Example sentences of "[conj] be at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others may find the part time or flexible hours the main incentive , or be at the beginning or end of a working life . |
| 2 | For example , a pupil who is mastering literacy and numeracy with few difficulties will spend a considerable amount of time in the ordinary classroom , but another may need a good deal of specialised help and be at a stage of going to only one or two lessons daily in the fully integrated situation . |
| 3 | Your chair needs to support your spine , cushion your bottom and be at a convenient height for writing — but it does not need to be upholstered or to swivel or to have a head/footrest or whatever . |
| 4 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
| 5 | On it was written : ‘ Please , please , burn this letter , and be at the gate by ten o'clock . |
| 6 | And your letter said : ‘ Please , please , burn this letter , and be at the gate by ten o'clock ’ . ’ |