Example sentences of "[verb] to be at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We always promised to be at each other 's wedding , and if I do n't turn up she 'll be upset . |
| 2 | It is only the Lancastrians who appear to be at all sun-wary . |
| 3 | Next year 's meeting is to be held in June 1992 in Glasgow , where environmental lobbying is expected to be at such a pitch that delegations may find it politically impossible to approve any renewal of large-scale hunting . |
| 4 | If you want to be at all selective about what is recorded or about what is viewed , you need to be able to edit in some way . |
| 5 | She did n't appear to be at all like the kind of lady who would be engaging a maid . |
| 6 | If the parent bird can appear to be at some grave physical disadvantage , the killer will find the tempting proximity of the vulnerable adult irresistible and its concentration on the location of the nest-site can be broken . |
| 7 | This was not going to be at all easy . |
| 8 | However , given the weakness of France 's position since 1815 , the task was not going to be at all easy . |
| 9 | He also believes that a Martian might be able to understand symbols ( and so apparently assumes that the Martian is not going to be at all like any future ( IBM computer ) . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're not going to be at all happy if they see any photographs of us together . ’ |
| 11 | Two of my colleagues from the BBC did , it is true , succeed in smuggling an entire satellite telephone system ( complete with dish ) through Iraqi customs shortly before the war began , and there are plenty of guns in private hands which can be bought ; but the Mukhabarat are everywhere , and it would be impossible to find out where Saddam was going to be at any given time . |
| 12 | Tank to be at this state until fry are free-swimming . |
| 13 | Although it is rare for medieval finds to be at such a shallow depth in woodland , the ( amongst other finds ) proves that the older objects can be recovered . |
| 14 | Take advice urgently if your intended course of action seems to be at all risky . |
| 15 | I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department … |
| 16 | If the zero reference point is arranged to be at that assembly point then the assembly procedures are eased . |
| 17 | Thinking about the various stages you go through and then once you 've reached the level of department managers at , on a lot of issues you tend to be at this stage but it 's important to remember that a number of your staff may be down here somewhere . |
| 18 | I decided not to go in there on the grounds that Tommy would not , and Tommy off duty in Tommy 's off-duty clothes was what I most definitely wanted to be at that moment . |
| 19 | The other lesson where I ‘ doubled-up ’ was observed by the Director of Studies , whose presence did not seem to be at all intrusive and distorting in effect . |
| 20 | have have to be at that 's why it 's a ten point scale |