Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] is at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's more at home than she is at work . |
| 2 | I can recall the phrase ‘ being left behind ’ ( whatever it meant ) being used far more frequently than it is at present . |
| 3 | But this full equilibrium position , at C , is inferior to the one at which inflation is zero and unemployment is equal to its natural rate , point B. This is clear from the fact that both have the same unemployment rate , but point C has a higher inflation rate ; it is also indicated by the fact that at point C the popularity of the government is lower than it is at point B. We therefore have the odd result that the position which is optimal , point B , is not feasible , whereas the position that is feasible is sub-optimal . |
| 4 | Even on a cloudless , sunny day , the late afternoon sunlight is much warmer in tone than it is at noon . |
| 5 | In fact Tod tends to be more upbeat with them here than he is at home ( at home , in slippers and dressing-gown , longsufferingly shuffling ) . |
| 6 | If a husband wishes to set up his own business , his wife should think through the implications of having her husband at home all day , if she is at home too . |
| 7 | The theological answer is that He feels at home anywhere because He is at home everywhere . |
| 8 | In principle , most people are in favour of more teamwork and better co-ordination , but in practise it often proves difficult , perhaps because it is at odds with the image of the autonomous professional who has a private relationship with his or her client . |
| 9 | I suspect that Mum is angry about this , as she usually relies on me in the summer to look after my younger sister while she is at work . |
| 10 | And the marriage is likely to be far happier than if she is working flat out while she is at home and blaming her husband for giving her no help . |
| 11 | While it is at present impossible to verify the claims , the list reflects the ethnic and religious complexities of the area . |
| 12 | Governors must take every opportunity to get to know their school well , by visiting the school while it is at work and by getting to know the staff . |
| 13 | The research examines this conclusion since it is at variance with rational economic planning . |
| 14 | These circumstances are found more often amongst poorer groups in society — single-parent households , those in lower-paid occupations , large families , those dependent on social security benefits , and so on — and , whilst it is at times difficult to determine patterns of cause and effect in such situations , structural and environmental factors are clearly of great importance in being able to care for children . |
| 15 | no , if Maureen 's the same at , at home as she is at work then you can see why she left home |
| 16 | A view of Sugar 's cockpit as she is at Hendon today . |
| 17 | She is now reasonably well as long as she is at home , but car journeys and other people 's houses usually bring her symptoms on again . |
| 18 | Even when it is at rest , silent and apparently non-polluting , the car continues to have environmental impacts . |
| 19 | The interval I between ticks emitted by the source when it is at rest at height r is given by . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) How should you study the family when it is at home ? |
| 21 | What they all tell you is that doing business and controlling credit overseas is much the same as it is at home except that it is more complicated and expensive . |
| 22 | After all , nothing is a joke here , as it is at home with Felicity . |
| 23 | British television is almost as widely admired abroad as it is at home . |
| 24 | Seeing it like this , it 's hard to imagine it packed with bodies , as it is at weekends when the weather 's good . |
| 25 | He is right to ask whether SERC as it is at present constituted could decide ruthlessly to cut projects in this area . |
| 26 | Main picture The view through the medieval solar as it is at present : ‘ It 's pretty primitive ’ |
| 27 | He gave two reasons : over-critical remarks of Hailsham and Macmillan and — the main reason — ‘ It is judged that the showing of the Suez programme could have untoward consequences while the situation in the Arab world is as critical as it is at present . ’ |
| 28 | We have been arguing that changing concepts is a political activity ; that it is not value-free , but arises out of a particular ethical or political interpretation of the word , and that one of the aims of the dialogue between feminism and philosophy should precisely be to reconceptualise the world that is offered by philosophy as it is at present . |
| 29 | This of course had to be monitored and accountable a as it is at present in the Southern region where we can already see the benefits . |
| 30 | The S S A will be controlled as it is at present . |