Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's at an impressionable age and she 's mixing with some very odd people . ’ |
| 2 | If we are at an early stage of the work , still looking around for ideas and still perhaps ‘ hypothesis-seeking ’ , it is likely that we shall want to talk to people to try to get help , stimulation , new viewpoints , and so on . |
| 3 | And because we are reading the story , we are at an imaginative level participating in the events , recognising aspects of ourselves in the main character . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're at an interesting point deciding what are the priorities for the next century ’ , he continued , ‘ and the areas to expand are education , and the use of technology in education ’ . |
| 5 | They are at an increased risk of a stroke , heart disease , kidney failure and blindness and nerve disorders . |
| 6 | They were at an opposite pole from the self-important , vacuous management . |
| 7 | I want to try and get one before May before the exam , but there is a superb production on i the summer , it 's on June and July and it 's at an open-air theatre erm in Lincolnshire and what people do is they go and take a picnic and you sort of take your rug and sit there and cos it it 'll be hot in the summer it would be really nice and you watch it outdoors and it 's in this big stately home which is in it 's own grounds and there 's gift shops and restaurants and bars and obviously wo n't go in the bars but you know there 's lo it 's beautiful and like a big stately home you can wander round the gardens for a bit and then go and watch the performance and if it rains then there 's a canopy you can pull the canopy over like at Wimbledon and you know it 's a really nice day . |
| 8 | If it is at an elegant dinner table , there is a choice between a fino sherry ( or a manzanilla ) or champagne . |
| 9 | We both agree that he should be able to offer favourable terms for the hire of the slope for the proposed event , provided it is at an off-peak time . |
| 10 | It is at an opposite pole to The Turn of the Screw , where every detail advances the tragedy . |
| 11 | If it be at an untimely hour , or if they fail to assign a proper reason for being in a place , he is to arrest them … showing bad characters that they are known and watched by him … their habits will point them out without further ado … |
| 12 | He was at an early age a fluent writer and speaker , and a vigorous , if at times embarrassing , supporter of his father 's cause . |