Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] are at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moral to be drawn from this sad episode is : ‘ Do n't put your money into any business you can not understand , and where you are at the mercy of the advice given by others , however trustworthy . ’ |
| 2 | If it does n't , then we 're no worse than we are at the moment , really are n't we ? |
| 3 | Probably more than we are at the moment . |
| 4 | Even presented in outline like that , it is reasonably clear that under green regimes Europeans would , by any conventional standards , become a great deal poorer than they are at the moment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If we are at the bottom of the organisation we may be motivated by the desire to satisfy physiological needs . |
| 7 | While you are at the stage where the model is being slid around in contact with the ground , perhaps accompanied by the odd short hop , it is advisable to try manoeuvring the model round in turns , both left and right , and also positioning the model with its nose towards you . |
| 8 | And , whether you are at the communication source or its destination , this book proves fascinating reading . |
| 9 | Lawrence added : ‘ There is pressure when you are at the bottom . |
| 10 | When you are at the beck and call of everyone for 14 hours a day for four days and for 8 hours on the fifth day each week you want a short space in which you relax and do just what you like . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Honey , I 'd love to , but I 'm more or less stuck here as much as you are at the moment . |
| 12 | I doubt if anyone in the four divisions is entertaining as much as we are at the moment . |
| 13 | It 's a job which men take on when they are at the height of their powers but all too often they have been reduced to a sickly shadow of their former self . |
| 14 | Sun 's recently announced activities in the personal systems business with First Person are not directly involved , aimed as they are at the consumer end of the market rather than corporate networking . |
| 15 | ‘ Clearly the Kurds , one way or another , are going to present an enormous problem to the courts very shortly , as they are at the moment to the Home Office , ’ Mr Justice Schiemann said . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | and they 're not there t as they are at the moment to meet the needs of the Greater York area . |
| 18 | not to let them get out of the pov that 's what I 'm saying , it suits them because they can buy up property much cheaper than if that two hundred pounds a week that 's being spent on bed and breakfast , that , they were spent on helping them with the problems as they are at the moment . |
| 19 | 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 . |