Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We always promised to be at each other 's wedding , and if I do n't turn up she 'll be upset . |
| 2 | Although the incidence of gastric cancer is falling in all countries for which reliable data are available there are still certain groups of subjects believed to be at increased risk of developing this disease . |
| 3 | That was how there came to be at Unseen University the Octavo , greatest of all grimoires , formerly owned by the Creator of the Universe . |
| 4 | Lighting seemed to be at one basic level regardless of time of day or night though was subtly achieved in the final scene . |
| 5 | Generous though the offer seemed to be at first sight , it was in American interests to acquire missile sites in Britain to bring the Soviet Union within range of American attack . |
| 6 | All the services for mental health seemed to be at full stretch already , he said . |
| 7 | In many cases , Senior Management , in Branches , put in place the operational arrangements for Lunch-time Opening , but happened to be at sumptuous ‘ development ’ lunches , when these arrangements were being implemented . |
| 8 | Then an attempt was made to get rid of it at 800 deg C in the west midlands but the incinerator needed to be at 1,200 deg C. The result was that the dioxins from Bolsover in the east midlands were transmitted all over the west midlands . |
| 9 | Women taking atenolol appeared to be at lower risk of lung cancer , but the number of deaths was small and confidence intervals wide . |