Example sentences of "be [adv] at [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | New works by her are on at American Fine Arts from 6 to 27 March ) while Michael St John , also smitten with folks from ‘ toon town , paints cartoon characters in the act of doing double takes against vast white backgrounds ( at Amy Lipton until the end of the month ) . |
2 | Children are not at increased psychiatric risk if their mother goes out to work , for instance , providing the alternative day care arrangements are of good quality , ensuring continuity of caretaking , adequate love and attention and opportunity for play and conversation . |
3 | Husbands also did a lot of work in the home , including many jobs which are not at all traditional men 's ones … there is now no sort of work in the home strictly reserved for ‘ the wives ’ . |
4 | Yeah but you 're not at that certain age ? |
5 | You 'd better settle for them quickly while they 're still at this low price . " |
6 | If at least five animals are still at large next year , he will be even more happy . |
7 | On a fine summer weekend only about 8–10% of berth-holders are out at any one point in time . |
8 | Shaking his head doubtfully , he said , ‘ I 'm not at all certain Swinbrook lies within my jurisdiction . |
9 | Yeah somebody trustworthy to replace them or erm they will allow so many in actually erm be off at one given time . |
10 | Her aunt and uncle were out at some official function . |
11 | To find out which position line , to or from the beacon , the aircraft is on at any given moment . |
12 | Unfortunately , the club seems incapable of deciding which one it is in at any given time . |
13 | The response of polymers to mechanical stresses can vary widely , and depends on the particular state the polymer is in at any given temperature . |
14 | I mean , she 's always out , and she 's not at that many concerts . |
15 | But Alistair Bell said last night that the money would not ease his sorrow , or his bitterness that her killer is still at large 15 months later . |
16 | to tell his constituents that with London 's share of world trade in financial services is increasing and is now at twenty seven percent that the financial services sector round the U K four point three billion , that those employees that he refers to are in fact in an industry which even if it is redistributing employment it 's nevertheless growing . |
17 | Editors and journalists employed on journals published by these organisations are therefore at great financial risk , and should ensure that their contracts of employment indemnify them against costs and damages which may accrue from libel actions , which are often brought by opponents of their employer 's policies . |
18 | I once heard a very distinguished palaeontologist argue that the base of the Devonian was obviously at one particular level because he had shown that one species of trilobite changed at that horizon into another . |
19 | It was only at this late stage that she began to think about them ; they had been a means to an end , Frederica Potter 's removal from Blesford and Yorkshire . |
20 | The Hooligan , in fact , was not at all unlike Rudyard Kipling 's celebrated ‘ Fuzzy-Wuzzy ’ who broke the British square : ‘ a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin' man ’ . |
21 | Vaguely irritated , she decided to blame Aunt Bertha for the incident , because it was on her account that she was here at this particular time . |