Example sentences of "to be [adj] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In relation to white British culture in particular , various factors combine to create a sense of unreliability in in-law support : the ambiguity about whether the in-laws are ‘ really ’ part of your kin group ; the possibility that the linking third party will be removed at some stage ; the expectation that in-law relationships are likely to be tricky at an interpersonal level . |
| 2 | Since he was inclined to be dyspeptic at the best of times , no one was greatly surprised , unless perhaps at the severity of this attack . |
| 3 | The importance of diet in this group of patients is that for some diet alone will suffice , while for the rest there must be a good dietary compliance if control is to be optimal at a steady weight whether using oral agents or insulin . |
| 4 | Small children of two or three tend to be alarmed at a banana-skin fall , not amused yet . |
| 5 | The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to … |
| 6 | OSF says the snapshot features sample code of all the various DME component technologies so far announced , but adds that there will be other parts to be tacked-on at a later date . |
| 7 | Archery , sauna , table tennis , Italian bowls , basket and volley ball are all to be available at no additional charge and tennis courts , swimming lessons , wind-surfing boards , sailing boats and bicycles will be available for a supplement . |
| 8 | A major difficulty is getting all the appropriate people to be available at the required time , which may well run to several days if there are a lot of candidates . |
| 9 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher thus ceases to be available at the very moment when the plaintiff needs it . |
| 10 | However , even if this were permitted , the necessary expertise for contracting is unlikely to be available at the local level . |
| 11 | Unfortunately I was not able to be present at the actual service in January 1947 . |
| 12 | Rule 5 strikes a note familiar to all Sunday School teachers and Superintendents : ‘ Scholars who shall have been marked absent for twelve Sabbaths of the year shall not be entitled to be present at the Annual Festival Excursion . |
| 13 | Mr. Alison : I intend to be present at the next meeting of the General Synod which is scheduled for July of this year . |
| 14 | It has been seen that for an offence to be committed under section 14 two things need to be present at the same time . |
| 15 | In that trial the author was defended on the grounds that he had to transgress moral respectability in order to be moral at a deeper , more authentic level dictated by personal conscience . |
| 16 | But existing mean farm size is too small for a vigorous , self-sustaining ‘ take-off ( which was estimated to be possible at a minimum farm size of 1.8 ha ) . |
| 17 | According to reports , however , former ZAPU members continued to be disgruntled at the unequal distribution of Cabinet portfolios . |
| 18 | And I feel that it , it is a difficult bala in practice it is difficult balance to achieve , to be polite , but to be firm at the same time erm but and there are times when that has to be done . |
| 19 | Western railway companies like the Union Pacific built immigrant lodging-houses and segregated eating-places at stations throughout the West , and attempted to keep immigrant and normal trains separate , but this proved to be impossible at the larger stations . |
| 20 | AI continues to be concerned at the long-term detention in Hong Kong of thousands of Vietnamese asylum-seekers . |
| 21 | She ought to be furious at the patronising summary of her improved appearance . |
| 22 | I want to ride as much as I can , but I want to try to be sensible at the same time . |
| 23 | The tenancy is to be monthly at a nominal rent of £2 per month payable in advance , ( I would suggest that this should be payable once a year and would be grateful for your agreement to this ) . |
| 24 | Suitable scenes of red-faced hilarity would occur back at the office as someone always tipped off the entire staff to be ready at the front door . |
| 25 | And your first challenge will be to design a new spring-summer collection , to be ready at the latest by the end of December . ’ |
| 26 | Both tend to be high at the northern edge of the pack ice , over continental and island shelves where turbulence brings fresh resources to the surface , and at boundaries between water masses . |
| 27 | 20 ) were seen , above , to be comparable at an integral level of stylistic affinity ; but the size and shaping of the tesserae in mosaic 7 , its large areas of background filling in buff-brown tesserae , and the absence of the most significant border decorations visible in mosaics B and C , suggest that it was the work of an essentially different group of craftsmen . |