Example sentences of "be [adj] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The rank and file of both the Socialist movement and the CNT had been frustrated enough at the limitations of social reform under the Republic ; when the Radicals and the right set about negating what little seemed to have been gained , militancy rose to new levels . |
| 2 | I am safe enough at the Lodge and with your help I shall make all snug . |
| 3 | As for Daedalus himself , he had been busy too at the time inventing the Greek alphabet in Cumae , on the other side of the peninsula . |
| 4 | I am happy there at the moment , and I want to repay Yorkshire for all the support they have given me over the years . ’ |
| 5 | This idea is not very palatable : why should the Sun be anomalous just at the time that we start to search for neutrinos ? |
| 6 | That is what Weber bids us do , when declaring that the final account must be adequate both at the level of meaning and at the causal level . |
| 7 | Hales came to be important also at the Hanaper , where he started by being termed ‘ clerk ’ or ‘ deputy ’ and ended by becoming Sadler 's co-tenant of the office . |
| 8 | Clearly this function is continuous everywhere and fails to be differentiable only at the origin ( i.e. x = 0 is the point at which there is no tangent ) . |
| 9 | flexibility will be retained in that the Dollar Preference Shares will be redeemable only at the Company 's option , subject to the terms of issue . |
| 10 | I had been far away at the time , and knew nothing about any murder . |
| 11 | ‘ Had I been big enough at the time , I would have beaten his ass but I was n't . |
| 12 | It need have been irrelevant only at the time the edition of the digesta was made , which according to Schulz was in the late third century . |
| 13 | They show that those tests have nothing to do with the amount spent per pupil in individual authority areas — some of the biggest spenders were right down at the bottom . |
| 14 | Erm it may be that the people who were right down at the bottom like that were people who were doing other things as well and were say blacksmiths or whatever |
| 15 | Knottingley were 17–4 ahead at the interval with tries by Chris Carlyle and Dennis Stead . |
| 16 | Knottingley were 17–4 ahead at the interval with tries by Chris Carlyle and Dennis Stead . |
| 17 | ‘ You were willing enough at the time . |
| 18 | Changes of character brought about by the fluctuation of material conditions were so marked that they were noticeable even at the time from within the camp . |
| 19 | In 23 patients ( group A ) biliary tract calculi were present either at the time of diagnosis ( 14 patients ) ( Fig 1 ) or subsequently developed some time after the diagnosis of sclerosing cholangitis had been made ( nine patients ) . |
| 20 | Vaughan then told Bobby , whilst they were alone together at the bar , that Minton was very much in love with him . |
| 21 | Rockcliff were 9–0 ahead at the interval following a push-over try , touched down by number eight Pete Orchard , that was converted by Alan Robertson , who also succeeded with a penalty . |
| 22 | The earliest clocks of this type were correct only at the equinoxes , and not until much later was it possible to take due account of the seasonal changes in the position of the sun . |
| 23 | Their influence over the masses had been tenuous even at the height of their prestige in 1905 . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , the latest version of MPE , release 4.0 , is due out at the end of this month . |
| 25 | A firm must require the customer to provide any margin which is payable both at the outset ( initial margin ) and subsequently ( variation margin ) and take reasonable care to satisfy itself that the customer is aware of the consequence of not paying it . |
| 26 | This , I have argued , is evident both at the level of theoretical explanations and in the common-sense models of understanding which are deployed in the five statements I have quoted . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure it 's safe down at the lock , ’ I said . |
| 28 | Indeed , he or she will use whatever is available locally at the time . |
| 29 | Children can learn that food is available only at the table so they may manage a few minutes sitting down to eat and then get up and run around . |
| 30 | It 's five o'clock at the moment and I do n't know time he 's coming . |