Example sentences of "be [adj] at [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an alternative to the last submission it was argued that the money was paid to and received by the revenue under an implied agreement that it would be held as a deposit against tax that might be held to have been due at the dates of payment and that it would be repaid if and when it turned out that no tax was due . |
| 2 | In general , chloride concentrations are high at the edges of the woodland and low in the centre . |
| 3 | Shipping agents are alarmed at the consequences of any strike . |
| 4 | Director Katherine Hughes said : ‘ We are concerned at the results of the survey . |
| 5 | exceed all the others in Europe for wholesome produce and a variety of Herbs are those at the Neat-Houses near Tuttle-fields , Westminster , which abound in Salads , early Cucumbers , Colliflowers , Melons , Winter Asparagus and almost every Herb fitting the Table ; and I think there is no where so good a school for a Kitchen Gardener as this place : tho' Battersea affords the largest natural Asparagus and the earliest Cabbages . |
| 6 | According to my understanding of , of Labour history , it was er during the war years , at one of the Labour Party conferences , that a NUPE resolution supported by COHSE , actually er brought about some of the , the , the many things that were written within the Beveridge report , and committed the Labour Party to the foundation of the National Health Service that would be free at the points of need for every member of the community . |
| 7 | 6 ) Some of our constituents may be alarmed at the implications of page 3 para 3 , not so much on the question of ‘ equality ’ but of accountability , and the suggestion that Christian Aid should be required to be accountable to our partners would take a lot of explaining . |
| 8 | As I 've grown older , I never cease to be amazed at the theories of the amateur detectives who always turn up at any tragic occurrence and immediately are able to give all the answers . |
| 9 | Probably you will be surprised at the imperfections to your own expression . |
| 10 | Dr Donal McKenna who runs the clinic has been amazed at the numbers of girls and older women coming to his door . |
| 11 | Car parking space is available at the Halls of Residence in Laisteridge Lane and near the residences on the main campus . |
| 12 | ‘ Our reserve team manager Brian Sparrow is amazed at the accusations about damage to property . |
| 13 | Christine Bain is appalled at the stories with which her ‘ one-in-a-million ’ 12-year-old daughter comes home . |
| 14 | I am surprised at the remarks of the hon. Member for Gordon ( Mr. Bruce ) . |
| 15 | One may cite not only the case of the group already mentioned which felt itself to have been ill-treated at the hands of Civizade , but also the experience of Kadiri Celebi , the Mufti in the time of Suleyman , who spent nine years in great hardship as a before receiving an appointment , probably at the beginning of the second decade of the sixteenth century . |
| 16 | Certainly staff at other prisons are astonished at the changes in inmates when they return from here . |
| 17 | The Arab world was alarmed at the implications of the new Cabinet for the peace process , formed as it was at a time when the USA was considering breaking off its 16-month dialogue with the PLO , following the abortive raid on the Israeli coast on May 30 [ see this page for breaking off of dialogue on June 20 ] . |
| 18 | As Philip Gibbs , correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph who was present at the battles as an observer , wrote : ‘ The suffering of all the German troops , huddled together in exposed places , must be as hideous as anything in the agony of mankind , slashed to bits by storms of shells and urged forward to counter-attacks which they know will be their death . ’ |
| 19 | Churchill 's support for détente may seem odd in view of his earlier criticisms of the ‘ iron curtain' , but Churchill was concerned at the dangers of global war ( especially after the explosion of hydrogen bombs by America and Russia in 1952 and 1953 ) ; he had hopes of establishing a reputation as a peacemaker , to match his reputation as a war leader ; and he believed Britain could play a major role as the arbiter between Moscow and Washington . |
| 20 | Huyton councillor Fred Curran said he was appalled at the cuts in the library book fund . |
| 21 | No-one was available from the Wales CBI for comment but Meirion Lewis , Welsh spokesman for the Institute of Directors , said he was surprised at the findings of the study , but could not comment further until he had seen it . |