Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] at [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's at such times , as you sit eating a damp sandwich as water drips from your nose , as you scour the map for all the things you ca n't see , that you wonder why the hell you do it . |
| 2 | However , it 's at these times that we are most punishing to ourselves . |
| 3 | The weapon 's computer thus knows where it is at all times , without relying on any signals from outside . |
| 4 | But whether his artistic life was , as a few think , exemplary , or , as rather more think , a fearsomely cautionary fable , it is at all events a matter of some solemnity , and the amused weariness of we-have-heard-it-all-before will not serve in 1985 as it did in 1920 or 1940 or even , scandalously , as late as fifteen years ago . |
| 5 | It is at Labour conferences that you hear international co-operation praised to the skies , while multinational corporations , presumably because they are mostly American , are big bad wolves . |
| 6 | It is at Labour conferences that you get the sweet nuttiness of Baby Milk Action , which proclaims , ‘ Breast Milk : a World Resource , ’ and tells you , as a fact , that it would take 114 million lactating cows to replace the milk of the women of India . |
| 7 | It is at such times , perhaps , that we wonder about the unconscious effect of what we read . |
| 8 | But some will , and it is at such times that counselling can play an important role . |
| 9 | It is at such times that the independence of the Supreme Court is at its greatest , but they are rather untypical . |
| 10 | If the news was really unexpected she would be off balance and it is at such times that people are most likely to speak the truth . |
| 11 | Our results suggest that endometriosis is less of a problem during pregnancy and the subsequent four years than it is at other times , although the finding was not significant . |
| 12 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 13 | In university and polytechnic libraries the advanced instruction has to wait until the second and third years of undergraduate courses , because it is at these stages that the students work on sometimes quite specialized projects . |
| 14 | It is at these stages of the process that the professional judgement and experience of the assessor and her/his ability to exercise a range of analytic and negotiating skills is of fundamental importance . |
| 15 | Gardiner usefully quotes or paraphrases the lively testimony of many sitters and visitors from a wide variety of sources and it is at these moments that the artist at his most affectionate , considerate , perceptive and even gently self-deprecating comes to life . |
| 16 | SoVam Teleport , now part-owned by Cable & Wireless Plc here in London , has established a new packet switching node in Ufa , Bashkirria : the new facility will enable the company to market dedicated communications lines between the city and Moscow , with connections to the rest of the public network ; Ufa is a centre of oil industry enterprises and it is at these customers that SoVam is targeting its new service ; the company also aims to set up new nodes in the cities of Chelyabinsk , Salavat and Sterlitomak in the near future . |
| 17 | ‘ It is at these times that you realize the blessings of a good thick skirt ’ , she reported after her rescue . |
| 18 | It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings . |
| 19 | It is at these times that the ghosts flock most cordially to our summons . ’ |
| 20 | It is at these points in a jury trial that the legal opinion is important : a lawyer is not directly concerned with the work of the jury . |