Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [adj] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumour has it that most of them are unhedged at these levels : they did not expect the currency to rise this far . |
| 2 | You are better at that than Nigel . |
| 3 | You are new at this , are n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | Not every decision can be pre-planned to the last detail — we know you are good at that . |
| 5 | If you are good at expanding functions up to second order you might like to attempt Example 2.5 . |
| 6 | Perhaps you always have your evening meal at seven o'clock — but , if you are hungry at six , that is when you should eat . |
| 7 | We looked at things like how to abseil off a cliff hundreds of feet high , while protecting the person you are guiding at all times . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps it signifies the fact that the poem could apply to anyone in life for we are all at this moment in the process of dying even though presumably not as far forward on our journey as the poet . |
| 10 | ‘ We are good at developing markets and we manage our cash extremely well , ’ he says . |
| 11 | We are delighted at such a splendid start to our sale . ’ |
| 12 | This system is fairly crude , though , and we are bad at discerning small differences in temperature . |
| 13 | ‘ What I meant was , , said the oldest son , ‘ is that we are free at last . |
| 14 | But given the cultural overlap between Britain and the US , and the fact that the 20 highest-grossing films in Britain last year all came from America , many of Medved 's arguments are equally applicable on this side of the Atlantic — if they are applicable at all . |
| 15 | The Japanese have advanced in the face of claims by many observers that they are poor at developing software — the instructions that make computers operate . |
| 16 | Oil and gas will provide our energy : they are good at that . |
| 17 | ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things . |
| 18 | In any event , in cases covered by the UCTA 1977 , exclusions will be subject to a test of reasonableness if they are effective at all . |
| 19 | Pakistanis are used to politicians behaving badly ; but even they are shocked at this week 's outbreak of trickery and thuggery . |
| 20 | Some do not realise that they are pregnant at all , like Lorraine , who had never even started her periods . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Thus , if only one or two dated skeletons are excavated , sex , age , disease and measurement may be noted but deductions as to the morphological affinities of these individuals with other peoples of the period could only be very tentative , if they are possible at all . |
| 23 | They are available at major supermarkets . |
| 24 | They are available at four levels : |
| 25 | They are available at three levels and are aimed primarily at those seeking entry to higher education . |
| 26 | I have already mentioned the fact that some religious traditions would deny ( or at least dispute ) the fact that they are theistic at all . |
| 27 | You must realize that we can not provide all the subjects when they are all at different stages . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | Hot with butter , cold with mayonnaise , they are excellent at any meal . |
| 30 | Like thoroughbred horses chafing at their bits before an important race , they are liable at any moment to sprint off at a hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction . |