Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is more difficult to trace the spatial patterning of central-government spending than it is at a local level .
2 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 .
3 Challenge it and challenge it again until it 's at a bare minimum .
4 If it is at an elegant dinner table , there is a choice between a fino sherry ( or a manzanilla ) or champagne .
5 This zone of farms is called the marginal fringe because it is at the upper margin for agriculture .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 We need periodically to consider whether existing methods are the best that can be devised for dealing with crime in the context of society as it is at a given time .
9 It was then widely believed that the universe was static , yet if space , and particularly time , were curved back on themselves , how could the universe continue forever in more or less the same state as it is at the present time ?
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