Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] be at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dutchman Marcel Albers , who won the first race at Donington , compatriot Oswaldo Negri and Belgian Mikke Van Hool were all slightly quicker in testing during the week so de Ferran will need to be at peak to clinch top spot , as he twice did for Edenbridge Racing last year . |
| 2 | The placing of the concept of the Created God entirely in that period of the earth 's history which follows the advent of life , means that science and religion do not need to be at variance . |
| 3 | Scheler was anti-positivist and opposed to the ‘ cult of science ’ ( Hamilton 1974 : 75 ) which would appear to be at odds with Stark 's position . |
| 4 | Despite the fact that a worker may appear to be at fault examination should begin with the supervisor immediately responsible for the area concerned . |
| 5 | Maidstone had now stepped up to the bar beside Sandison but he still did not look to be at ease . |
| 6 | One is no longer at home anywhere , so in the end one longs to be back where one can somehow be at home because it is the only place where one would wish to be at home : and that is the world of Greece ! " |
| 7 | ‘ I shall have to be at Hillmarden . |
| 8 | Their very lives would have to be at stake first . |
| 9 | It 'll have to be at Luke 's place — my flat 's too small . |
| 10 | Unperturbed about the taxes of others , the individual would prefer to be at E 1 . |
| 11 | Workers would prefer to be at point C rather than point A in Figure 5.1 , while employers would be maximizing profit at point C as well as point A. Despite the scope for a Pareto-improvement in welfare if the real wage were reduced to w * ; , the means of achieving such an improvement are absent in a money using economy . |
| 12 | Referring back to Figure 5.9 in Chapter 5 , it is evident that households would prefer to be at point A rather than at points B or C , but that they have no means at their disposal to effect the move to this optimal position . |
| 13 | The economy will settle down at point A , a position of neoclassical equilibrium from the point of view of firms , though obviously not from the point of view of households , which would prefer to be at point B. Households must therefore revise downwards their planned expenditure on goods in the light of their failure to sell all of their labour services . |
| 14 | Both firms and households would prefer to be at point Z but they are prevented from realizing their optimal mode of behaviour by a general lack of demand in the economy . |
| 15 | And she did n't want to be at odds with him , did n't want him to think her a cheat — only what were the odds on him ever believing otherwise ? |
| 16 | I could see that if the others achieved their work ambitions they would not be in the house all day , and I did not want to be at home on my own . |
| 17 | ’ I do n't much want to be at home on my own . |
| 18 | Such speeds would seem to be at variance with the shared space concept ; indeed some have gone so far as to suggest eight km/h as a more appropriate maximum consistent with child safety . |
| 19 | The animals develop normally , and are fertile and immunologically competent , which would seem to be at variance with the idea that p53 is involved in these apoptosis-associated processes . |
| 20 | Moreover , insofar as it suggests a commercial equivalence or de minimis rule , this would seem to be at variance with Lord Atkin 's approach in Arcos Ltd v EA Ronaasen and Son . |