Example sentences of "[be] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er one of the ways you can use is er National Savings Income Bonds , er which are er okay , but they 're , the trouble is they 're at a variable rate , so at the moment they 're paying seven percent , so that 's on National Savings Income Bonds , so that that person would get seven hundred a year at the moment gross , and of course er you do n't need to t to fill in an R eighty five for that type of investment because it 's not a bank or building society account . |
| 2 | ‘ The reason we drink is we 're at a loose end . ’ |
| 3 | We 're at a loose end , Cynthie and me — I 'm up at Trinity , you know , but I 've been ill — ha ha ! — and have to stay down this term . |
| 4 | They said : ‘ We 're at a fact-finding stage . |
| 5 | You 're at a romantic stage . |
| 6 | I 've changed my address Dr , I 'm at a wee pensioner 's house . |
| 7 | I 'm at a little place called Ellenthorpe . |
| 8 | If I find I 'm at a dead end , then I can ask for outside help . |
| 9 | It makes sense therefore , to assume that deep tanks with a restricted surface area are going to be at a strong disadvantage from the very start . |
| 10 | Moreover , there is such a difference between one man and another that the man of 70 may still be at a higher level than the man of 20 at his peak : although the latter , starting so to speak from a lower level , will normally reach the later age at a much lower point than the former . |
| 11 | This project has three objectives : to investigate how accurately parents and their adolescent children can predict each other 's thinking over complex moral and social problems ; to assess whether the degree of such accuracy is related to the nature and extent of parent-adolescent conflicts , and to test whether an individual at one level of cognitive development can describe the view of another person who is assumed to be at a higher level . |
| 12 | Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you 've just been told to p … off by an embittered pedestrian . |
| 13 | She was a pretty little thing , but I fear the libido of the young men she encountered in here would be at a low ebb . |
| 14 | Royal College of Nursing members at the hospital had expressed worry over possible job losses and morale was said to be at a low ebb . |
| 15 | Wales were convinced that they were one up on Scotland in having already experienced Joel Dume in their England match , while the Sassenachs ' top brass reckoned Scotland would be at a definite disadvantage for the first 20 minutes . |
| 16 | In the case of the " upper " transistors ( and ) the base drive must be referred to the positive supply rail , which may be at a variable potential . |
| 17 | ( 6 ) Subject as mentioned below , the tender may be at a fixed price ( tenders in excess of the number of shares sought being scaled down pro rata ) , or a maximum price ( if the offer is over-subscribed , the striking price will be the lowest price at which the number of shares sought is met , with everyone tendering at or below the striking price receiving that price and if the offer is over-subscribed at the striking price acceptances will be scaled down pro rata or balloted ) . |
| 18 | First , is the deemed subletting to be at a fixed rent or at a rent subject to review ? |
| 19 | Opposition Members argue , with a great deal of support from industry and commerce , that such decision-making should be at a lower level . |
| 20 | If you live with a ‘ grown-up ’ child or children , you have a right to claim for yourself ; but if you are not a separate householder , your benefit will be at a lower rate . |
| 21 | But note that you must use fittings and valves which comply with the water byelaws and that if the cold supply is connected up to a washing machine from the rising main , this will be at mains pressure while the hot supply ( if there is one ) will be at a lower pressure . |
| 22 | Soon he hopes to be at a new home in a different area , where he hopes to be able to live his life in peace . |
| 23 | The clearing banks as well as the discount houses have the opportunity to buy Treasury bills on such occasions , as otherwise they would be at a substantial disadvantage compared with the discount houses in finding an outlet for surplus funds . |
| 24 | But this would be at a great price for the many to deal with the problems of the few . |
| 25 | I presume all our seed boxes are on board , but , as it is customary , all letters were thrown overboard , so shall be at a great loss to find things . |
| 26 | The new bands will be at a divisional level to ensure that a substantial link is maintained between an infantry or cavalry regiment and an allocated band . |
| 27 | A co-operative may have more difficulty in raising a large initial sum of venture capital and hence be at a greater risk of starting with too big a burden of interest on loan capital ; but , having got started on a sound financial footing , it would be under no special difficulty in doing as well as ordinary firms . |
| 28 | He pointed out that the ores raised from greater depth would be at a greater expense though the Royalties would in fact increase . |
| 29 | The storage could be at a centralised location or decentralised — distributed across a number of sites . |
| 30 | By close analysis , he was virtually able to predict where bream would be at a certain time and could put bait in to hold them in his swim . |