Example sentences of "[adv] [be] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will only be at the end of time that God 's glory will be fully visible in the church . |
| 2 | QA activities may not necessarily only be at the end of the implementation phase . |
| 3 | Such a positive-sum game must be contrasted with a zero-sum game in which the game to some can only be at the expense of others . |
| 4 | The header need not necessarily be at the beginning of the file . |
| 5 | The module header need not necessarily be at the beginning of the file . |
| 6 | We 'll soon be at the station , and it 'll be noisy enough there . ’ |
| 7 | Other radicals demanded that foreign policy should no longer be at the mercy of " the ideas , valuations and methods of a sporting aristo-plutocracy " or " the obscure convolutions of diplomatic staffs " , that " there must be an end of the secret diplomacy which has plunged us into this catastrophe " and that the working classes should " lay down our own terms , make our own proclamations , establish our own diplomacy " . |
| 8 | Because it could n't wait until lunchtime and that , that 's perfectly understandable because he wants to feel in control of what 's going to happen to some degree , rather than just be at the mercy of someone else 's position . |
| 9 | Er you see when I was , this would just be at the start of the First World War , oh damn I have n't put a switch in have I ? |
| 10 | They missed the train connection in Glasgow which meant that they could not be at the hotel by seven o'clock . |
| 11 | It 's only recently , of course , that political correctness has demanded that the fathers not be at the birth but also do the right thing . |
| 12 | Barbara Coleman might not be at the museum again . |
| 13 | He says he plans to be in Dundee today but will not be at the picket — and rejected accusations by MPs and others of outsiders interfering in the dispute . |
| 14 | Try out each of your jokes on someone who will not be at the wedding to see if it sounds funny the way you tell it . |
| 15 | Suppose that eligible recipients have lower incomes : then it is arguable that with the transfer they would not be at the corner solution . |
| 16 | The overriding aim is to increase the value of the reports by providing more information , but this should not be at the expense of clarity . |
| 17 | ‘ But weeding out false claims should not be at the expense of prejudicing genuine claims . ’ |
| 18 | But this policy of buying time should not be at the expense of those young people who are currently losing out at school . |
| 19 | The use of sponsors ' logos should not be at the expense of the prominence of the HCIMA logo ; |
| 20 | A Sky spokesman added : ‘ We agreed to a police request that Bobby Gould should not be at the ground , even though he worked for us in the same capacity at the first match between the two sides . ’ |
| 21 | The DUP 's attitude to future talks is unambiguous — either the Dublin government ‘ deals with ’ articles 2 and 3 of the constitution and John Hume stops talking to Gerry Adams or Ian Paisley will not be at the conference table . |
| 22 | And it might easily be at the expense of tone if it was . |
| 23 | An improvement in one area might easily be at the expense of another . |
| 24 | I would usually be at the foot of the platform stairs as Billy went on at the start . |
| 25 | Even if there were agreement , much of the disputed territory would still be at the mercy of both Serb and Croat irregulars , acting outside the control of their Government , and those forces would continue to be a source of fighting and unrest unless they were disarmed . |
| 26 | Some of the remainder must still be at the Institute in Rome ; a delegation from the Venice Soprintendenza and Padua 's Eremitani Church , which owns the fragments , is due to travel to Rome shortly to resolve the problem . |
| 27 | How does it feel , 8 years later , to still be at the cutting edge of feminist art practice ? |
| 28 | Most of the young birds will still be at the nest , and if the weather lets up , we might get across to the Treshnish Isles as well . |
| 29 | Some churches are of basilican plan with semi-circular eastern apse ( though the altar might still be at the west end ) and a western or central tower standing on the ground . |
| 30 | This means that in the long-run the level of real income will always be at the level associated with full employment , whatever the price level . |