Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pers pn] [be] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shorter estimate comes from one or two ‘ optimists ’ within the electricity supply industry who believe that the opponents to the plans to build the Sizewell PWR will prove less persistent than they were at the inquiry into the plans to expand the nuclear fuel plant at Windscale in Cumbria . |
| 2 | At the end of a day 's banking some banks are going to be more liquid , as a result of net deposits and other banks are going to be less liquid than they were at the beginning of the day 's business , as a result of a net withdrawal of deposits . |
| 3 | It has been convincingly argued that the image of an advice-giving agency is crucial because it is at the stage of identification of the appropriate agency that most people are obstructed on the way to the solution of their problem . |
| 4 | The concept is that applicants should be given credit for prior learning whether it is certificated or uncertificated providing it is at the right level and relevant to the qualification being sought . |
| 5 | When it was over Janet came into the room and said : ‘ We found a small tumour but you are very lucky because it 's at the preliminary stage . |
| 6 | As fit as he was at the Wychwood Forest Fair . |
| 7 | For the press the facilities were as basic as they were at the hotel . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave , ’ said Major Astle . |
| 9 | Major Astle said : ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave . |
| 10 | Lyndon Bolton , the managing director , yesterday described prospects as more encouraging than they were at the time of the interim report in August . |
| 11 | ‘ We buy 50 to 60 cars a year , and if they prove to be as good as they are at the moment at the end of the year I think we could be in the market again for more diesels . |
| 12 | ‘ This morning I 'm taking you up the coast to my house overlooking the Sound , and if the weather stays as good as it is at the moment we 'll spend the afternoon on the beach at Hornbaek , which means we 'll go right past Kronberg — we can even stop off and take the tour if it appeals to you . ’ |
| 13 | I took this as his Imprimateur , his permission if you like for me to go away and write aqbout what Toad really got up to next rather than being annoyingly good as he is at the end of Wind in the Willows |
| 14 | Nor are glamorous stiletto shoes safe until you are at the bottom of the stairs ; do not attempt to come down wearing them as the danger is very real — Winston Churchill 's mother lost a leg that way . |
| 15 | Angry as he was at the directors for failing to appreciate his talents and not understanding what he was driving at , Dustin was angrier with himself for losing jobs . |
| 16 | Barbed wire might well become more common than it is at the moment . |
| 17 | ‘ Shall we say that I 'm less uncertain than I was at the beginning . ’ |
| 18 | They are thus almost as dear as they were at the end of 1989 , when the p/e ratio peaked at 18 before a nearly successful coup sank the stockmarket and all who sailed in her . |
| 19 | They 're not as stressed as he is at the end of the day because . |
| 20 | I am sure you are as appalled as I am at the use that has been made of the private letter of a schoolboy to his parents , but it is certainly a lesson for you in the ways of the world . ’ |
| 21 | Of course , er we er , the provisos must be er that the er , that the prices or the costs at the Nuffield remain as competitive as they are at the moment , and of course , that we get the same very high quality that we er , that we already have . |
| 22 | And she , he was always quiet when we were at the erm t twos to threes . |