Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [be] at the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Then she was like one of those seers who is at the same time a strange animal , like a priestess in a bear 's cave . |
| 2 | It is a means by which a relationship may be maintained with objects which are at the same time always potentially alienable . |
| 3 | Professor Mark Roberts , speaking from the centre of the critical consensus , declared : ‘ It does n't issue from an understanding of reality which is not to be denied , it is not moulded by some controlling vision of things which is at the same time its raison d'être . ’ |
| 4 | It should be clear by this time that if there is one critical statement entirely and absolutely wrong , it is the one quoted at the start of this chapter , about The Lord of the Rings not being ‘ moulded by some controlling vision of things which is at the same time its raison d'être' . |
| 5 | For example , we believe as a group that we can only survive in our chosen business of the chemical industry if we serve the customers who are at the leading edge of development , wherever they may be . |
| 6 | Casualty doctors who 're at the sharp end see the evidence that speeding is deadly . |
| 7 | Plant up arrangements in bulb bowls and planters choosing bulbs which are at the same stage of development . |
| 8 | Thucydides writes with feeling : he complains in his own person in book v ( 68 ) of the secrecy with which the Spartans conduct their affairs , which meant that no one knew how many Spartans there were at the first battle of Mantinea in 418 . |