Example sentences of "they [vb mod] be at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Distressed ventilated babies are more likely to breathe asynchronously , increasing the risk of pneumothoraces , so their oxygen requirement will probably be higher and they may be at increased risk of intracranial haemorrhage . |
| 2 | Well they must be at that age . |
| 3 | Typically , these are long-term , follow-up investigations of the children of known schizophrenics — and therefore chosen because , on purely genetic grounds , they should be at greater risk . |
| 4 | Any minute now and they 'll be at each other 's throats again . |
| 5 | Drug users say they could be at increased risk from AIDS after a decision to stop giving them free clean syringes . |
| 6 | But then you see the town was on er on er on D C. And they 'd be at that time they they were beginning to change over to A C , the whole country 's A C now . |
| 7 | It was Spaniards who proved Wellington 's own maxim : ‘ the more ground the French hold , the weaker they will be at any point ’ . |