Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Generally , people are rather flattered at the thought of being so important , but this may in turn create the problem that they become untypical because they know that they are in the sample , and will be questioned regularly about their lives , activities , and attitudes .
2 The public had been most incensed at the relative simplicity with which the Royal Mail company had been relieved of their entrusted money .
3 There are few people I think who 've been rather surprised at the amount concerned .
4 I am secretly relieved at the loss of the acid , for not only do I dislike hallucinogens , but I fear we will be stopped , yet another time , by the police .
5 Any segment of the cervical spine may be affected by the rheumatoid inflammatory process , but destructive changes are most prominent at the occipito atlantoaxial junction .
6 Excessive stress can damage the heart and it might not be a coincidence that cardiac disorders are most frequent at the time of waking or the hours just after .
7 Social class differences are most apparent at the extremes , i.e. between professional and unskilled occupational groups .
8 The effects of this are most extreme at the poles , which are bathed in light for up to 24 hours a day over a short summer , and then plunged into twilight darkening to permanent night during the long polar winter .
9 These are most evident at the south-eastern end of the enclosure and may be the wealthier houses noted by Artis , at least one of which had Alwalton marble slabs on its walls .
10 Erm , as I said F T volumes are flat but er , they , they , they did achieve an increase in the yield erm , but forward bookings are much better at the F T and October looks rather better , so I think advertisement volumes are , are on the increase .
11 Then he brushes over some of the issues which run through the play which are especially noticeable at the end .
12 It 's possible that your feelings are especially strong at the moment because you can see both your children growing away from the baby stage , leaving you with the knowledge that that chapter of your life is perhaps closed .
13 The French made Line 7s are not as high cut as the other two models and are especially low at the back of the heel to avoid pressure on the Achilles tendon and the subsequent risk of tendonitis .
14 His mother 's death was the first he had been intimately concerned with — his father 's hardly counted , because Peter had been only thirteen at the time .
15 Finally , I am somewhat dismayed at the proposition that patients might be tempted ( or should I say bribed ? ) into taking a decision for or against generic substitution .
16 The House has been rightly concerned at the creeping extension of Community competence over the last few years .
17 The processes entailed in referral and admission are less accessible at the Delphi Centre because they tend to be concentrated in the hands of Roger himself ; decisions are often made instantaneously , without consultation and frequently in the course of a telephone conversation .
18 Their devastated father Garry — a computer company executive who left England for a new life in Ireland 20 years ago -said : ‘ I am so numb at the loss of my two beautiful children .
19 Visitor centre manager Michael Peddar said : ‘ We are extremely pleased at the figures — particularly the number of overseas visitors , which has been quite remarkable considering the current economic climate .
20 Times are so hard at the Manor Ground that even the manager has had to return his club car .
21 Care workers involved in the case are so concerned at the possibility of the children being returned home , they are considering a move to have this evidence made public .
22 This is the language of the dictator and it is exactly why those who manage land are so concerned at the activities of the water authorities , even more so if they become commercial profit-orientated concerns .
23 If so , then I shall cancel my subscription to , New Scientist and take out one of those half-price offers on Nature which are so abundant at the moment .
24 The APU surveys confirm these findings with the added perspective that such differences are only apparent at the top attainment levels .
25 In contrast other bands within this large footprint are only apparent at the longest incubation times ( positions 69-73 ) .
26 Not so bad looking , even if we are only 5th at the moment ?
27 And er , we get a panel of young engineers and a panel of school teachers and they actually erm go to a school , they sit down , look at the national curriculum and decide which parts they can actually participate in and it 's been so successful at the moment , realise the trouble is we 're somewhere about five thousand , six hundred secondary schools in the U K you realise it 's a mammoth task !
28 She 'd been so relieved at the news of Liz and Owen 's removal from Intensive Care that seeing the other girl 's still , slight figure lying motionless on the hospital bed had been a deep and severe shock .
29 Her mother had been so excited at the attention paid to her , almost as if it had not been Louise but she herself who was attracting the attention of the young gentlemen .
30 But perhaps if they had listened to what folk-legend had maintained for thousands of years neurobiologists would not have been so surprised at the learning and memory capacity of the bees .
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