their child and around 70% feel that mentally handicapped people should not be allowed to marry and have children . |
| 13 | We mention also that once the vehicle is at the managing director 's home , no private use is made of it whatsoever . |
| 14 | Lunch is at the historic Culloden House Hotel . |
| 15 | Either we assume that the whole universe is at the present moment in a very improbable state . |
| 16 | Spelling is at the very heart of information technology but , so far in IT Year , it has been largely ignored . |
| 17 | The difference between ( 77 ) and ( 78 ) is not the same difficulty we met earlier , in the ambiguity of : ( 79 ) The cat is behind the car where behind can have either a deictic usage ( i.e. the car intervenes between the cat and the speaker 's location ) , or a non-deictic usage ( i.e. the cat is at the intrinsic rear-end of the car ) . |
| 18 | CPU : with a CPU performance rating of 111.45 , this machine is at the top end of the performance scales . |
| 19 | Review by Keith Thompson LIKE it or loathe it , Victorian Music Hall is at the very root of modern British mainstream comedy . |
| 20 | Data integration is especially a problem for geographers because information synthesis is at the very heart of the discipline . |
| 21 | We feel that , for an Englishman , to ask this question is at the same time to answer it . |
| 22 | His village was at the upper end of the valley in which the woman of Lohali had been killed the previous week , and he told me that nothing had been heard of the man-eater since , and added that the animal was possibly now at the other end of the district . |
| 23 | The terminus at Thornton Heath was at the busy junction where the High Street met Grange Road and Whitehorse Lane . |
| 24 | The acting he saw as a boy was at the local cinema , popularly known as the ‘ Cach ’ — the ‘ Shithouse ’ . |
| 25 | My preference when fish are feeding hard on the bottom is for the fixed paternoster which , due to the lead being at the extreme end of the line , casts further and more accurately than any other set-up . |
| 26 | The difference is at the very heart of the plot . |
| 27 | Just under 10 miles south-west of St Jean , on the Brouage road , St-Savinien is at the upper limit of the tidal reaches of the Charente . |
| 28 | Christians would claim that this parable is at the very heart of the meaning of prayer . |
| 29 | If the product is at the introductory stage , a considerable amount of resources will be put into advertising . |
| 30 | The next section will indicate the value of a teacher 's comment or direct intervention is at the relevant time within the activity . |