Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is important is that ( a ) large numbers of people are involved ; ( b ) some of them are at a greater risk than the general population due to pre-existing cardiac or respiratory conditions and/or prolonged exposure in homes or at the workplace ; and ( c ) there is no ‘ safe ’ level of exposure to carcinogens . |
| 2 | If anyone rings and they do n't find me in , it 's not because I am at a wild party or something , it 's probably because I 'm shopping or walking my dog . ’ |
| 3 | I 've changed my address Dr , I 'm at a wee pensioner 's house . |
| 4 | V.W. I find myself a non-Catholic in a Catholic school that at the moment is promoting Catholics and I 'm at a complete dead end . |
| 5 | Erm , I 'm at a lost on this . |
| 6 | If I find I 'm at a dead end , then I can ask for outside help . |
| 7 | I 'm at a little place called Ellenthorpe . |
| 8 | If you get a poor launch or something unexpected happens , you are at a great disadvantage and are likely to have a problem . |
| 9 | You 're at a romantic stage . |
| 10 | Suchocka declared : " After three years of reforms , we are at a turning point . |
| 11 | I think we are at a turning point for this company and the industry . ’ |
| 12 | However , a number of theories argue that the changes are even bigger than this : that we are at a major historical turning-point in the nature of the UK economy and in its urban and regional geography . |
| 13 | Secondly , we are at a critical juncture , much as a seriously ill person may reach a ‘ turning point at which the patient either begins to improve or sinks into a fatal decline ’ . |
| 14 | They said : ‘ We 're at a fact-finding stage . |
| 15 | ‘ The reason we drink is we 're at a loose end . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Such features are usually called raised beaches if they are at a low level , approximately below 50 m ( 150 ft ) OD , and marine terraces , platforms , benches or erosion surfaces if they are above this level . |
| 18 | There is a coffee bar here and women selling embroidery and woollens line the path to the viewpoint — for all that they are at a good tourist point , the prices here and at other such places around the island usually remain reasonable . |
| 19 | They are at a reasonable cost of £1 for 6 . |
| 20 | They are at a relative disadvantage because individuals without any formal qualifications are more likely to experience unemployment . |
| 21 | In common with fig 4 this relies on fast alternate picked double stops , only this time they are at a faster tempo , phrased in sixteenths and have a moving line added as a third ( lower ) part . |
| 22 | 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 . |