Example sentences of "[be] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , if such a cynical interpretation of the motivation of those committed professionals who are carrying forward the first wave of trusts were to apply , it would be irrelevant because the resources are ring fenced by the region and the trusts would be at no disadvantage . |
| 2 | Most of them have been accidentally obtained from seeds so they must not be esteemed as different species , therefore I shall only insert their common names by which they are known in gardens , that those who are inclined to collect all the varieties may be at no loss for their titles . |
| 3 | Oliver , being left to himself in the undertaker 's shop , set the lamp down on a workman 's bench , and gazed timidly about him with a feeling of awe and dread , which many people a good deal older than he will be at no loss to understand . |
| 4 | The poem does convey a message , though the message can not be at every point decoded . |
| 5 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
| 6 | Fortunately , it happens that we have a common friend and both he and Mr Maxwell were to be at a board meeting in New York on Monday . ’ |
| 7 | Batsmen , bowlers and fieldsmen must be at a peak throughout the day to ensure success : there are no second innings or chances to make amends . |
| 8 | It was something he still intended to do , but he felt he should be at a peak of confidence to arrange such an encounter . |
| 9 | Also , if need and problem identification has been conducted properly , the salesperson knows that a rough guide to when to close is after he has matched all product benefits to customer needs ; theoretically , intentions should be at a peak then . |
| 10 | Er — I ca n't come on the Saturday night — I 've promised Ricci I 'll be at a charity for — er — er — for Dressings for — er — wounded people in remote areas of er — Olympia . ’ |
| 11 | He might as well be at a polytechnic . |
| 12 | Tomorrow lunch time , local author William Harley will be at a champagne lunch in London , he 's one of twelve finalists in this year 's Ian St James Literary Award . |
| 13 | The story concerns the misdemeanours of a husband when he goes dancing with another woman when he is supposed to be at a boxing match . |
| 14 | The advances would be at a level which enables the artist to live and concentrate on improving his or her writing skills . |
| 15 | You will not be at a level a good deal lower than the surrounding ground , so you will have to lay a hardcore base to build up the foundations to suit the path material and method of laying . |
| 16 | I said , so how many of those would grade three , level three child have to get to be at a level three ? |
| 17 | And in the majority of those cases , that is a transient problem , and teacher assistance needs to be at a level of , of general support to get them over that period . |
| 18 | I do not want central Government to say how many teachers should be at a school in Barnet or how much should be spent on books in Barnet . |
| 19 | ‘ Why would she be at a hotel ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ During the winter months work would be at a standstill . |
| 21 | If you guys think that in our middle age we 'll be at a Tupperware party while you do the Skye Ridge , you can roll your tartan shirts up and shove them . |
| 22 | If they were , say , a million times more common than this , then the nearest black hole to us would probably be at a distance of about a thousand million kilometers , or about as far away as Pluto , the farthest known planet . |
| 23 | Even the rare successful defence might be at a price . |
| 24 | Er it costs so much , nobody 's got enough money to , to put the money up for it to erm be at a price which would be affordable , unfortunately . |
| 25 | But er , any acquisition has to fit extremely well strategically and it has to be at a price that we consider to be a , a , a good price . |
| 26 | They were supposed to be at a play were n't they ? |
| 27 | He 'll be at a club . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | As I said earlier , we now seem to be at a stage of development where the attitudes of linguists and educationalists to important language issues have become more compatible than hitherto . |
| 30 | We must surely be at a stage now where almost every angler on a given match has the ability to win it , given a draw . |