Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why there is so much stress in Luke 's account of the life of Jesus that his deeds and words were at the inspiration of the Spirit ( Luke 4:1,14 ; 10:21 ; 23:46 , etc . ) . |
| 2 | The stables were at the back of a courtyard and there was a crowd outside the door . |
| 3 | It was also during this period that we had the strangest set of photographs taken of us , by Peter Christopherson who worked for a design company , Hipgnosis — whose offices were at the back of our Denmark Street HQ — and who later joined Throbbing Gristle , a band best known for tabloid spreads on their occult practices . |
| 4 | During the noisy thirty-fifth anniversary celebrations , when Deng Xiaoping and his reform programme were at the peak of their popularity , few voices of dissent could be heard . |
| 5 | The human waves were at an end , as Iraqi Defence Minister Khairallah had foretold in January . |
| 6 | The exclusion of certain clergy is less easy to justify ( a relic of the time when religious disputes were at the heart of national affairs ) , as is the exclusion of 18- to 20-year-olds : when the voting age was lowered in 1969 , the age of eligibility for candidature was not . |
| 7 | Manager Alan Murray , assistant manager Eddie Kyle and McAndrew were at the Northern League club at the same time . |
| 8 | Confronting the referee over his mug of vodka , I insisted that he call the game off as it was obvious the five Chamden lads were at a complete disadvantage against our full team . |
| 9 | He came in when the lads were at a low ebb somewhere on the ocean bed . |
| 10 | I planted the polystyrene marker , scattered some flake maize , sweetcorn and broken lobs around it , then headed back to shore where my two rods were at the ready for casting out . |
| 11 | The issue , which had allowed successive governments to mobilize national sentiment , had surfaced at a time when Serrano 's popularity ratings were at an all-time low . |
| 12 | Paramedics were at the scene in four minutes of the emergency call and took over from officers who had been trying to stem the flow of blood . |
| 13 | The years of partnership were at an end . |
| 14 | The books were at the auditors and I did n't want to hold up the minutes and , as you 'd all mostly seen them anyway , I felt that perhaps I could let them go . |
| 15 | In India we missionaries were at a loose end . |
| 16 | He also expected support from Russia , but the tsar was too preoccupied with the affairs of Europe , where Napoleon was at the height of his powers , and Adam Czartoryski , the Russian foreign minister , advised negotiations with the Turks , rather than war . |
| 17 | What it means to BPExploration was at the centre of last year 's R&D strategy review . |
| 18 | This is not unnatural , as in the 1970s and early 1980s Spencer was at the Queen 's University , Belfast , and an active member of the All Children Together Movement . |
| 19 | Jon Geldart , of the accountancy firm Coopers & Lybrand , which is advising the management team , said that the deal was at an advanced stage . |
| 20 | Second , Jones ' experiment was at the stage where its results were moving forward the fastest . |
| 21 | This was done , and a connection which had existed unbroken for more than four centuries was at an end . |
| 22 | The motion-work was at the very apogee of clockmaking technology and the case-work enjoyed a world wide reputation for quality of design and good taste , all at very competitive pricing . |
| 23 | This woman who 'd come to complain about an allegedly dangerous horse she 'd sold her was threatened by stable-hands , and Central News was told that Mrs Burt was at a funeral and unavailable for comment . |
| 24 | Engels was at a loss to explain the Junker refusal to accept that after the French Revolution they could never again command the total obedience and respect they had once enjoyed from a cowed and illiterate peasantry . |
| 25 | These range from determining exactly where in Europe the lord of an English medieval manor was at a certain date ( for the more senior magnates were often crusaders , pilgrims , legates and diplomatists ) to ascertaining precisely when an eighteenth-century trading agreement with a French merchant was concluded . |
| 26 | Our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase and afforded views of the square outside . |
| 27 | She knew Marek 's bedroom was at the back of the house . |
| 28 | Her bedroom was at the back of the house . |
| 29 | Sarah 's bedroom was at the other end of the landing , next to her brother 's . |
| 30 | Complete figures for 1991 are not available , but in the first three quarters plant and machinery investment was at an annual rate of £29 billion , and 52 per cent . |