Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she has been teaching now for some eight years , on and off , although she enjoys it , feels she is good at it , and would like to go on doing it for the rest of her life if possible , she always feels a twinge of anxiety at the beginning of a new term . |
| 2 | Speaker 3 says she is good at sport and " fastest in the Borough " . |
| 3 | What indeed if she is pregnant at the altar ? |
| 4 | Clearly though she is disappointed at not seeing him — and is concerned for his welfare . |
| 5 | She is pleased at the rewarding relationship she has with him , though it 's something she has had to fight to keep . |
| 6 | but she is preoccupied at the moment with her exams and in a way I 'm glad . |
| 7 | She is due at a charity meeting in London on Tuesday . |
| 8 | She is amazed at the attitude of the people she meets : ‘ I thought people would be cold and uninterested , and I ca n't believe that everyone cares so much about us . ’ |
| 9 | Stella goes outside because she is annoyed at such a suggestion . |
| 10 | Like Hannah she is angry at the ideal presented to her by the advertising world , as she feels it has nothing to do with her , yet still has the power to make her feel dissatisfied . |
| 11 | She is furious at the betrayal ; and supporters of the sacked prime minister , Nawaz Sharif , have resorted to fisticuffs . |
| 12 | Even so — she is busy at your interests . ’ |
| 13 | She is impatient at what she regards as generalities in memos from colleagues and civil servants — even when she agrees with them . |
| 14 | She is , she is jealous at having a dig at her . |
| 15 | If Leapor can find no clear path to freedom she is willing at least to raise a forceful argument against the way women are understood . |
| 16 | After luncheon we went to look at some watercolours in which she is interested at Agnew 's , in Bond Street . |
| 17 | She is neat at sewing , and we will take in lodgers between us until the business is paying its way . ’ |
| 18 | The photograph is not very sharp , but the shape of the window behind her is recognizable at once , and in the over-exposed whiteness beyond the glass I can just make out the roof of the Scottish Office and the aerials on top of the Admiralty . |
| 19 | It is appropriate at this point to consider the alternative system of coordinates defined by . |
| 20 | The penultimate chapter in this book will be concerned with arriving at generalisations about the functioning and effectiveness of the project as a whole , but it is appropriate at this point to identify a number of interesting features of the Major Project as illustrated by these two schools , and to indicate some issues that require further thought . |
| 21 | It is appropriate at this stage , having considered the formation and structure of both a partnership and a company , to compare and contrast these two business structures . |
| 22 | It is appropriate at this point to discuss the possible " program 's of stress or strain application . |
| 23 | It is appropriate at this point to digress for a moment on the subject of the faunistic changes that took place at the end of the Palaeozoic . |
| 24 | Before describing and assessing the binomial and Black and Scholes option pricing models it is appropriate at this point to examine the factors which are expected to influence option premiums and in the next section to have a brief look at the various investment strategies that may be created with options and securities . |
| 25 | It is appropriate at this stage to offer some clarification in relation to the Catholic understanding of the terms Religious Education and Moral Education . |
| 26 | Investment business While a summary of the Solicitors ' Investment Business Rules 1990 may be found in Chapter 12 , it is appropriate at this point to note that every firm which carries on investment business within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 is required to be authorised either through a Self-Regulating Organisation ( SRO ) such as FIMBRA or through a Recognised Professional Body ( RPB ) or directly from the Securities and Investments Board . |
| 27 | It thinks , presumably , that it is good at everything it does . |
| 28 | Japan risks losing the industries it is good at , and being lumbered with the rest . |
| 29 | Vice president of development , Saiid Zarrabian , admits the company has spent the last three years ‘ in perpetual transition , desperately trying to find out what it is good at … in doing this the company has lost time and money trying to make good the things it started . ’ |
| 30 | It is reimbursable at 365 francs or in IBM shares worth 101% of that . |