Example sentences of "[subord] [be] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I guess , one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association , rather than being at the peak of one . |
| 2 | And rather than being at the mercy of the autobiographer 's choice of what to mention , we can ask questions and open up areas of significant memory which would otherwise have been lost . |
| 3 | Despite all claims to the contrary , English , rather than being at the core of the humanities , has become " merely one subject among others . " |
| 4 | a lot of the people used to come in and they 'd be in in his hotel , boozing rather than being at the pub you know , he says it for me I got a bottle and everything there . |
| 5 | onto the thing , so you know , it was like well it 's better than being at the telly . |
| 6 | This was partly because he was not exceptionally bright while being at the same time exceptionally unimaginative , but it was also because odd carvings and perilous tunnels were all in a day 's work . |
| 7 | Could Castle Dore even challenge Tintagel as being at the root of the Arthurian legends ? |
| 8 | Specialeyes marketing director Steve Jacobs says the company has always been perceived as being at the cheap end of the market and it is now trying to raise its image with its professional market and consumers . |
| 9 | The argument that the dependent status of elderly people has been deliberately structured by the state and society takes the economic conditions of the non-institutionalized elderly as being at the root of their dependent status . |
| 10 | You have been described as being at the cutting edge of archaeology for over twenty-five years . |
| 11 | By 16 February , on the eve of the elections , Nizan described Spain as being at the " crossroads of fascism and liberty " . |
| 12 | regard the older person , and carer if appropriate , as being at the centre of a network of personal , familial , and social dimensions which together determine his/her quality of life and level of risk . |
| 13 | Territoriality , male ( and juvenile ) aggressiveness , the demand for property , the protection and preservation of kin , and an innate need for ontological security were all put forward as being at the core of individual and social behaviour and observable in unmediated form in people 's behaviour . |
| 14 | Some of the CIs were establishing themselves as being at the level of the English polytechnics , but in some respects were more specialized . |
| 15 | Although lacking formal powers , the cabinet is recognized by convention as being at the heart of government . |
| 16 | Having previously discussed it with John , I declined to join them on their expedition to the temples at P. as I feel it is important to them both to have time alone with each other , especially as is at the moment a bit jealous of the twin at school here ( though of course he , chose to opt out of Gordonstoun ) and has anyway not spent as much time with John in recent years as no 2 ! has . |