Example sentences of "they be at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is important is that ( a ) large numbers of people are involved ; ( b ) some of them are at a greater risk than the general population due to pre-existing cardiac or respiratory conditions and/or prolonged exposure in homes or at the workplace ; and ( c ) there is no ‘ safe ’ level of exposure to carcinogens . |
| 2 | Such features are usually called raised beaches if they are at a low level , approximately below 50 m ( 150 ft ) OD , and marine terraces , platforms , benches or erosion surfaces if they are above this level . |
| 3 | There is a coffee bar here and women selling embroidery and woollens line the path to the viewpoint — for all that they are at a good tourist point , the prices here and at other such places around the island usually remain reasonable . |
| 4 | They are at a reasonable cost of £1 for 6 . |
| 5 | They are at a relative disadvantage because individuals without any formal qualifications are more likely to experience unemployment . |
| 6 | In common with fig 4 this relies on fast alternate picked double stops , only this time they are at a faster tempo , phrased in sixteenths and have a moving line added as a third ( lower ) part . |
| 7 | They are at an increased risk of a stroke , heart disease , kidney failure and blindness and nerve disorders . |
| 8 | And er one of the ways you can use is er National Savings Income Bonds , er which are er okay , but they 're , the trouble is they 're at a variable rate , so at the moment they 're paying seven percent , so that 's on National Savings Income Bonds , so that that person would get seven hundred a year at the moment gross , and of course er you do n't need to t to fill in an R eighty five for that type of investment because it 's not a bank or building society account . |
| 9 | Recalling Thatcher fortunes when they were at a low ebb , Baroness Castle of Blackburn , as she now is , reminds us that Margaret Thatcher was at one stage rated the most unpopular Prime Minister in history a tag now attached to John Major . |
| 10 | They were at an opposite pole from the self-important , vacuous management . |
| 11 | He had not expected that they would be worshipped like gods , but on a world where technological ability excited only minimal interest , all of them were at a considerable disadvantage until they were able to prove themselves against local standards of performance . |
| 12 | The last time I was offered them was at a Free Kirk soiree and I was careful to keep my fingers to myself until after the Grace . |