Example sentences of "[adv] be at [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd only been at Rangers five minutes when he offered me the use of his villa in Florida . |
| 2 | Britain has proved to be one of the least ‘ community-minded ’ members of the EEC and has for long been at odds with other states about the level of British contributions to the EEC budget . |
| 3 | Portugal was ruled by an authoritarian dictatorship , and so was at odds with the principles of liberal democracy that were deeply embedded in the life of the other six . |
| 4 | Where O or S passes are listed in the requirements for entry to a particular faculty or to a specific course , these must normally be at grades 1 , 2 or 3 for S grade , or grade C or better ( 7 or better from 1994 ) for O/GCSE . |
| 5 | Although she says that it was not necessarily an easy step to take , her community was behind her , and the reactions she has had from friends and teachers have convinced her that the step she took was an important one , challenging stereotypes in the West about what it means to be a Muslim girl , and bringing her a great sense of identity and of no longer being at odds with herself . |
| 6 | However , I have also been at pains to show that we need to distinguish the reality of evil from crude and literalistic representations of it . |
| 7 | What the company has also been at pains to do it allow local input into its products . |
| 8 | Austria not only had historical reasons for taking Russia 's part , but also was at odds with the Turks over the principality of Montenegro in the western Balkans . |
| 9 | Peasants in grain-short areas may well be at loggerheads with those in grain-surplus areas . |
| 10 | Planning in the railways has traditionally had an important political dimension that has sometimes been at odds with its use as an internal business tool . |
| 11 | This was one reason among many why kings and churchmen could sometimes be at odds . |