Example sentences of "[be] [adj] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In general , children under 5 years were more likely to be upset at the birth , but neither sex of the child nor separation at the birth determined the reaction .
2 Their Korean hosts were said to be upset at the way they barely acknowledged each other in public except for a few surly and petulant exchanges .
3 However , as it tends to be dry at the ends , we trimmed off an inch and tamed the frizz with heated rollers .
4 SHL Systemhouse , the new owner of the remains of Interactive Systems Corp — now minus the Lachman technology piece ( see front page ) — is targeting client/server computing and what it calls transformational outsourcing through its new buy , thinking competitor Anderson Consulting may be asleep at the switch .
5 If we can give tax concessions for unleaded petrol to improve the environment , surely we should not be aghast at the prospect of tax concessions to secure that alarms are fitted in our cars and that some protection is provided to stop a lot of this senseless crime .
6 For some reason or other , the money would be scarce at the time .
7 ‘ I ca n't be specific at the moment , sir .
8 Gas-pressure from the reaction would develop steadily over the brief time of contact , and would be greatest at the rear of the zone where the tread was about to lift off .
9 Nevertheless , tropical rain forest may be flammable at the edges , so that savanna may spread .
10 They show that the field can be strong at the core surface during transition , that longitude-confined VGP paths are consistent with strongly non-dipolar fields , and , most important , that blocking at the Pacific rim ( as observed in the SV ) can give rise to VGP paths through either of the two longitudes favoured by the data .
11 For the first year , the warrants will be exercisable at a price about 20% above the share price at the time of the offering .
12 Yesterday 's meeting of Sedgefield District Council development sub-committee recommended that the council bar the development because it would be unsightly at the entrance to the town .
13 ‘ But the renovation and running costs would be high at a time when the council is being threatened with poll-capping and its budget desecrated by government cuts , ’ he said .
14 If management can obtain high levels of output from individual workers by designing jobs , such as those on assembly lines , which force people to work hard then output may be high at the expense of job satisfaction .
15 Driving through fog on the M25 , listening to yet another radio programme about the recession , it is difficult to imagine that there might be light at the end of the tunnel ; but spring is on its way , and I hope it will bring with it some sign of the long-promised upturn in the economy .
16 Folly was still confused , but at least there now seemed to be light at the end of the tunnel .
17 So I mean , we could , we could recruit people in to do it , but the problem there is they 've got to be free at the times when this course runs .
18 Far from being dogmatic , our objective is to achieve the best possible delivery of health care through a health service that continues to be free at the point of delivery to patients .
19 Services will continue as at present to be free at the point of delivery .
20 One , that is should be free at the point of service .
21 According to my understanding of , of Labour history , it was er during the war years , at one of the Labour Party conferences , that a NUPE resolution supported by COHSE , actually er brought about some of the , the , the many things that were written within the Beveridge report , and committed the Labour Party to the foundation of the National Health Service that would be free at the points of need for every member of the community .
22 I mean you 've got to be careful at the end of the tax year that you 're actually okay on that ground , er but , and you can make a declaration to the revenue if you 're over the limit , it 's just that I mentioned that because some people like a joint account for it to be received into so that they can both spend it basically .
23 I got to be careful at the doorways , cos there 's people coming in and out and a couple of times I nearly get knocked over by people bumping into me .
24 The ideal tasting glass should be broader at the base than the top , so that the aroma concentrates around the rim — this makes it easier to appreciate .
25 However , there are difficulties with latent defects , for example , characteristics not known to be harmful at the time of delivery , or immunities to harmful substances being subsequently discovered .
26 The administration 's success or failure may be clear at the end of the summer ; very little is clear now .
27 Teenage mothers are more likely than older mothers to have an unstable family background , to have poor or no educational qualifications , and to be unemployed at the time of conception ( Wells , 1983 ) .
28 Gynaecologists , however , will be dismayed at the authors ' apparent lack of understanding of the management of a common medical complaint .
29 Tony Benn is right to be dismayed at the talk of ‘ firework displays bigger than the Fourth of July ’ , but he 's wrong to deny that on some level this is what war has become .
30 It used to be amazing at the end of the week to be paid , to have money in your hand for the work you had done .
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