Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are rather at the point of arguing that the state , and in particular its bureaucracy , may be free from subordination and manipulation by the ruling class in order to preserve its interests in the long run and as a whole . |
| 2 | Images of parties and party leaders are right at the margin between perceptions and attitudes . |
| 3 | For example , the Eskimos , who as hunters and fishermen are right at the bottom of Marx 's and Engels 's technological scale , have a kinship terminology which does not classify relatives any more than the English system does — a sign for Morgan of the presence of monogamy — while the Malays , who have possessed for a very long time highly advanced agricultural techniques , use a kinship terminology which Morgan and Engels associated with the earliest stages of evolution . |
| 4 | These are the rhyolites , which are right at the other end of the spectrum from basalts ; that is to say they are acid , contain a lot of silica and have the same composition as granite . |
| 5 | And the French are right at the forefront of design again . |
| 6 | So I think I made this point before that the people who are right at the top of politics are the ones who are very good at flattery , duplicity , manipulation and so on and these , are these really the qualities we want in our government ? |
| 7 | You see those two are right at the end , and those I do n't know whether those ought to be together before XX . |
| 8 | We are necessarily at a distance from them , detached . |
| 9 | Burrowing species are obviously at a disadvantage in such situations , although some species are able to escape by swimming . |
| 10 | Tonight they are together at a banquet aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia to mark the EC summit . |
| 11 | For a discipline which has made a speciality of the modern world we are somewhat at a disadvantage compared to journalists . |
| 12 | The Sandinistas in government are somewhat at a loss for their own charismatic figure , but continue to draw amply on the ( revised ) ideology and mythology of Sandino himself and of the martyred heroes of the revolution . |
| 13 | The choice of food and the way to spend the waking hours are entirely at the discretion of the volunteer . |
| 14 | Those in between ( i.e. , 6 to 15 years service ) , who are perhaps at the point in their careers when promotion in teaching is most keenly sought , are positive , expressing willingness to take part in SSE irrespective of direct personal benefit and considering that SSE should be made compulsory in school . |
| 15 | In view of this , proposals for the northern part of the Section are only at a preliminary stage , and are therefore not included in this leaflet . |
| 16 | In ten years ' time we shall no doubt still be using the techniques discussed in this chapter but we may also have opened up new avenues of research by widening the range of materials examined and by using other scientific techniques which at present are only at the development stage . |
| 17 | We are only at the beginning of a change which became more conspicuous later . |
| 18 | It should be remembered that we are only at the beginning and there are many varying factors yet to be confronted ; how much energy is used when recycling paper compared to using new stock ? |
| 19 | Finally , we realise that we are only at the beginning of what may prove to be one of the most significant developments of the twentieth century . |
| 20 | This to-one-side posture of novelist and novel explains how it is that Raskolnikov and Marmeladov are pointedly at a loose end while Crime and Punishment is anything but pointedly sociological . |
| 21 | Are they coming onto your support workers calling on the families at this time to help them erm because this will be the time when the families will need help and also naturally the residents who are normally at the centre , having got used to the centre , as we know , there could be difficulties there and I 'd like to have the please . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , if Qaddafi shows himself limited by this commonplace either-or , he has a decided advantage over West European or American anti-statesmen , who are generally at a loss to say how a society with only families will organize itself : what is to make the linkages among families ? — the market ? — a mafia ? — a telephone company ? |
| 23 | I am a good citizen , a nice person ; I am just at the moment in the grip of a sexual passion , in the throes of love ; I am alive : I who have been so nearly dead for decades , which is why I am currently neglecting them , just a little . |
| 24 | ( It is very difficult to make a mark in experimental physics these days unless you are already at the top ! ) |
| 25 | Quality and quantity in one area , and Alice are easily at the twin peaks of both . |
| 26 | Quality and quantity in one area , and Alice are easily at the twin peaks of both . |
| 27 | ‘ We are just at a point if we have anything to say , we really could not , ’ the company told Reuter , but it did say that it had hired Morgan Stanley & Co as its ‘ financial consultant , ’ along with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette , but declined to say whether the investment banks are underwriters for a stock offering . |
| 28 | ‘ We are just at the beginning of the worldwide epidemic and the situation is still very unstable . |
| 29 | He added , ‘ We are just at the beginning of the worldwide epidemic and the situation is still very unstable . |
| 30 | He said , ‘ we are just at the end of the recession and we are about to come out on some sort of curve ’ . |