Example sentences of "[noun] be at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students who do n't know who half their lecturers are at the best of times ca n't be in a position to decide on their pay packets . |
| 2 | The contributions paid by employers are at the same rate , regardless of whether the employee pays at standard or reduced rate . |
| 3 | But I think , are n't they always , their timetables are at the same time are n't they , the topics ? |
| 4 | The Col du Somport and the upper valley of the Aspe are at the western end of the Pyrenean National Park — to be exact , a narrow tongue of this extends across on the other , western side of the valley into the ring of mountains forming the Cirque of Lescun . |
| 5 | Those are the facts about the state of manufacturing industry , and industrial disputes are at the lowest for half a century . |
| 6 | His nearest shops are at the sleepy hilltop village of Saignon yet just a handful of people are aware the celebrity is a neighbour . |
| 7 | Anthers and styles are at the same level , and less spectacularly coloured . |
| 8 | Manager Alan Murray , assistant manager Eddie Kyle and McAndrew were at the Northern League club at the same time . |
| 9 | I planted the polystyrene marker , scattered some flake maize , sweetcorn and broken lobs around it , then headed back to shore where my two rods were at the ready for casting out . |
| 10 | Irony is at the same time a characteristic form of the contemporary imagination and a way of thinking the specific forms of engagement which the distractions of the everyday and the interruptions of its temporality might facilitate in television viewing . |
| 11 | It might be worth recalling Walter Benjamin 's view that there is always a verso and recto to history — each document of civilisation is at the same time a document of barbarism . |
| 12 | That bid is at the final stage of its examination and I expect to be able to make an announcement soon . |
| 13 | Buying something like a car is at the other end of the spectrum from holding cash . |
| 14 | Do two passes of the carriage to read the cams and then , when the carriage is at the opposite side to the point cam ( in this case on the right ) , move the left point cam back to its position on the right of the N1 cam . |
| 15 | After that , move the point cam to its correct position when the carriage is at the opposite side to the cam being moved . |
| 16 | The motion-work was at the very apogee of clockmaking technology and the case-work enjoyed a world wide reputation for quality of design and good taste , all at very competitive pricing . |
| 17 | Sarah 's bedroom was at the other end of the landing , next to her brother 's . |
| 18 | She wondered if he ever dropped it ; she could sense that , however fluently he talked , however intently he listened — and he listened very intently — his mind was at the same time pursuing some other parallel track . |
| 19 | Richard Barnett was at the finishing line . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's a better prospect than Gazza was at the same age , ’ said McDermott after the 19-year-old tormented Cambridge . |
| 21 | ( All this action was at the furthest end from where Leeds fans were stood , so I could n't see much . |
| 22 | Somebody told you that Vecchi and the girl were at the Regal Arms . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , if we adjust the above findings , they suggest that almost 40% of the public feel that mentally handicapped people should be segregated from the rest of society ; around the same proportion would dislike the idea of a mentally handicapped child being at the same school as their child and around 70% feel that mentally handicapped people should not be allowed to marry and have children . |
| 24 | We used to work eight hour shifts — morning , evening and night — and of these the night duties were at the same time the most boring and the most exciting , depending on whether there was anything ‘ on ’ . |
| 25 | Now the thing about this crew and the crews that you were talking about from the Hundredth Bomb Group , the , I guess the most famous crew from the Hundred Bomb Group is with the Roses Rivetus Now our crews were at the same time . |
| 26 | We mention also that once the vehicle is at the managing director 's home , no private use is made of it whatsoever . |
| 27 | Lunch is at the historic Culloden House Hotel . |
| 28 | Either we assume that the whole universe is at the present moment in a very improbable state . |
| 29 | Spelling is at the very heart of information technology but , so far in IT Year , it has been largely ignored . |
| 30 | The difference between ( 77 ) and ( 78 ) is not the same difficulty we met earlier , in the ambiguity of : ( 79 ) The cat is behind the car where behind can have either a deictic usage ( i.e. the car intervenes between the cat and the speaker 's location ) , or a non-deictic usage ( i.e. the cat is at the intrinsic rear-end of the car ) . |