Example sentences of "[be] [adj] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For many of us there are the added problems of the other commitments that are normal at this time of our lives .
2 ‘ Your emotions are strong at this moment . ’
3 Similarly some attempts at self-dressing are possible at this age ( excluding buttons and fastenings ) while a 5-year-old should be able to manage all aspects of getting dressed .
4 Mehmed el-Fenari ; and he not unnaturally concludes that Molla Fenari must still have been alive at that date .
5 Yet it is worth reminding Catholics that when Paul in the New Testament refers to the saints ( hagioi ) he means the church people who are alive at that time .
6 At a time when over one third of the economically active population aged under 25 have been unemployed at some time in the last 12 months , the prospects of reaching 80 per cent owner-occupation without drastic policy changes seem dim ( Social Trends 15 , Table 4.26 ) .
7 March is often a windy month and because the winds are unsteady at this time of year there is always a chance of very changeable weather from day to day .
8 Turn to page 10 to see at a glance which sports are free at each Club .
9 Because these work to a co-ordinate system they are reproducible at any resolution and , more usefully , they can be scaled without destroying the original information .
10 Only four ordered solvent molecules are visible at this resolution , sandwiched between the protein and the major groove , but there must be others filling the remaining volume .
11 He reported after the Sixth Comintern Congress that ’ As a rule , when we tell our Latin American comrades , on meeting them for the first time , that the situation of their country is that of a semi-colony and consequently we must consider the problems concerning it from the viewpoint of our colonial or semi-colonial tactics , they are indignant at this notion and assert that their country is independent , that it is represented in the League of Nations , has its own diplomats , consulates , etc . ’
12 No doubt she should have been alarmed at this thought but she remained excited by it .
13 They not only allowed the third party an action which would have been impossible at civil law , but also permitted specific performance .
14 I mean , if it 's just that you 're too close to it and you do n't want me to look at it , there are people I know who 're good at that sort of thing ; they can see the wood from the trees ; they could — ’
15 ‘ Yes , yes , you 're good at that sort of thing , ’ said Dorcas .
16 You 're good at this book are n't you Tim ?
17 I hope you 're good at this Doctor .
18 Pro provided they 're relevant at this level .
19 Nevertheless most are likely at some stage to lose their pouch and in so doing will sacrifice 40 to 50 cm of terminal ileum .
20 Two of the local clowns , Richard Clarke ( Mary 's son ) and Ian Cross , who had lived in Bellerby all their lives , said this would have been unthinkable at one time — when they were children everybody knew everybody else , and what went on .
21 You are welcome at any time , as far as I myself am concerned , to have the prince your husband attend you here — equally , provided you are suitably chaperoned by either myself or one appointed by myself , and provided no obstacles are put in the way , you may visit the prince . ’
22 Moreover , analysis of the actions of these complex groups is essential to an understanding of policy-making in government : ‘ The behaviors that constitute the process of government can not be adequately understood apart from the groups , especially the organised and potential interest groups , which are operative at any point in time ’ .
23 It would have been hard at that point not to be ejected from the train .
24 Many couples are married at this time ; old debts must be repaid ; homes are thoroughly cleaned ; presents are exchanged and families get together to enjoy colourful meals and banquets featuring specially prepared foods .
25 The exhaust gases are black at this point .
26 things that children are innocent at that age .
27 ‘ These events are great at encouraging teamwork and communication and I would be keen to support others in this type of activity . ’
28 Sticks and chains , although sometimes lethal , are slightly easier to deal with , because unlike the knife and bottle , which are lethal at any distance , they are less adaptable .
29 If all providers going into trusts and if all er purchasing gon na be done by fund holders , the majority of whom are confident at this stage they 'll become fund holders what actually is the role of the purchasing consortium that be and role of the health authorities , as such er , other than perhaps to collect statistics in the future of our time the climbing and quality of the health service in this area ?
30 Telencephalic regions ( t ) are negative at this stage .
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