Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] be at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the first question is , where do you imagine the poet to be at the beginning of the poem . |
| 2 | At the same time that Coleridge was discussing Hartley with Wordsworth he was also constantly urging him to write ‘ a philosophic poem ’ — ‘ No man was ever yet a great poet without being at the same time a profound philosopher ’ . |
| 3 | There is now no doubt that those societies who were not represented will deeply regret the step they adopted , for those would-be representatives have missed having had the honour of being at the best gathering ever held in the annals of the deaf and dumb . " |
| 4 | I do n't know how this happened , but er erm a piece of wood or something fell and hit him on the back of the neck and woke him up and he woke up from the vivid dream of being at the time of the French Revolution , of being lead up the guillotine and having his head chopped off . |
| 5 | Well we 're looking forward to that one because Kings Lynn , who 've sort of been at the bottom of the league for some time , have really put an interesting looking side together . |
| 6 | ‘ I genuinely did n't expect the team to be at the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 7 | No , Peru 's just not the place to be at the moment . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When we had ascended a little more than half-way , I was much afraid we should have been doomed to return , on account of the masses of rock , over which we had to climb , beginning to increase in size ; we knew , however , that a descent would have been attended with infinite danger , and being urged on partly by eagerness in our pursuit , but more from a desire to be at the top , we determined to brave every difficulty . |
| 9 | ‘ The battle ’ hovers over the individual actions like in incorporeal cloud , distinct from them , but at the same time making up a surface of their meaning-effect , a simulacrum that brings the event into being at the moment when language and event coincide . |
| 10 | The longer scheme is widely thought to be better and I should like it to be more at the centre of the proposals , as I want the environment as a whole to be at the centre . |
| 11 | The logo and style are designed to reflect the best traditions of the Board and its policy of being at the leading edge of education for industry and commerce internationally . |
| 12 | A two-thirds majority will be necessary to bring the new set-up into being at the beginning of the 1994-95 season , but last night a Premier Division chairman claimed to know of three others from the top 12 who would , along with his club , vote against the proposal . |
| 13 | At the time of writing negotiations are taking place for another Drummond locomotive to be at the show . |
| 14 | In speeches on April 15 , United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major maintained that the UK 's participation in the EBRD " underlines our commitment to be at the very heart of Europe " [ see also p. 38115 ] and that the UK government 's privatization programme had helped financial companies in London to " build up a wealth of experience from which to draw " , while Mitterrand declared : " A new order has been put in place . |
| 15 | It was he , above all , who had determined to tackle the Scottish question head on , he who wanted it and a broad defence of the British constitution to be at the heart of the Tory campaign . |
| 16 | Naturally , I wanted Mum to be at the first night , and Dad too . |
| 17 | The Garden has the information resources and much of the staff expertise and enthusiasm to be at the leading edge of IT within ten years . |
| 18 | Having decided that he was very unlikely to shave for next sixteen or so days he wanted his beard to be at the past-scratch stage when he arrived . |
| 19 | One of the reasons why Colnaghi 's wanted a presence in Paris and welcomed the opportunity to be at the Hotel Bristol is the attraction which Paris holds to the Japanese ; furthermore , a high occupancy rate at the Hotel Bristol is Japanese and I look forward to being able to meet this clientele . |
| 20 | Local government is full of excitement and variety ; it is an opportunity to be at the centre of things in the community and an excellent stepping stone to work in private practice as well as commerce and industry . |
| 21 | As I read , I am struck again by the laibon 's sense of being at the centre of the universe . |
| 22 | I think chemistry and physics students are quite a good thing to be at the moment . |
| 23 | ‘ It is important for the saving of the pool to be at the forefront of everyone 's minds it should be treated as a number one priority . ’ |
| 24 | As long as proper outcome data is collected there is clearly scope for patient care to be at the forefront of discussion of RMI . |
| 25 | He can not claim on the one hand to be at the heart of Europe and at the same time want to be on the periphery of Europe and seem to want us to go at a slower speed than anyone else . |
| 26 | Britain has a massive advantage in natural resources that give it the potential to be at the forefront of renewable energy generation . |
| 27 | The UK has the potential to be at the forefront of efficiency and renewables . |
| 28 | Lloyd 's needs to get a grip on more ‘ safe ’ business to offset its increasing tendency to be at the wrong end of big disasters such as Piper Alpha . |
| 29 | Lloyd 's needs to get a grip on more ‘ safe ’ business to offset its increasing tendency to be at the wrong end of big disasters such as Piper Alpha . |
| 30 | The women 's race looks set for the second successive year to be at the mercy of Rosa Mota , a winner at Olympic and world level as well as the three times European champion . |