Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this coup I was disappointed to find at the end of our first month that the shop had made a loss of over three pounds which meant I was n't able to return a penny piece to Daphne . |
| 2 | also , I was able to work at the painting knowing I could obliterate any unwanted areas ; this gave me the freedom I needed . |
| 3 | No Sex , Please-We 're British opened at the Strand Theatre on 3 June 1971 , and Crawford was so nervous that he was sick off stage three times . |
| 4 | In this way , should you be unable to attend at the last moment and he has to sit twiddling his thumbs in his consulting room because it is too late to give the appointment to anyone else , he is recompensed for the wasted time . |
| 5 | Martina Navratilova announced she is likely to retire at the end of next year after she blasted aside Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6–2 , 6–2 in the first round of the Virginia Slims championships in New York . |
| 6 | Like a good Renaissance poet he replies that this is the principle of decorum ; his form merely recreates his subject-matter : We are inclined to smile at the self-depreciation , as we are at the similar joke in 105 : He has no need for other forms , other themes . |
| 7 | I 'M through with all the gentle , kind and witty ‘ sex symbols ’ we 're supposed to fancy at the moment the Angus Deaytons and Kevin Whatelys . |
| 8 | ‘ We were wrong to laugh at the idea of Europeans mastering football , ’ said Chapman in the Sunday Express after the game . |
| 9 | They are free to evolve at the mutation rate . |
| 10 | Individuals believe that they are able to perform at the desired level ( effort performance outcome ) . |
| 11 | Or even if you have to clarify the title by saying who is responsible for making sure that materials that you use arrive at the place that they 're supposed to arrive at the time . |
| 12 | With these , but with no filming permits , since they were impossible to obtain at the time , we winged it to the steaming metropolis of Jakarta . |
| 13 | And they were shocked to hear at the end of the three-month trial that Allitt suffered from a dangerous personality disorder . |
| 14 | During his first march into the west Gorbad broke into many Dwarf tombs and stole the magic weapons they contained , an act of desecration that enraged the Dwarfs but which they were powerless to prevent at the time . |
| 15 | He and Shinwell had told the Central Authority at their first meeting in September 1947 that , while general price rises could be ruled out , they were prepared to look at the possibility of controlling demand at peak times by differentially higher prices for peak use or by mechanical load-restricting devices . |
| 16 | I do n't support this blanket band of reducing surplus places for the sake of reducing surplus places , like the district auditor , and if quote right , it 's an accountant looking at erm , looking at figures and nothing else , and I think that is the problem with the issue , erm , we 've seen in other schools , in larger schools , where they 've developed erm , classrooms into a decent library , or resource area , but in the , in the , in the overall spectrum they 're still counted as classroom spaces , and if that classroom was put back er in , into a class , the school would suffer environmentally , because that school would have no library facilities , no resource facilities which it 's able to appreciate at the present time . |
| 17 | So it 's important to reward at the point of the desired behaviour , okay ? |
| 18 | It 's difficult to get at the timbers once you 've insulated , so get the job done properly and carry out the treatment before insulating the loft . |
| 19 | Yes I think it 's fair to say at the moment that , that , that is being looked at Mr Trotter , together with er the broader range of issues on the er the operating concept er for E F two thousand but it is of course standard practice to buy not just the number you need for the front line but to buy sufficient aircraft to keep that front line in field for about twenty five , thirty years , whatever the life of the aircraft happens to be , taking account of er attrition , taking account of training requirements and engineering needs and support needs and all that kind of thing and all that work er is , has been done , is being done at the moment and er final figures will be put to that in in due course . |
| 20 | It 's desirable to lodge at the District Registry an approved estate plan ( two copies ) ; searches by individual buyers can then be made by reference to the plot number alone . |
| 21 | The impact upon investment appraisal will be left until chapter 6 , but it is appropriate to look at the effect upon costing here . |
| 22 | Therefore , it is appropriate to start at the market portfolio and consider it in some depth . |
| 23 | It is essential to realise at the outset that desktop publishing software is totally unlike any other software product category . |
| 24 | Given the mythology surrounding Nizan 's life and work , it is essential to establish at the outset the full range and scope of Nizan 's activities in order to highlight the very real intellectual and literary qualities of the man himself . |
| 25 | It is essential to establish at the outset the correct relationship between Nizan and the communist party . |
| 26 | The intuition behind this optimal strategy is straightforward : it is optimal to sell all or nothing — all when the current price is higher than the price that one can expect to get on future sales , nothing otherwise ; it is optimal to produce at the point where marginal cost equals the expected price on sales . |
| 27 | Rather it is necessary to look at the people involved — the professionals — and understand how they relate both to their clients and to the organisations in which they work , for it is these structures that powerfully condition the primary relationships . |
| 28 | In order to fully comprehend the nature of the relationship between these sectors of the economy , it is necessary to look at the empirical material . |
| 29 | They believe that it is necessary to look at the parents individually . |
| 30 | To illustrate further the significance of the Rasakumbha , it is necessary to look at the traditional teachings surrounding the Sanskrit words ‘ Rasa ’ and ‘ Kumbha ’ . |