Example sentences of "[be] at [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 TODAY Lord Tebbit will be at Broadcasting House to meet Sue Lawley and select his Radio 4 Desert Island Discs for broadcast on Sunday week .
2 which might not be at year end for example .
3 At best , a family might be given two shillings weekly if , after being willing to submit to a very strict investigation into their financial position ( this was called a ‘ Means Test ’ ) they were found to be at starvation level .
4 Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this .
5 There is a lot of training to be done because you have to be at peak fitness .
6 ‘ People need to be at peak form to stay in the side . ’
7 " You see I could win one week , be at peak form and not be able to compete the next .
8 The high-profile trip was meant to be an upbeat and cheerful end to the toughest year of their lives — instead they appeared to be at breaking point .
9 Watt realised that the engine would be much more efficient if the cylinder were to be at boiler temperature when the steam entered , but of course it was cool from the previous condensation .
10 Er when you did get a suit it had to be kept for Sunday , for going to chapel you see , and if you were going to have a new suit it would always be at anniversary time , you did n't get one every anniversary .
11 Where products do make provision for active retention management ( many do not ) it is likely to be at document level alone .
12 NAI ( Non Accidental Injury ) personnel to be at case conference at School next month .
13 Sons William , 10 , and eight-year-old Harry will be at boarding school in Wokingham and will not see their father .
14 But this would now seem directed against the invalid so I hold back , thinking , in two years I will be at the comprehensive and only five years after that — providing I pass the scholarship exam , which I easily should — I 'll be at boarding school , and then I 'll be free , free to scratch and do whatever I like .
15 Screens should be at eye level so the neck and shoulders are straight , and employers will be obliged to provide appropriate stands to raise screens to the required height .
16 Despite the fact that a worker may appear to be at fault examination should begin with the supervisor immediately responsible for the area concerned .
17 At 2200 hours Captain Moore has to be at Checkpoint Bravo to receive a military convoy that has transitted East Germany along the road corridor from Helinstedt in the West .
18 In addition , the analysis indicated that each of the main functional divisions ( ie operational , support and business ) should be at executive level so that all aspects of College activities would be reflected in the development of policies and in the overall management of the College .
19 I got five hundred , gets up to top of 's stepped off , who should be at bus stop , our Angela .
20 Sale of the land to developers , on the other hand , would be at market value .
21 You will now be at Table view .
22 Signal capacitors would be at earth potential .
23 If , then we must be at point M in Fig. 6.1 .
24 But note that you must use fittings and valves which comply with the water byelaws and that if the cold supply is connected up to a washing machine from the rising main , this will be at mains pressure while the hot supply ( if there is one ) will be at a lower pressure .
25 ‘ If yu keep straight on and take the first turnin' on your left , yu 'll be at Sunset Cottage in quarter of an hour . ’
26 You 'll be at cup final on Thursday .
27 But though the camera may be at gut level , a cerebral decision has placed it there , and it is characteristic of Greenaway that he should stylise a major element of his film in this way .
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