Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] is at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many French politicians take for granted a Europe in which France shares a lead ; they sense it is at risk . |
| 2 | And , though I believe she is at heart a sensible girl , she might be driven to do something silly . |
| 3 | Beyond level 6 there are no statements of attainment which relate to dramatic performance ; we believe it is at level 7 and beyond that the claims of drama as a separate subject become specific . |
| 4 | He is allegedly being held in a secret location in Riyadh where it is feared he is at risk of torture and execution . |
| 5 | It seems he is at play while I am asleep . |
| 6 | The tribunals are meant to provide simple informal justice in an atmosphere in which the ordinary man feels he is at home … an atmosphere which does not shut out the ordinary man so that he is prepared to conduct his own case before them with a reasonable prospect of success . |
| 7 | That relaxed , even jokey , presence we offer you is at times a front for blind panic . |
| 8 | There is controversy over whether this sort of fusion occurs under pressure inside the Earth , or inside the heavier Jupiter , but even if it does it is at levels that are useless for commercial fusion . |
| 9 | Corunna 's Civil Governor , Pilar Lledo , said : ‘ There is evidence to show he is at fault . ’ |
| 10 | When asked about the ‘ meaning ’ of his Foundation cycle , he was apt to burst into a song which he had adapted from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera , Patience : ‘ Success is not a mystery , just brush up on your history , and borrow day by day/ Take an Empire that was Roman , and you 'll find it is at home in/ All the starry Milky Way . ’ |