Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] is at the " in BNC.

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1 It clearly exposes the weakness that is at the heart of Labour 's inspection policy , and demonstrates that the hon. Member for Blackburn does not speak to the hon. Member for Leeds , Central .
2 For example , Peter Matthiessen 's account of his astonishing journey on foot , with limited supplies in the face of overwhelming winter snows , from Nepal to the Crystal Mountain in Tibet where he goes fired with the hope of seeing the rare , almost mythical , snow leopard , expresses a pattern of experience that is at the heart of the awareness of the medieval mystics with whom this book is concerned .
3 Man is a primate and is at the top of the range of species , followed by gorillas , orang-utans and chimpanzees ; tarsiers and lemurs represent the lower end of development .
4 The choice is clear — you take the job that is at the status you require ( never mind the specialty ) wherever it is offered , or take a job below your grade in the area where your spouse works .
5 Investigating register should enable you to develop a style that observes established conventions but is at the same time not too disconnected from your own voice or sense of self .
6 Police determination to control the volume and the effect of picketing made movement around the country and demonstrations at collieries extremely difficult ; ‘ much secondary picketing was prevented from taking place , effectively or at all , by police action rather than the intervention of the civil courts , and it is this factor that is at the heart of complaints that the police broke the strike , or were used to break it ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 148 ) .
7 This column is genuinely not written with a sense of criticism , but I believe it does demonstrate one of the problems that is at the very heart of British tennis — lack of a sense of vision , a sense of belief and a passionate desire to achieve at the very highest echelons of the world game and not to be content to make a comfortable living in a relatively small pond .
8 These studies defined a pathway that is at the heart of growth control in higher eukaryotic organisms , one which is so highly conserved that its components are functionally interchangeable between mammals , flies and worms .
9 But , more specifically still , he saw fascist mentality as ‘ the mentality of the little man who is enslaved and craves authority and is at the same time rebellious . ’
10 The only Son , who is the same as God and is at the Father 's side … .
11 The only Son , who is the same as God and is at the Father 's side , he has made Him known .
12 It is its impact on teachers and their style that is at the heart of the matter .
13 So the happiness of God — the happiness that is at the heart of the universe — is in the eternal relationship of the Father , Son and Holy Spirit .
14 It is the ability and willingness to make this mental effort that is at the very heart of the success or failure of the human race to create a viable religion .
15 Judaism recognizes the tremendous power of women 's sexuality , and it is the acknowledgement of this power that is at the heart of many of the Jewish laws concerning women 's lives .
16 It is in fact the reading contract , the explicit relationship between writer and reader that is at the heart of the technical problems experienced by Nizan as a revolutionary novelist .
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