Example sentences of "[vb mod] be at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically , these are long-term , follow-up investigations of the children of known schizophrenics — and therefore chosen because , on purely genetic grounds , they should be at greater risk . |
| 2 | As each of the three variables seemed to be related to risk of relapse , it followed that those living in high contact with high EE relatives and failing to maintain prophylactic medication should be at greatest risk of relapse , while those living with low EE relatives and continuing to take their medication should have the lowest risk . |
| 3 | Ideally , dosing should be at three week intervals over May and June and it is unwise to await the appearance of clinical signs of diarrhoea before administering the drugs . |
| 4 | Some libraries want their own library group others are quite happy to be joined in with one or more libraries within the adjoining group and the constitution does in fact provide that investment wish what we have n't said what those who should be at maximum membership membership and to their claim will common sense not to make it too large otherwise it might turn out to be more than than sensible discussion among a reasonable amount of people but this but then to decide that equally to encourage them to ah find ways and means of the public other than library users who will be represented on the committee and to that . |
| 5 | There was a growing feeling that the second minister on the Circuit should be free to concentrate his energies on the Edenderry district and that in fact the No 2 Manse should be at should be at this end of the town . |
| 6 | It 's the likes o' them should be at those meetin 's , an' if your people manages ter convert just a couple o' drunkards each time then they 've done a good job . |
| 7 | This must be at one end of the housing , clear of the other compartments , and then you will be able to slide the glass off this compartment without sliding it off the others . |
| 8 | ( i ) The public may leave at the end of the performance or exhibition by all exit doors and such doors must be at that time open . |
| 9 | Well they must be at that age . |
| 10 | Mm she must be at this stage . |
| 11 | This tells us nothing about the degree of harmony in the village — everyone might be at each other 's throats — but it does indicate that within the village there is a reasonably close-knit social pattern , rather than a disparate group of individuals who happen , coincidentally , to live in the same locality . |
| 12 | Somehow she had expected six inches of semi-darkness , and half a face enquiring suspiciously what her business might be at this hour . |
| 13 | Given leave to speak , he said he had gone into the church to help , and had simply obeyed such orders as were given to him , and he knew nothing of where the saint 's coffin might be at this moment . |
| 14 | To pick up David 's point now , if this is the client who 's already running the house , the mortgage , it 's , you know , a few years old , they want to take out a further advance , for some house improvements , or something , then obviously they now need more , so it might be at this stage we then want a P S P for the remaining , you know , ten years , eleven years , twelve years , or whatever , because they 've borrowed some more money from the building society . |
| 15 | Any minute now and they 'll be at each other 's throats again . |
| 16 | I mean in n things like swimming baths are chlorinated so they 've got a low bug count anyway , so , so you 'll be at low risk of getting anything there . |
| 17 | Drug users say they could be at increased risk from AIDS after a decision to stop giving them free clean syringes . |
| 18 | There 's a Danish proverb , you know , that states that fish and guests smell after three days and er we all know the visits which have begun so successfully from friends and relatives , it need n't be Christmas , it could be at any time of the year , which are often ruined by people lingering on well past their sell-by date . |
| 19 | The case for such objective assessment before operation seems particularly strong in women over the age of 50 because they may have suffered occult damage to the anal sphincter during the childbirth and could be at particular risk of a poor functional outcome if the sphincter were to sustain further damage at the time of operation . |
| 20 | Mr Kemp said : ‘ Given the scale and complexity of the closure programme , I think it is going as well for residents and staff as it could be at this stage . ’ |
| 21 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 22 | But then you see the town was on er on er on D C. And they 'd be at that time they they were beginning to change over to A C , the whole country 's A C now . |
| 23 | The brightly-coloured males may be at greater risk than the dowdy females . |
| 24 | If tamoxifen exerts antioestrogenic effects on bone women receiving long term treatment may be at greater risk of osteoporotic fracture . |
| 25 | A possible conclusion to be drawn from this is that management can provide alternative more attractive forms of work organisation but these may be at higher cost . |
| 26 | It is thought that form of insulin may not always give vital warnings of low blood sugar , such as hunger or sweating , and that patients may be at increased risk of slipping unawares into a coma . |
| 27 | So well known was the latter that the Department of Health and Social Security lists the elderly among patients ‘ who may be at increased risk ’ . |
| 28 | Distressed ventilated babies are more likely to breathe asynchronously , increasing the risk of pneumothoraces , so their oxygen requirement will probably be higher and they may be at increased risk of intracranial haemorrhage . |
| 29 | These results suggest that the children of fathers who had been monitored for exposure to external penetrating ionising radiation in the nuclear industry may be at increased risk of developing leukaemia before their fifth birthday . |
| 30 | The ridden horse 's ears may be at half mast indicating that he is relaxed and listening to his rider . |