Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Minister of the Crown told me once of being present at a Cabinet committee meeting when she disagreed with her then chancellor , Nigel Lawson , and sensed that the rest of those present were also against her . |
| 2 | CONSCIOUS of being lesbian at the age of eleven , I spent the next seventeen years repressing my true self , taking much spontaneity from my character . |
| 3 | In ( 22 ) the suggestion is that the occurrence of being alone at the bar was not only unexpected but undesirable . |
| 4 | It was more like being present at a seance than at a lecture . |
| 5 | Far from being overjoyed at the apparent climbdown protesters believe it 's a plot to throw them off their guard . |
| 6 | It used to be amazing at the end of the week to be paid , to have money in your hand for the work you had done . |
| 7 | I think we ought to be pleased at the money made available in the last 5 years for players . |
| 8 | Individual governors are understood to be unhappy at the tax arrangements and the way it appears to have damaged Mr Birt 's credibility in the eyes of licence payers . |
| 9 | These tend to be greater at the junctions which are strengthened by additional flowlines of fibres . |
| 10 | Unless subsequently agreed in writing , the charges relating to booking shall be those expected to be current at the time of the conference . |
| 11 | First , the benefit attributable to the patent must be shown to be current at the time of the employee 's application ; the prospect of future benefits such as royalty payments from foreign sub-licensees is only relevant to the quantum of compensation awarded should outstanding benefit be proved . |
| 12 | In relation to white British culture in particular , various factors combine to create a sense of unreliability in in-law support : the ambiguity about whether the in-laws are ‘ really ’ part of your kin group ; the possibility that the linking third party will be removed at some stage ; the expectation that in-law relationships are likely to be tricky at an interpersonal level . |
| 13 | Since he was inclined to be dyspeptic at the best of times , no one was greatly surprised , unless perhaps at the severity of this attack . |
| 14 | Gosling was inclined to be philosophical at the strike 's failure , simply regarding it as " a fiasco which showed with brutal clearness how weak our young organisation still was " . |
| 15 | This list is meant to be accurate at the time of writing . |
| 16 | The importance of diet in this group of patients is that for some diet alone will suffice , while for the rest there must be a good dietary compliance if control is to be optimal at a steady weight whether using oral agents or insulin . |
| 17 | Small children of two or three tend to be alarmed at a banana-skin fall , not amused yet . |
| 18 | Mr Bond was deemed to be insolvent at the time the bankruptcy judgment was entered against him and the bankruptcy notice was served — ‘ about three weeks ago ’ — but Mr Bond may have been insolvent before that time . |
| 19 | The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to … |
| 20 | OSF says the snapshot features sample code of all the various DME component technologies so far announced , but adds that there will be other parts to be tacked-on at a later date . |
| 21 | But then to be good at a sport , really good I mean , you have to learn how to do what you are doing naturally in the best way possible . |
| 22 | I had ceased to be good at the convent , and now I also ceased to be either healthy or clever . |
| 23 | ‘ To be good at the game you have to have a reasonable level of intelligence , ’ said Cathy Williams , a teacher from the Percy Hedley School in Newcastle which caters for children with cerebral palsy . |
| 24 | Archery , sauna , table tennis , Italian bowls , basket and volley ball are all to be available at no additional charge and tennis courts , swimming lessons , wind-surfing boards , sailing boats and bicycles will be available for a supplement . |
| 25 | However , even if this were permitted , the necessary expertise for contracting is unlikely to be available at the local level . |
| 26 | A major difficulty is getting all the appropriate people to be available at the required time , which may well run to several days if there are a lot of candidates . |
| 27 | Are you , the haulier , agreeing , for example , to supply a particular vehicle for haulage or to supply any lorry which happens to be available at the time the contract needs to be undertaken ? |
| 28 | Over the past two centuries the ships employed have ranged from totally unsuitable ones , which happened to be available at the time , to , less commonly , purpose-built vessels incorporating the most sophisticated technology of the day . ’ |
| 29 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher thus ceases to be available at the very moment when the plaintiff needs it . |
| 30 | However , eighteen beds said to be available at the Peasholme Centre in York are already full . |