Example sentences of "[adv] be at the [noun] " 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 If you prefer that the algorithm should not invent new weights , but only select existing weights from the parent strings , then the crossover points marked ’ x ’ may only be at the ends of 8-bit sequences .
4 The evidence from the case studies suggests that while change will occur it will only be at the margins , but this may be enough to achieve significant behavioural change in service providers .
5 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 .
6 The header need not necessarily be at the beginning of the file .
7 The module header need not necessarily be at the beginning of the file .
8 We 'll soon be at the station , and it 'll be noisy enough there . ’
9 However , Parke may soon be at the heels of Del Harris , the 20-year-old England No. 1 who had to battle hard for the second day in succession .
10 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 " .
11 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 .
12 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 ?
13 Guarantee costs of these should normally be at the vendors ' expense .
14 They missed the train connection in Glasgow which meant that they could not be at the hotel by seven o'clock .
15 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 .
16 Barbara Coleman might not be at the museum again .
17 I find it sad that Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie , Britain 's number one tennis players , will not be at the Olympics
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Suppose that eligible recipients have lower incomes : then it is arguable that with the transfer they would not be at the corner solution .
21 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 .
22 ‘ But weeding out false claims should not be at the expense of prejudicing genuine claims . ’
23 But this policy of buying time should not be at the expense of those young people who are currently losing out at school .
24 The use of sponsors ' logos should not be at the expense of the prominence of the HCIMA logo ;
25 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 . ’
26 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 .
27 Some men would already be at the boats , others coming down the steep path from the village .
28 And it might easily be at the expense of tone if it was .
29 An improvement in one area might easily be at the expense of another .
30 I would usually be at the foot of the platform stairs as Billy went on at the start .
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