Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] is at [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ If it was necessary to come to a decision on this aspect , I would have to say that , in my judgment , to go from the grandmother 's house where she is at the moment and leaving the job she has in Birkenhead with the Social Services Department , to Canada with no work and no money and living on charity and food banks , would be an intolerable situation for the child . |
| 2 | ‘ He has had his problems this season with a knee injury to overcome but it is great that he has got where he is at the moment , ’ said Dalglish , who would not even confirm that he will give Paul Warhurst , his £2.7 million signing from Sheffield Wednesday , an Anfield debut . |
| 3 | ‘ He has had his problems this season with a knee injury to overcome but it is great that he has got where he is at the moment , ’ said Dalglish , who would not even confirm that he will give Paul Warhurst , his £2.7 million signing from Sheffield Wednesday , an Anfield debut . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave , ’ said Major Astle . |
| 5 | Major Astle said : ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave . |
| 6 | Although it is at a disadvantage to the very deep water berths at Tilbury , Hull and Southampton , which can berth vessels of 25–30,000 tonnes , it still handles similar tonnages ! |
| 7 | It is more difficult to trace the spatial patterning of central-government spending than it is at a local level . |
| 8 | Barbed wire might well become more common than it is at the moment . |
| 9 | Further , discomfort is much more prevalent at the base of an organization than it is at the top , both physically and psychologically . |
| 10 | The result is bound to be that it will be far harder to acquire convictions in these cases than it is at the moment . |
| 11 | And irrationality is , 1 would argue , more firmly at the centre of Western , Christian , culture than it is at the centre of Islam . |
| 12 | It should complement the Bishop 's Park which by then , it is hoped , will be kept in a better state than it is at the moment . |
| 13 | But the major problem is that the sites which we have at the present moment are not controlled , and if we could get proper sites , properly managed , I think you would find that the whole erm picture of a gipsy site in an area would be much better received by the public than it is at the present . |
| 14 | We both agree that he should be able to offer favourable terms for the hire of the slope for the proposed event , provided it is at an off-peak time . |
| 15 | On top of this a generous layer of washed pebbles or cobbles is placed and the pump outlet drawn up until it is at the surface of the stones . |
| 16 | A takeover is only worthwhile if it is at a price which makes commercial sense . |
| 17 | And if it is at the bottom of the ocean - " He stopped . |
| 18 | The multiplier of 8-12 is obviously of interest if it is at the top of its range ( 12 x £900,000 less tax £7 million ) . |
| 19 | If it is at an elegant dinner table , there is a choice between a fino sherry ( or a manzanilla ) or champagne . |
| 20 | But the feeling about Faldo is that if he is at the top of his game , he should win it . |
| 21 | The boy who puts unwanted chocolates , sweets , nuts and raisins and chewing gum into the trolley at the checkout can not put his hands to mischief if he is at the other end of the checkout using them to put his mother 's groceries in the box ( see page 111 ) . |
| 22 | And because he is at the same time King , he is also responsible for the executive as well as the judicial aspect . |
| 23 | Its linear diameter is I 392 000 km ; it looks so small only because it is at a distance of nearly 150 million km from us . |
| 24 | I say this last , only because it is at the bottom of my mind , deep hid and permanent , not because it is least . |
| 25 | This zone of farms is called the marginal fringe because it is at the upper margin for agriculture . |
| 26 | It has been convincingly argued that the image of an advice-giving agency is crucial because it is at the stage of identification of the appropriate agency that most people are obstructed on the way to the solution of their problem . |
| 27 | Some psycholinguistic models ( e.g. Cole & Jakimik 1980 ) assume that the beginning of a word is known , either because it is at the beginning of the utterance or because the previous word has been identified . |
| 28 | The concept is that applicants should be given credit for prior learning whether it is certificated or uncertificated providing it is at the right level and relevant to the qualification being sought . |
| 29 | ‘ I ask then that you , my dear cousin , will be the lady Anne 's chaperon and friend whilst she is at the Tower — any letters from you or the lady Anne to myself , may be sent via the cardinal who has agreed to serve me , and with the utmost discretion , in this matter . |
| 30 | With each path there are associated a couple of numbers : one represents the size of a wave and the other represents the position in the cycle ( i.e. , whether it is at a crest or a trough ) . |