Example sentences of "they [be] [adj] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an investment for the future they are cheap at the price , |
| 2 | Independent monitors also said they are shocked at the abuse against Panic . |
| 3 | They are dismayed at the prospect of what would be one of the most highly leveraged tax-grabs in the West , gaining the gainers very little , but losing the losers much . |
| 4 | If we are to communicate clearly and precisely with each other over a wide geographical and social range , we must obey the rules of Standard English as they are current at the time we are speaking or writing . |
| 5 | Scum fans are getting to cocky , unfortunatly I have a few friends and relatives who have not yet seen the light , They think they are unbeatable at the moment and could do the domestic treble . |
| 6 | They are impressed at the speed and efficiency with which the spectacle unfolds . |
| 7 | Surely it is in order for Conservative Members to put various policy options to the Prime Minister , and surely what really provoked the rabble opposite to make such a din is that they are embarrassed at the sound of their own policies . |
| 8 | The Americans say they are surprised at the response because they do n't think the difference of opinion is worth all the fuss it is causing . |
| 9 | The Vale of White Horse say they 're disappointed at the decision … but Oxfordshire County Council are satisfied at the 58 conditions it imposes on National Power . |
| 10 | Are fathers , obviously they 're necessary at the well of course , they 're not necessary at the point of conception any more but |
| 11 | Though they ca n't be certain , Mrs Friel 's daughters believe that was the treatment their mother received , and they 're alarmed at the damage it could have caused her and many others like her . |
| 12 | Detectives say they 're horrified at the level of violence for such a small sum of money . |
| 13 | However Friends of the Earth say any import of Allerce is illegal and they 're horrified at the felling of the timber |
| 14 | They tell them that foreigners just want to laugh at them , but I think it 's because they 're ashamed at the poverty these people are forced to live in . |
| 15 | They tell them that foreigners just want to laugh at them , but I think it 's because they 're ashamed at the poverty these people are forced to live in . |
| 16 | They 're angry at the way the case has been dealt with . |
| 17 | A company spokesman said they were delighted at the order . |
| 18 | Up Front 's producer Christine Ruth said they were disappointed at the reaction from Mersey Television but that the item would go ahead regardless . |
| 19 | Police say they were shocked at the range of cars they discovered . |
| 20 | People that knew me were asking what was wrong with me , they were shocked at the state of me . |
| 21 | They were married at a registry office and had a quiet reception . |
| 22 | But yesterday Mr and Mrs Lewis said they were disgusted at the situation , which had left them the victims . |
| 23 | Many mothers felt the tragedy of the Athenia more keenly because they were upset at the prospect of their own children being evacuated . |
| 24 | When the British paid got away they were well at the back and could only climb to 13th , a second year in which they have been badly obstructed . |
| 25 | They were due at the start of the season . |
| 26 | They were outraged at the suggestion , in the grounds of referral , confirmed by remarks made by the Interim Reporter in Orkney , Gordon Sloan , on 6 March that further members of the community were involved in the alleged abuse ring . |
| 27 | A quarter of his adult male informants and nearly two thirds of married females said they were virgin at the time of marriage . |
| 28 | thinking in , in , in the context of our , of our mission , this town wide mission , well that 's Billy 's job , he 's better at it than I am , but its not his job , its my job as much as its his and its your job as much as its mine , we do not well to keep silent these men they were troubled by their sin of silence , perhaps you and I should be troubled by our sin of silence because the extension of that , and here 's the really great thing , as far as they were concerned , the ex the , the ongoing because they were troubled by their sin of silence and they did something about it , they were thrilled at the sight that they saw , as they see the city being delivered , and as they see starving men and women eating food perhaps for the first time in days or weeks , buying good wholesome food at a reasonable price , that was the sigh that thrilled them and you can imagine them , and I think they 'd be entitled to a little bit of pride that I 'm glad we told them , I 'm glad we went back and shared the news apart from any thing we could n't of coped with all ourselves , it would of been so wrong to of kept it , it would of been so wrong just to of eaten it ourselves , I 'm glad we went back and told them . |
| 29 | Union members had turned out in such numbers because they were angry at the way in which they had to deliver services to the public without adequate resources . |
| 30 | He was even kind sometimes , letting old age pensioners have credit if they were short at the end of the week , and once he sent a box of free groceries to a poor woman whose husband had died of pneumonia . |