Example sentences of "[pers pn] are at the " in BNC.

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1 They are , therefore , at their furthest distance from the starting point , but they are not furthest from each other-they are at the same place !
2 By the time you are achieving 50 and 100-shot rallies , you are at the stage where you can develop your play .
3 Acquire a free spirit : You are at the mercy of check-in staff , late passengers and air-traffic control .
4 ‘ Honey , I 'd love to , but I 'm more or less stuck here as much as you are at the moment .
5 ‘ I know how concerned many of you are at the suggestion that 10,000 jobs might go if we decide to run down many of our services , ’ Sir Michael told staff .
6 Nor are glamorous stiletto shoes safe until you are at the bottom of the stairs ; do not attempt to come down wearing them as the danger is very real — Winston Churchill 's mother lost a leg that way .
7 A stock of ‘ standard ’ components will not help when an unusual item is ‘ out of stock ’ , and with these you just have to accept that you are at the mercy of the suppliers .
8 While you are at the stage where the model is being slid around in contact with the ground , perhaps accompanied by the odd short hop , it is advisable to try manoeuvring the model round in turns , both left and right , and also positioning the model with its nose towards you .
9 That here you are at the end of another year , perhaps not healthy , wealthy and wise but — well — alive .
10 To take a typical example : you are at the zoo , and have just recorded a very nice shot of a chimpanzee peeling and eating a banana .
11 The scenario is world war two and you are at the controls of the fictional whirly-bird .
12 ‘ Then you see her and accept it and you are at the end of the first stage .
13 Many of you are at the moment taking part in discussion groups about ‘ Our Decade of Evangelisation ’ .
14 And , whether you are at the communication source or its destination , this book proves fascinating reading .
15 Organizations like this are not good at remembering the things you have done well and if , as most of us are , you are at the bottom of the pile , you will find that you are considered to be alternately either the best thing since sliced bread , or a liability to the organization .
16 Here , you are at the very heart of this beautiful city , staying in not so much a conventional hotel , as a comfortable home from home where your welcoming hosts are Signor and Signora Farnetani .
17 When you are at the beck and call of everyone for 14 hours a day for four days and for 8 hours on the fifth day each week you want a short space in which you relax and do just what you like . ’
18 right I 'm pleased pleased to introduce to us , er , er against all these difficulties and the nearer you are at the front the better , there 's all stuff here look
19 I know it happens in individual subjects and there 's the element of repetition but , you are at the same time making them reflect over a certain period and say I have not entirely wasted my time , there maybe some youngsters for whom it will be extremely difficult , and I except that but my thinking is that is you look hard enough you can find something that everybody has done at whatever level that they can take some pride in .
20 You are at the centre of my heart .
21 So probably the sensible thing to do is to give you six weeks worth er one a day , si twenty eight , y g give you eight weeks worth and then see how you are at the end of two months continuous treatment .
22 given you 're , given how you are at the moment , which
23 You are at the edge of the first forest , ’ Wyn-rajathuk told her ; there was something about the expression on his wounded face , the slight edginess of his good eye , that made Tallis suspect he was holding back .
24 You are at the very centre of operations , Mr Woodbrain . ’
25 ‘ That is because these days you are at the top of the ladder and it is other men who are sent to places like this . ’
26 the last one we know is constricted by where you are at the moment .
27 So in any one point in time the movement is going to depend on identifying exactly where you are at the moment in terms of any of the cycles and where it is you want to get to in relation to , to a particular situation facing you .
28 The moral to be drawn from this sad episode is : ‘ Do n't put your money into any business you can not understand , and where you are at the mercy of the advice given by others , however trustworthy . ’
29 Lawrence added : ‘ There is pressure when you are at the bottom .
30 If you are at the fifth post how far have you gone from the start ?
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