Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cronin and Macdonald were outstanding at the lineout , winning the ball almost at will , and the tourists also had a decided edge in the scrums . |
| 2 | By the way , ’ added the WPC , ‘ I thought you were terrific at the conference yesterday . |
| 3 | They were due at the start of the season . |
| 4 | Liberal Christians laugh at the frightened question of traditionalists : ‘ What if she were pregnant at the altar ? ’ |
| 5 | Thirteen patients did not enter the study : two did not want to , two were pregnant at the time of colposcopy , and nine were not treated in accordance with the study protocol ( no cervical scrape or no biopsy specimen was taken or no treatment was given when the biopsy specimen showed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia ) . |
| 6 | Between 1680 and 1800 the proportion of brides who were pregnant at the time of their wedding grew from 15 to 35 per cent and the illegitimacy ratio rose from 1·5 to 5 per cent . |
| 7 | None of the patients were pregnant at the time of the study or had taken any drug which could potentially interfere with gall bladder motility . |
| 8 | With few exceptions ( see below ) , all the haematological and biochemical values were normal at the start of the study and remained so throughout . |
| 9 | Many mothers felt the tragedy of the Athenia more keenly because they were upset at the prospect of their own children being evacuated . |
| 10 | Later , however , Elspeth and her colleagues were upset at the prospect of 16-ton lorries , with a height of 20 feet when fully raised for tipping , descending on a country lane teeming , at that time of year , with bird and insect life . |
| 11 | There would always be that fear that it a similar incident might happen and er and that er it was those who were asleep at the time who were unlucky enough not to survive . |
| 12 | When my boys first started school , we were aghast at the anti-English propaganda in the history books . |
| 13 | Little wonder that , as one newspaper put it , Ministers were aghast at the verdict . |
| 14 | Rumours that Denis Smith was taking over were rife at the press conference in the afternoon , but Corden announced he was giving the job to youth team coach Hankin . |
| 15 | Of the twenty-two men in the original column only seven were alive at the Truce . |
| 16 | Of the 18 patients who were alive at the time of the 1988 report , 14 patients ( 11 men and three women , mean age 48 years ) were alive and well in 1992 at a mean ( range ) of 69 ( 61–83 ) months after transplantation . |
| 17 | Of the four transplant candidates who were alive at the end of the study period , one with primary biliary cirrhosis had been referred and had received a liver transplant . |
| 18 | Of the 36 patients who were alive at the end of the study period and who were not considered for liver transplant , 26 had alcoholic liver disease ( 25 not abstinent , one abstinent , but with ischaemic heart disease ) and three had primary biliary cirrhosis ( in two of these advanced disease was manifest but one had additional psychiatric disease and one advanced cardiopulmonary disease ) . |
| 19 | Its just a pity there s not a better song to really get at the SCUM supporters , that does nt perhaps offend the older generation who WERE alive at the time . |
| 20 | We were strong at the back , and had the capability in midfield to launch attacks on the counter . |
| 21 | Roeder tentatively puts it at 1000 finished pictures and complains that there were few at the British Museum , still fewer in provincial libraries . |
| 22 | While a good case can , in retrospect , he made for the national interest being served by higher prices , there were few at the time who argued against the interpretation of Citrine and Self that there was a long-run obligation to sell as much electricity as possible at as low a price as possible . |
| 23 | Many of the benefits of the Welfare State were provided at no direct cost to the consumer ( ie they were free at the point of use ) although , of course , the cost was met by the taxpayer . |
| 24 | While 42 ( 69 per cent ) interviewees had worked at some time or other , the overwhelming majority ( 89 per cent ) were unemployed at the time of interview . |
| 25 | In 1983 , when a much smaller number of students completed IT Advanced Courses , 14 per cent were unemployed at the end of their courses ( 1 ) , a figure which halved in the following six months ( 2 ) . |
| 26 | Both were illiterate at the time . |
| 27 | Package APCK3 and all its modules were offline at the time of the listing . |
| 28 | But yesterday Mr and Mrs Lewis said they were disgusted at the situation , which had left them the victims . |
| 29 | Moving signs where orientation and position were similar at the start and finish of the sign , and again the symmetric principles were observed : examples include PLAY , BICYCLE , CHANGE |
| 30 | Members will be aware that ex-Councillors and were unsuccessful at the polls and I wish to ask the Council to place on record its thanks to their contribution to the work of this Council made by those members and to wish them well in the future . |