Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dutchman Marcel Albers , who won the first race at Donington , compatriot Oswaldo Negri and Belgian Mikke Van Hool were all slightly quicker in testing during the week so de Ferran will need to be at peak to clinch top spot , as he twice did for Edenbridge Racing last year . |
| 2 | The placing of the concept of the Created God entirely in that period of the earth 's history which follows the advent of life , means that science and religion do not need to be at variance . |
| 3 | Situations occur where trade union negotiators set targets for achievement of these goals which appear to be at odds with the targets set by management for the organisation ( and its employees ) . |
| 4 | It seems likely that Fahreddin Acemi was indeed muderris at Murad II 's Darulhadis , but the evidence on this point , which comes from the biography of Molla Ala " al-Din Ali al- " Arabi ( Molla Arab ) , is not altogether firm since Taskopruzade and Mecdi appear to be at odds on the matter . |
| 5 | With Robin Smith and Graeme Hick first Test certainties , the vacancies now appear to be at Nos 5 and 6 . |
| 6 | This means that policy implementation may require bargaining and dealing between agencies , and that therefore considerations may be brought into the inter-policy relationship that are very much wider than the ones that appear to be at stake . |
| 7 | The lesson , the drama , the learning all appear to be at risk because of the relative lack of structure . |
| 8 | Women and girls were not expected to go off after work and sing in choirs or play games — they were expected to be at home catching up on household chores . |
| 9 | Hence staff sample covertly where they can , without gaining access to the discharger 's premises ; or they sample at night or weekends when they are not expected to be at work , and any routine sampling done during the day is never by appointment : |
| 10 | Leaders Birkenhead St Mary 's expect to be at full-strength away to Bromborough Pool . |
| 11 | It has to be at night or we 'd be seen . |
| 12 | The counsellor has to be at peace with himself or herself before being able to do work of any value with people in the active phase of primary addictive disease or family disease or , later , at any stage of their recovery . |
| 13 | At 2200 hours Captain Moore has to be at Checkpoint Bravo to receive a military convoy that has transitted East Germany along the road corridor from Helinstedt in the West . |
| 14 | It has to be at Downes 's place : Kemp has n't got a room in college , and it ca n't be at Kemp 's place because his wife is a house-bound invalid . |
| 15 | Carson has to be at Newbury on Cup Day and Balding may well use apprentice Francis Arrowsmith . |
| 16 | ‘ How I long to be at home and have some plain food . |
| 17 | As she herself says : ‘ Teaching is such an obvious choice if you want to be at home most ofthe time your children are ’ . |
| 18 | The Child Protection Register provides a central record of all children in a given area who have been identified as abused , or who are considered to be at risk of abuse , and who therefore are currently the subject of an interagency plan to protect them . |
| 19 | Attention will be focused on young people who are not normally considered to be at risk in terms of drug misuse . |
| 20 | According to his calculations , more than 20.5 million people , — over a third of the population — are in groups considered to be at risk from air pollution — those aged under 14 , people over 65 , pregnant women and unborn babies [ see ED 58 , 61 ] . |
| 21 | Areas found to be at risk include ancient woodlands dating back to the last ice age , internationally rare lowland heaths , meadows and marshes containing many rare species of plants , flowers , animals , birds and insects . |
| 22 | Clearly the existence of this sub-committee indicates many other , unminuted , meetings had taken place , and even the architect and contractor already appear to have been briefed , for they were reported to be at work , although the references in the minutes to their activities are unhelpful in pin-pointing what stage they were at . |
| 23 | She could not manage her own personal care or care of her house , and was deemed to be at risk when on her own . |
| 24 | These criteria were open to interpretation , but meant that a woman could get an abortion if either her physical or mental health were deemed to be at risk . |
| 25 | But she wants to be at home , with her husband , and lots of children , and dogs everywhere . ’ |
| 26 | In primary sclerosing cholangitis standard liver function tests may improve after diagnosis — a result of diagnosis tending to be at times of maximal abnormality in a fluctuating course and likely therefore to be followed by a period of partial remission . |
| 27 | The two sets of carers who were not content with the institutionalisation decision were : the male friend of a single woman who said it had been a pleasure to visit her daily and help look after her ; after five months she was admitted to hospital under a guardianship order because she was felt to be at risk . |
| 28 | Scheler was anti-positivist and opposed to the ‘ cult of science ’ ( Hamilton 1974 : 75 ) which would appear to be at odds with Stark 's position . |
| 29 | Despite the fact that a worker may appear to be at fault examination should begin with the supervisor immediately responsible for the area concerned . |
| 30 | I have to go back into hospital before Christmas but then I hope to be at home . |