Example sentences of "is [adv] at the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision on prejudice is presumably at the discretion of police and tax officers ; if widely exercised it could set at naught some of the principal objects of the Act . |
| 2 | We were invited to spend it with Bill and Claire , who have a small farm about 15 miles outside Invercargill ( which is right at the bottom of the South Island ) . |
| 3 | The model I had on test was the five door two litre Ghia , which is right at the top of the saloon range , selling for £17,450 . |
| 4 | Taking one of William Rees-Mogg 's conclusions further , is it not logical to deduce that while ‘ Italy is the cradle of European civilisation ’ , Tuscany is right at the centre of it . |
| 5 | The inherent and deeply charged contradictions of a culturally threadbare working-class politics having such a richly threaded , but essentially unpolitical base , is right at the heart of the problems facing strategists of class liberation ’ |
| 6 | That , I believe , is the real test of our fellowship and is right at the heart of what it means to be a responsible member of a Baptist church practising as we do the principle of congregational government . |
| 7 | The only front that the Cavalry commanders can see is right at the end of the valley where the main Russian army is massively assembled , secure behind their heavy guns . |
| 8 | Vauxhall 's Director at Ellesmere Port , Nick Reilly , told assembled workers , journalists and worldwide representatives of parent company , General Motors : ‘ This engine plant at Ellesmere Port is right at the front of worldwide competition and with the team we have here it will stay there . ’ |
| 9 | Vauxhall 's director at Ellesmere Port , Nick Reilly , told assembled workers , journalists and worldwide representatives of parent company General Motors : ‘ This engine plant at Ellesmere Port is right at the front of worldwide competition , and with the team we have here it will stay there . ’ |
| 10 | Graveney insists that Hick should go back to basics , and remain in that classic position he is in at the start of the bowler 's run-up — to stand sideways-on , bat on the ground , knees slightly bent , feet about shoulder width apart , and head up and still with both eyes level . |
| 11 | She also wants to exercise to improve muscle tone during this period ; she can then see what shape she is in at the end of the year before she decides whether or not she really does need to lose those extra 4 lb ( 1.8 kg ) . |
| 12 | It is only at the foot of the aircraft steps , with the propellers starting to down out his protests , that Leonard discovers that Maria will not be coming with him to London . |
| 13 | Fael-Inis continued to play without ceasing , and the music spun and shivered and soothed , and across the slanting features there was a look of the utmost concentration now , for it is only at the invitation of a Mortal that the Lad of the Skins can enter a house and do his terrible work . |
| 14 | In Gray 's Elegy there is also a ‘ hoary-headed Swain' , who addresses a ‘ kindred spirit ’ ( to the dead poet ) ‘ led by lonely contemplation ’ ; there may be other parallels , but it must be conceded at this point that it is only at the close of Hartleap Well that Wordsworth approaches closely to Gray 's verse movement : |
| 15 | Cashier services are under more and more pressure and , although sometimes they are given assistance , it is only at the expense of other work . |
| 16 | It is only at the end of a session when creativity is exhausted that the results are subjected to criticism and appraisal and an attempt is made to analyse what has been suggested . |
| 17 | But the " theatricality " of the play works beneath the purely formal level : Lord Claverton has always acted a role and it is only at the end of his life that he allows his true human self to emerge , although |
| 18 | It is only at the end of the term of copyright that what has been protected passes into the public domain . |
| 19 | It is only at the end of the poem that Mariana finally despairs at the realisation that her lover will not come . |
| 20 | The timing of the elections is entirely at the discretion of interim president , Mr Matyas Szueros . |
| 21 | This is entirely at the discretion of the minister . |
| 22 | The contents of the Church of Scotland ceremony and where it is to be held is entirely at the discretion of the minister . |
| 23 | However the best delineation of Tolkien 's new model of courage is perhaps at the end of Book IV chapter 8 , ‘ The Stairs of Cirith Ungol ’ . |
| 24 | Economic recovery is not at the top of the political agenda in African countries today . |
| 25 | ‘ In cases of prisoners serving life sentences for murder , where the sentence is not at the discretion of the court , the question of the notional equivalent determinate sentence does not arise . |
| 26 | ‘ In cases of prisoners serving life sentences for murder , where the sentence is not at the discretion of the court , the question of a notional equivalent determinate sentence does not arise . |
| 27 | Our more significant and currently fashionable meeting-point with biology is not at the level of race , but at that of species . |
| 28 | In the 1910s , for example , Harlow Shapley discovered that , just as the Earth is not at the centre of the Solar System , the Sun is not at the centre of the Galaxy . |
| 29 | In the 1910s , for example , Harlow Shapley discovered that , just as the Earth is not at the centre of the Solar System , the Sun is not at the centre of the Galaxy . |
| 30 | Mr Major now has the opportunity to demonstrate his commitment to ‘ caring Conservatism ’ by ensuring that the opening of services to market disciplines is not at the expense of adequate funding . |