Example sentences of "[prep] being at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finds it difficult to cope after being at the top as a player through natural talent . |
| 2 | After being at the Refuge on Saturday she woke early on Sunday morning , head crowded with things that needed thinking about and sorting out . |
| 3 | A system of retention ratios at least gives exporters part of the benefits due to them , since they are assured of most of their import needs , and can sell any surplus foreign exchange on the black market to other enterprises , who also benefit by being able to obtain foreign exchange at a price instead of being at the mercy of administrative decisions by bureaucrats . |
| 4 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks Following the TV exposé of the horrors/miracle of being at the school founded by A S Neill , could we have a Speech Day address by the principal of Summerhill ; an explanation by a parent of why they have chosen it ; or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages gained by a Summerhill education . |
| 5 | As I read , I am struck again by the laibon 's sense of being at the centre of the universe . |
| 6 | Instead of being at the top , they were being concentrated in middle management , where all the hard detailed work had to be done . |
| 7 | There was a sense of importance , of being at the heart of things . |
| 8 | Instead of being at the controls , he was desperately clinging on while the engines , at full throttle , thrust the boat violently from side to side as a host of faction fighters wrestled to grab the wheel — or in most cases to avoid touching it . |
| 9 | I do n't know how this happened , but er erm a piece of wood or something fell and hit him on the back of the neck and woke him up and he woke up from the vivid dream of being at the time of the French Revolution , of being lead up the guillotine and having his head chopped off . |
| 10 | It is rather like being at the Court of Elizabeth 1 . |
| 11 | It was like being at the edge of the world . |
| 12 | It 's like being at the sea , early in the morning with the seagulls and the sea pounding away and the fresh air . |
| 13 | It was just like being at the cinema , but it 's just like being , it 's just like being in the room again , because of the conversation 's back . |
| 14 | It was like being at the source of the lightning . |
| 15 | A two-thirds majority will be necessary to bring the new set-up into being at the beginning of the 1994-95 season , but last night a Premier Division chairman claimed to know of three others from the top 12 who would , along with his club , vote against the proposal . |
| 16 | ‘ The battle ’ hovers over the individual actions like in incorporeal cloud , distinct from them , but at the same time making up a surface of their meaning-effect , a simulacrum that brings the event into being at the moment when language and event coincide . |
| 17 | THE single market in Europe 's financial services is supposed to come into being at the end of 1992 . |
| 18 | Professionals ' self-esteem had been founded upon being at the top of the manual wages pyramid . |
| 19 | It is likely , however , that at least 40% and possibly more of gas demand will by then be imported but as with oil the Netherlands will continue to benefit from being at the hub of European energy supply . |
| 20 | But we are far from being at the end of the chain of slimming benefits that are achieved by a diet rich in natural fibre . |
| 21 | For my part , I think it would be open to the English courts to apply the civil law maxim directly to the situations we have in these two appeals , and treat the two plaintiffs as lives in being at the times of the events which injured them as they were later born alive , but it is not necessary to do so directly in view of the effect which the Montreal Tramways case [ 1933 ] 4 D.L.R. 337 has already had in the development of the common law in this field in other common law jurisdictions . |
| 22 | About twenty per cent goes on the maintenance of the forces in being at the time . |
| 23 | Although throughout the preceding century case law decisions had narrowed its scope and denied its extension to any trade not in being at the time of its passage , it had remained nevertheless of great importance as a legitimating symbol of skilled labour 's " rights " . |
| 24 | She has English rose looks and charm , and while she thrives on being at the centre of events she is still extremely shy . |
| 25 | AEA 's success has always depended on being at the forefront of science and technology . |
| 26 | To be accurate , ‘ private press ’ should be applied only to a press where the owner 's or operator 's chief objective is to print a fine book , without being at the mercy of a publisher 's instructions and a first necessity to show a profit , even though he may sell his wares through commercial channels . |
| 27 | I never saw what was so great about being at the centre of the Solar System , or the centre of the Galaxy , or even the centre of the Universe . |
| 28 | Will he commend the Belfast office for being at the top of the league of all passport offices for getting passports out quickly for the people of Northern Ireland ? |
| 29 | By doing so , and by being at the heart of Europe , that Government will be able to represent Britain properly during the presidency . |
| 30 | To the great credit of the Conservative Government , the opportunities and aspirations of our people have been transformed ; but only by being at the heart of Europe , in the words of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister , can we realise our full potential . |